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#20246 17-Mar-2008 22:44
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You have $480 to spend on a new motherboard/cpu.....
What do you get ?

You play a few games such as CS:Source, CoD4, WoW........ bit of home video work (DVD) and usual internet/geek stuff :)

RAM/PCI-X Video/Drives etc not reqd as already purchased.

So far Ive been told to look at a Asus P5K board with a Core 2 Duo 6750.......

What else do people recommend ? :)






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  #117361 18-Mar-2008 18:52
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Yep, P5k or one of the many variants depending on what you need. Intel E8200 or E8400 if you can stretch it. I've got a P5K-SE board on TM for $80 at the 'mo.  No raid or firewire but the board's been rock solid.




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  #117456 19-Mar-2008 08:27
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Yeah Ive had 1 or 2 others suggest I get the 8200...  so Ive requested that :)
So my new system is slowly coming together...its only been 5 years since Ive had actual new parts for a system :)


New specs looking like....
Asus P5KR
Intel 8200 CPU
2GB DDR2
Asus Radeon X1900 512MB
250GB Seagate HDD
Asus DVD Writer


Cant wait.




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