SpeedZone
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 Posted: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:21:44 Post Subject: |
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I would also rather go for some quad...maybe something like Q9450...just read its reviewHERE today and must say i was VERY impressed...because it overclocks to 3.5-3.8Ghz with ease...and offers great performance. Just for comparison...my Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz can do wPrime in around 13.5s....while this Q9450 @ 3.5 can do it in 11s! (q6600 @ 3.5 would do it in 12.5-13s at best)
You can find it on newegg for $349.99 which imo wouldnt hurt your budget. 
Or you can go for 9650....9770....who knows...it's your call...
Then some Asus, GigaByte or some similar mobo....4GB DDR2 (or 3) ram...since 4Gb is the limit for XP's you said you'll be using....maybe 2 Raptors 150GB...or Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB (which is a true winner of majority of tests and is very affordable too)...case is up to you to choose...what else?....gr.card...either 3870 X2 (2 pieces) or even better 2 9800GTXs (or 3 for TripleSLI)...or 2 9800 X2's...some decent water cooling...around 1000 Watts of PSU power...DVDRW or BluRay drive...24" monitor minimum...or some Apple's 30" model (but i believe this would go over your budget...so 24" would be just fine  )....then....if you'll still have few cents left...you can buy some 7.1 surround speakers system....maybe Ageia Physics card...hmm....i know i forgot few things...but thats mainly everything for now... 
And when you buy it...and install everything...make sure to spoil us with some 3DMark06 results...maybe wPrime...SuperPI....etc...etc...etc... 
DEAL? 
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