Which would you go with?

Jarod888

Jarod888

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I am doing a simple basic build for a friend who wants to go with AMD. He will probably go with a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W.
As far as motherboard choices he sent me the following links:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131246

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131096

What are the differences, and which is a more versatile board? There will not be any overclocking. He is probably going to go with 2 gigs of PC 6400 mushkin,
will there be any compatibility issues? Also because he does not game I am giving him my 7900 GT 512 MB video card.

He wants to be less than 450$. He all ready has a dvd burner and hard drive.

Suggestions would be welcomed.
So far the build would be one of the following
motherboards:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131246

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131096
Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103767
Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146673
Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

Thanks for the any and all help.
 
You dont need sli.
For the power supply 400W is more then enough.
sell/keep the 7900, if he doenst game why use it then? just use the onboard gpu

I would go for something like this (if you realy want amd)

LIAN LI PC-V350B Black Aluminum MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case I love this case ;)
$119.99

Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC ATX 430W
$39.99 - Mail-in Rebate $15.00

GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 AMD 690G HDMI M-ATX AMD
$79.99

Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TXDD2048M800HC4DC
$92.99 - Mail-in Rebate $40.00

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model
$119.99

Subtotal: $452.95 - $55.00 Mail in Rebate
 
That Team Xtreme ram is way too expensive for pc6400 1gb for that price u can easily get a 4gb kit from gskill which are as good
 
"That Team Xtreme ram is way too expensive for pc6400 1gb for that price u can easily get a 4gb kit from gskill which are as good "

No not as good.

G.Skill have well known and documented compatability issues across many motherboards, some of which will render te system unbootable. Personally I'd go with the Team Xtreeme, atleast its reliable :p

IMO Jorns suggestions are pretty good.
 
give me a break...
to pay 40 bucks for an assurance is retarded, just go online and see if the board has issues with that particular ram


i've used corsair and on my builds as well as team xtreme crucials and gskills

some have their issues some dont.. its the luck of the draw


strip off all the labeling and its all samsung
 
My 4gb of gskill has been flawless over 4 months now. on a Gigabyte MB.
 
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