(+8 rating, 16 votes)
Loading ...- Processor (CPU) (x1) : Quad Core!!!! AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache - $169.99
- Memory (RAM) (x1) : 4GB!!! OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - $94.99
- Hard Drive (x1) : Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s - $79.99
- Optical Drive (x1) : LITE-ON Black DVD/CD-RW SATA with LightScribe - $29.99
- Motherboard : ASUS M3N78-EMH HDMI AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - $69.99
- Case : ASUS TM-250 Black 0.6mm SECC MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case 300W Power Supply - $54.99
- Total Price for this build : $499.94
My comments about my computer:
The best things come in fours. Quad core AMD Pheeeeeeeenom and 4GB of DDR2! With both the motherboard and case made by ASUS, you can be rest assured of quality.
5 Comments Received
No GPU? And there’s no good reason to get a quad core, a dual core with faster cores will outperform a quad in any real world application except very specific, highly parallel, optimized tasks. But 95% of the time a dual core with faster cores will outperform, and it’s cheaper. Also, as much as I am a fan of AMD, intel just makes better processors. Although I hope that changes, just like ATI just dominated NVIDEA with the 4850/4870 gpu.
Needs a better power supply, too..
The case does have a built-in power supply. This PC was built with the multithreaded/multiprocess applications and multitasking in mind. Gaming was not an important factor, but there is a GPU on the motherboard.
I am with robobox on the cpu. Your money can be better spent else where. regardless of the type of computer this will be used for, there truly is such a thing as overkill. with the current uprise of quad core technology, I still have yet to see any quad core cpu pushed to it’s fullest potential. On my current e8200 intel build for example, i can run up to 4 sessions of video converters and still have plenty of juice to actually play a video while i await the 5-10 minute conversion times. the only thing i can see decreasing the wait times now is getting a raptor/velociraptor hard drive to speed up the process.
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