upgrade individual components was too high for my taste.
The AMD setup is 351$ Shipped, and the Intel is 446$. Regardless of the setup, I will be ordering from a different shop a 8800GT Video Card
unless computerlx.com can get close to the 180$ mark as the average price I can find.
Both setups should be 'about' the same performance out of the box, but the Intel has the capacity of overclocking much more than the AMD
from what I am reading. I don't see a need to Overclock now, but might give some performance increase for the future if needed by adding
a better CPU cooler setup.
For the AMD setup, I am picking the 5600+ over the 6000+ as the Thermal requirement is about 1/2 of the 6000+ @ 65W vs 125W
I think most people would push toward the Intel setup for the extra 95$...I think just putting this all 'down on paper' helps me decide as well.....
Both setups have the same case.....which I think is quite nice over the standard beige boring one most places give you.
AMD 5600+ MIKE SERIES
# AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5600+* (2.8GHz) AM2 SYS
# AMD SOCKET AM2 STANDARD COOLING FAN
# Asus M2V-MX SE Socket AM2/ VIA K8M890/ DDR2/ PCIE/ A&V&L/ MATX Motherboard
# SUPER TALENT 2GB DDR-2 800MHZ PC-6400 (2X 1GB)
# Western Digital WD1600JS 160GB SATA2 7200rpm 8MB Hard Drive (DAILY SPECIAL)
# SAMSUNG/LITEON 20X DVD-RW DUAL LAYER W/LIGHTSCRIBE (PROMO ITEM)
# ONBOARD DELTA CHROME 256MB VIDEO
# 6-CHANNEL DIGITAL SOUND ONBOARD
# 10/100 ETHERNET ONBOARD
# BCC VOYAGER MID-TOWER ATX
# OKIA A-POWER 500 WATT ATX POWER SUPPLY
# FED-EX GROUND SHIPPING "INCLUDED $25" (1-7 BUSINESS DAYS)
# Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6850 3GHz 1333MHz 4MB LGA775 CPU
# INTEL STANDARD PROCESSOR COOLING FAN
# ASRock ConRoe1333-D667 R1.0 Core 2 Duo/ 945GC/ DDR2/ A&V&L/ MATX
# SUPER TALENT 2GB DDR-2 800MHZ PC-6400 (2X 1GB)
# Western Digital WD1600JS 160GB SATA2 7200rpm 8MB Hard Drive (DAILY SPECIAL)
# SAMSUNG/LITEON 20X DVD-RW DUAL LAYER W/LIGHTSCRIBE (PROMO ITEM)
# INTEL 224MB ONBOARD VIDEO
# 6-CHANNEL DIGITAL SOUND ONBOARD
# 10/100 ETHERNET ONBOARD
# BCC VOYAGER MID-TOWER ATX
# OKIA A-POWER 500 WATT ATX POWER SUPPLY
# FED-EX GROUND SHIPPING "INCLUDED $25" (1-7 BUSINESS DAYS)