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FPSLabs Home: Intel Entry Level system

By: Christian Koebel - Published November 05, 2005 at 7:03 PM EST - Writer Archive
Not enough money for a higher end system? Then, get the power of a Pentium 4 on the cheap!

Entry-Level Intel System

Part
Name Price
CPU
Intel Core 2 E6300
$185.00
Motherboard
Abit AB-9 (965)
$147.99
Video Card
eVGA 7600GT
$169.00
RAM
Corsair Value 2x512MB DDR 667
$81.99
HDD
Hitachi 80GB SATA HD
$41.99
Optical Drive
BenQ CD-RW
$17.99
Case (incl. PSU)
Antec Sonata II 400W PSU
$84.99
Total
$728.95

Possible Upgrades:
Replace eVGA 7600GT for eVGA 7900GT (+$100.00)
Replace Core2 E6300 with Core2 E6600 (+$131.00)
Replace Case PSU with FSP 500W (+$89.99)
Replace Hitachi 80GB with Western Digital 320GB 16MB cache HD (+$64.00)
Replace Lite-On CD-RW with BenQ DVD-RW LightScribe burner (+$18.50)

 

Total after upgrades: $1132.44

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I was looking for a good, cheap motherboard.. and the MSI 915P Neo-F looks nice for $72.. cool, plus it has PCI-E..
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yeah!~
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newegg.com owns
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I like that MSI 915P Neo-F. It's got PCI-E but it isn't over $100. Nice.

This comment was edited at 01/26/2006 4:12 AM
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already old ,today march 26 2006
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the entry level intel system must be some sort of a mistake. what kind of an neandertal would be buying a cd-only optical drives nowadays?!
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that link for the CPU is a intel pentium 4 640 prescott core d=\.
=D

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