Is this a good PC?

[SLRRR]

then factor in the cost of ddr3 vs ddr2

 

my advice is buy an Intel dual core like beem3r said or if you must have an amd buy a AM2 Phenom II X2 or wait for the Athlon II's or intel's lynnfield cpu's

 

ddr3 is becoming cheaper and +- 60 euro for 4gb ddr3 isnt really that expensive.

 

My advice is to get a

 

AMD Phenom II

AM3 motherboard

Ati 4870 or 4890

4GB or more ram

[macd79]

Gtx 275 is faster than 4890 and cheaper. 4gigs of corsair XMS3 is double the price of XMS2

 

Dont even say im a fanboy. Buy the best and cheapest stuff at the time.

[SLRRR]

They are almost equal (the 4890 and 275GTX) but the Ati is cheaper

 

But enough :offtopic:

 

That's just what i recommend

[ShadowGT]

can you guys please stop quoting prices in euro's. I'm not European & that just confuses me. Anyway we are having to fast track this PC due to my mums one we use now is almost ready to give up the ghost. Unless i can find a better quote over the weekend thats the quote im gonna go with. Anyway i did some research & apparently the Q8200 & Nvidia GTS250 are a overclockers dream. I know i said i wouldn't overclock but it's starting to look like a good idea. (the Gigabyte GTS 250 has custom cooling fan & heatsinks ideal for overclocking & a review said the Q8200 was good at maintaining a high overclock)

[macd79]

can you guys please stop quoting prices in euro's. I'm not European & that just confuses me. Anyway we are having to fast track this PC due to my mums one we use now is almost ready to give up the ghost. Unless i can find a better quote over the weekend thats the quote im gonna go with. Anyway i did some research & apparently the Q8200 & Nvidia GTS250 are a overclockers dream. I know i said i wouldn't overclock but it's starting to look like a good idea. (the Gigabyte GTS 250 has custom cooling fan & heatsinks ideal for overclocking & a review said the Q8200 was good at maintaining a high overclock)

 

 

if you are going to overclock go for a E84/5/6/00 or a Q6600 as they are faster when overclocked. also make sure you have a good cooler