I have around 180 USD. I am looking to buy a mobo, cpu, ram (at least 2G) and a heatsink. Preferably Intel

Thank You

Also. Any help on CPU's to stay away from will be a big plus also.

Edited January 25, 201015 yr by LUZR4LIFE

What do you think about this for AMD

Edited September 22, 200915 yr by LUZR4LIFE

ECS REALLY SUCKS!

I had one of their mobo's and hated it the whole time I used it.

Try this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.258819

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161028 2 to 4 of these

Not working LUZR, I think it only works because you are loged in

ECS REALLY SUCKS!

I had one of their mobo's and hated it the whole time I used it.

Try this:

http://www.newegg.co...st=Combo.258819

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820161028 2 to 4 of these

Thanks Kel. I thought about that combo and I am a Asus fan but I was trying to go a cheap as possible, but that would be the better deal if I go AMD.

how old is your psu

I love Gigabyte boards! I've never had a single problem with them. Never skimp on your mobo!

If you can stretch your funds...

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ($80)

CPU: Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz quad-core ($99)

RAM: Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR3 1333 ($39)

Total: $218

ccl0 is right, you need to look at your PSU also since newer boards (like above) have different power connectors than the older ones. A decent 400W (plenty!) will set you back $60.

how old is your psu

My PSU is about 2/3 yrs. old. It's a Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w ATX 12v

Edited September 23, 200915 yr by LUZR4LIFE

I love Gigabyte boards! I've never had a single problem with them. Never skimp on your mobo!

If you can stretch your funds...

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ($80)

CPU: Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz quad-core ($99)

RAM: Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR3 1333 ($39)

Total: $218

ccl0 is right, you need to look at your PSU also since newer boards (like above) have different power connectors than the older ones. A decent 400W (plenty!) will set you back $60.

Thanks Mr_Smartepants, maybe I should hold off a little longer and save up more.

That PSU would be perfect if you added one of these 8-pin connector converters for the mobo I recommended.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812198003

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16812186088

Either will work at just over $3 investment!

Edited September 23, 200915 yr by Mr_Smartepants

do you have a frys or microcenter near where you live?

edit: apparently you do http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/madison_heights.html

Edited September 23, 200915 yr by ccl0

do you have a frys or microcenter near where you live?

edit: apparently you do http://www.microcent...on_heights.html

Yeah, They also know me by name. LMAO. They don't have a large CPU selection, well under a 100. That was going to be my 1st place but I didn't see much for my budget.

Edited September 23, 200915 yr by LUZR4LIFE

well if you can bother with rebates, here are two under $100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.259624

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.259628

of course they both have those cheap ecs motherboards

OK, I have pretty much decided to go with THIS.

So My question is what RAM should I get.

Should I go with: 1066 or 800

Oooh, very nice! Definitely go for the 1066 RAM (watch your latencies). The board is DDR2 so RAM is going to be dirt-cheap...go large! 4GB minimum, 8GB if you can stretch it.

That board should make a really nice HTPC should you decide to go that route in the future.

Nice choice!

Edited September 25, 200915 yr by Mr_Smartepants

OK, I have ordered my parts. :thumbsup_anim::dribble:

AMD Atholon II x 2 Regore 3.0Ghz

Asus M4A785-M HDMI Micro ATX

Patriot Viper II 4G (2 x 2G) DDR2 1066 (PC8500)

I spent more than I should have so I will be waiting the 3 day ground service. :crying_anim02:

Edited September 25, 200915 yr by LUZR4LIFE

Let us know how the build goes.

Let us know how the build goes.

As soon as I get the parts I will take pics and take pics of the build. Maybe even video record the build. LOL With over 100 system builds I have never recorded any.

Looks nice

Looks nice

Yeah, not to bad for being on a 200 usd budget

That's not bad at all, you've made a good choice.

That's not bad at all, you've made a good choice.

Thanks N1, I actually spent day on it and I mean whole days. LOL. 3 different site and 20 - 30 different combos.

Edited September 26, 200915 yr by LUZR4LIFE

OK, my PC is built and running. Now several hours of software installation and imaging and I will be up and running. I will post pics later.

Windows Experience Index

Processor 6.5

Memory 5.9

Graphics 4.3

Gaming Graphics 5.4

Primary Hard Disk 5.4

Great scores

Great scores

Thanks, I cant wait to get a graphics card.