I want to build a cheap "bang for your buck" pc using an AMD 64 x2 processor. Any suggestions for components?

Question

Please.

Someone has asked about price, but the price will sort itself out if the computer has the best "Bang for buck"

Answer 1

Hi. I assume you are in Britain although there are some Yanks on here, especially at 1.30AM GMT.
I like http://www.cclonline.co.uk They have the best prices in the UK. Get an AM2 system, they are the same price as a Socket 939 one and are more advanced. There is a nice Biostar mobo for £26, an Athlon 4000 x2 CPU costs £43, a 1GB memory stick is £20, a 160GB HDD is £30, a DVDRW is £22, a case is £32, a CPU fan is £15 and extras such as fans and CPU grease are another £8. I make that just under £180, kewl?
If you are in the US, http://www.newegg.com is the place to go
It should cost you US$355 on that site. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Sure. Prices are through newegg and buy.com

One question, is that a socket 939 or socket AM2 version of the X2? Because 2gb of nice RAM for the 939 model will be double the price of the DDR2 that the AM2 version uses.

$70 - Biostar T-Force motherboard (or equivalent that allows overclocking)
$20 - Arctic Cool Pro (aftermarket processor cooler that allows overclocking)
$5 - Arctic Silver 5 thermal CPU paste
$60 - 2 x 1gb sticks of DDR2-800
$80 - 320gb Seagate Sata hard drive
$120 - ATi x1950pro graphics card (if you game)
$65 - Corsair vx450 power supply (buy.com)
$50 - Coolermaster Centurion 5
$30 - Pioneer 112d DVD burner
$0 - Pirate XP Pro

Overclock the X2 to 2.7ghz+. The above will play nearly all games maxed at 1024x768 and at med-high setting at 1280x1024.

*edit*
You could drop to an 8600gt video card for $95-105, but it's not really worth it. The above list is pretty much the best for the money. If you don't trust me post this question on the forums at tomshardware or anadtech.

Answer 3

and not employing a query it rather is the : AMD Athlon™ sixty 4 X2 twin-center 4000+, domicile windows Vista domicile subject-loose, 1GB-RAM, 250GB, 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 professional AMD processors have been designed from the commencing up for the sport enthusiasts and photograph designers and characteristic extra help equipped into the processor to help them, the cardboard is likewise better in that one yet i'd nevertheless think of roughly upping the video card later in case you will get into gaming working the suited 3-D video games you will decide for a card with a minimum of 512 MB. yet that a improve for later bypass AMD.

Answer 4

The best way to do that is to browse for compatible hardware on Newegg. Choose components that have at least 50 reviews to ensure it is popular enough to remain fully supported.

No need to buy there but the Amazon-like reviews make it much easier to select what you want.

Answer 5

Consider these:
http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200708.ars/2
http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200704.ars

Answer 6

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