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best cpu,mb,ram combo for 500 bucks

Started by themidnightrider13 , May 31 2010 07:39 PM

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themidnightrider13

Posted 31 May 2010 - 07:39 PM

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Not sure whats best at this point for me...have looked around on tigerdirect and newegg. Do I go high end 775 with a top quad core and ddr2 or do i go mid level i5 or low end i-7 with ddr3? My current GPU is good enough... i don't play any games on my pc except MVP Bseball 2005 and it doesn't take much to push that game on high. I dont think i will upgrade this mb or cpu again. I will bequeeth it to my son who will be 6 or 7 in a couple of years when it's time to renew again. So future upgradeability is not a factor for my purchase. I just want the best punch avail for my 500 bucks period. All i require is 2 things. SLI on the MB so i can pair my card done the road soon and 4 gigs of ram. All for 500 including tax. Any insight would be nice. Oh yeah... i will still be running XP most likely for some time to come.

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SpywareDr

Posted 01 June 2010 - 04:11 AM

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ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
$99.99 ($89.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate Card) + $2.99 Shipping*
http://www.newegg.co...1-232-_-Product

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
$278.99 + Free Shipping*
http://www.newegg.co...5-041-_-Product

Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT25664AA1067
$120.99 + $2.99 Shipping*
http://www.newegg.co...2KIT25664AA1067

$489.97 + $5.98 shipping = $495.95

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