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Old 27th Jun 2008, 03:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Well, I'm asking for my friends. Any recommendation for pc, budget MYR3000 / US$1000~

for now, it is
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ATHLON 64 X2 5000+ MYR 260
kingston ram 1 GB x 2 MYR 150
NVIDIA 9600 around MYR 600? (which to choose??)
seagate 320 GB MYR 230
DVD writer MYR 90
Power Supply 550W(enough?) around MYR 300?
motherboard around MYR 400?
monitor around MYR 550 - 600(most probably BenQ 19'')
casing Encloxure Wizard should be less than MYR 200
keyboard/mouse/speaker is exclusive from the budget.
total MYR 2630

as for motherboard, I'm really blind how to choose a good one. What do we need to see to determine a good board?

or should I go for intel ?
the most important is future prooft
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Old 27th Jun 2008, 07:48 AM   #2 (permalink)
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ATI 4850 is only about RM665!

WD 500GB is only about RM250!

Edit: Crap, I forgot you picked AMD.
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Old 27th Jun 2008, 10:11 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Future proof? Get an Intel Core 2 processor!!
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Intel Core 2, which series?
is ATI 4850 better from NVIDIA 9600? because I would like to keep the card around MYR 500 - 600

any idea for the mobo?

p/s. Is it if I choose AMD, I can only go with nvidia, or choose Intel, can go only with ATI? Not sure about this
first time customizing
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4850 is leagues ahead of 9600GT, even better than 9800GTX+ it some cases. Definitely the best bang for the buck you can ever imagine!
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HELL YES AN 4850 is better than an 9600

AND answer to your question

If you take AMD you can go both sides

AMD brought ATI 2 years ago

So you have the choice to take

An AMD board with an AMD chipset

An AMD board with an NVIDIA chipset

Or even an AMD board with an VIA CHIPSET


If you go intel you can go BOTH sides too

Intel Chipsets supports CF(Crossfire)

You can take intel motherboards with Nvidia Chipsets too

And you can take intel motherboards with via chipsets too

It's only your choice bro

But i recommand you to take AMD/ATI because videocards are at cheap prices and ROCKS with REALLY GOOD performances

AND CPU'S too
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C2D outperforms amd proc now ><..even their lower end dual core celeron rocks o_O! hmm for that price, i'll suggest the E2180 >< Well, err if with amd, u can go both nvidia or ati..same goes to intel 4850..best value gpu card now
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But i recommand you to take AMD/ATI because videocards are at cheap prices and ROCKS with REALLY GOOD performances

AND CPU'S too
I agree on the graphics card portion only. Since you are clearly an AMD fan boy, no surprise you said that.
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Well, amd is cheaper though.... =p... rofl xD
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You could not go wrong with a p35 mobo, or better a X38, and a E8400 CPU

Newegg.com - ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors
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