Biostar A780L3B 760G AM3 Motherboard + Phenom II X4 945 3GHz Quad Core Processor + 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory + Thermaltake Case w/ 450W Power Supply $111 af

I have too many components lying around to get in on this. This is almost too good to pass up!

What a great start for a budget build. This is almost too good to pass up!

Quote from TheHiddenOne : i just turned the other buiild on and the case is very very quiet compare to my thermaltake v3 csae that i am using right now.

Thanks for the response (repped)



What do you guys think of this in terms of upgradability/performance? I don't play games and mostly use it for mildly resource intensive programs like MATLAB, Illustrator, etc.

I only have my laptop at home so do everything at work, but this looks like a great and cheap way to set up a workstation at home. Appreciate the feedback in advance!

Almost too cheap to pass up, but shipping/tax kill it for me being in FL (and the fact that I already have another PC halfway built off really cheap parts). Great deal for people needing a budget build, though, with BF coming up, could probably finish it up there.

no pci express to add a decent video card?

Quote from jamesbodden : wow op great find with this. Probably the best computer you can build for this price for a while. I would be all over this if I did not want to migrate my systems from AMD to Intel for efficiency

Efficiency? This combo is smoking efficiency and exhaling bargain smoke. Great combo for regular Internet/office use. Fantastic deal if you need it!

Quote from lordoff : Thanks for the response (repped) What do you guys think of this in terms of upgradability/performance? I don't play games and mostly use it for mildly resource intensive programs like MATLAB, Illustrator, etc. I only have my laptop at home so do everything at work, but this looks like a great and cheap way to set up a workstation at home. Appreciate the feedback in advance!

Thats the only downside about amd builds, for this peice your already getting almost the top end processor the next one up is the x4 955 (which i currently have for about a year) and Phenom II X6 1045T.
the ram is already great enough, i have build about 25 desktops so far for friends,family & client and so far 8gb is all you need. even with heavy gaming. i have went up to 16 and it didn't make a difference except a nice number to look at. the only upgrade that makes any difference at this point is getting a ssd.
other than that, your set and i guarantee you can run those programs with no hiccup because i have ran those progs b4 and even done some heavy gaming on mines with no problem at all!

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Quote from conkid420 : no pci express to add a decent video card?

According to newegg- pci express 2.0 x16 slot and pci slot

Quote from kevn357 : Efficiency? This combo is smoking efficiency and exhaling bargain smoke. Great combo for regular Internet/office use. Fantastic deal if you need it!

sorry I meant power consumption. This is overkill for the internet and office stuff I do and is a power hog compared to a nice g540 mini itx setup

Awesome deal. Thanks

how hard is it to build a computer? i'm fairly computer savy but for some reason never attempted to build my own system. I have a spare dual core I can use for parts. can I just swap everything out and put into this? i guess only thing would be power supply right? hard drive and dvd i've swapped out plenty of times. also pci video card and such.

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Where did your thread go?

You should get credit for it since you updated the price at 11:21 PM.

Mod FAIL on this one.

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