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<blockquote data-quote="Sousanator" data-source="post: 70053" data-attributes="member: 445"><p>I think the newer highend Intels are better than the AMD's, but AMD is better for the midend older processors.</p><p></p><p>My current rig is about a mid-end and if you look in the right places you can most likely build it for really cheap</p><p>It has:</p><p>AMD Dual Core 3800 (2.1GHz)</p><p>Nvidia 8600 GTS </p><p>3.5 GB RAM (Remember if your going to put more than 4GB of RAM, you need to use 64-bit versions of Windows)</p><p> </p><p>Quad-Core's are hardly utilized to their potential yet, so for now, a faster Dual-Core is way better than a slower Dual-Core. I'd recommend a faster processor than mine since that the next updgrade I need to do.</p><p></p><p>For the Video Card I'd recommend the 8800 since they are fairly cheap and its better than the 9200 or 9600. My 8600 can run Crysis on medium settings, so if you are really looking for a cheap graphics card this one will just do.</p><p></p><p>Everything else can pretty much be re-used from your other computer (hard drive, monitor, tower, cd-drives) </p><p></p><p>Also before you start ordering parts, make sure everything is compatible. If you're building completly new, start with the motherboard and work from there.</p><p></p><p>And for the Operating System, if you've never used Linux (like Ubuntu) stick with Windows. If your school is part of the MSDN program you can get Windows Vista Buisness edition for free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sousanator, post: 70053, member: 445"] I think the newer highend Intels are better than the AMD's, but AMD is better for the midend older processors. My current rig is about a mid-end and if you look in the right places you can most likely build it for really cheap It has: AMD Dual Core 3800 (2.1GHz) Nvidia 8600 GTS 3.5 GB RAM (Remember if your going to put more than 4GB of RAM, you need to use 64-bit versions of Windows) Quad-Core's are hardly utilized to their potential yet, so for now, a faster Dual-Core is way better than a slower Dual-Core. I'd recommend a faster processor than mine since that the next updgrade I need to do. For the Video Card I'd recommend the 8800 since they are fairly cheap and its better than the 9200 or 9600. My 8600 can run Crysis on medium settings, so if you are really looking for a cheap graphics card this one will just do. Everything else can pretty much be re-used from your other computer (hard drive, monitor, tower, cd-drives) Also before you start ordering parts, make sure everything is compatible. If you're building completly new, start with the motherboard and work from there. And for the Operating System, if you've never used Linux (like Ubuntu) stick with Windows. If your school is part of the MSDN program you can get Windows Vista Buisness edition for free. [/QUOTE]
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