Recent content by sublimeziggen

No, but that setup doesn't have a monitor or operating system. And, I prefer AMD.

Well isn't that convenient? Perfect! :o)

That is a great setup you posted. I thank you for taking the time to put it together. I got back on Tigerdirect and put it together almost exactly the same. I need a keyboard and mouse and I ordered an extra 120mm fan. With those extra costs I had to drop the monitor down a little bit but...

Well, I would be using it to play CIV V and work with Photoshop mostly. So I guess you could say gaming, large file photographs, and internet. I would hope to not have to upgrade it for at least 5 years. I'm trying to keep it under 1K and I'm using Tigerdirect.com. The above set up was from...

Okay....thoughts on this set up? Really appreciate it! Biostar TA890GXB HD Motherboard AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Processor 3.20GHz 700W power Supply Corsair 4GB DDR3 RAM - PC10666, 1333MHz, 4096MB Western Digital Hard Drive - 500GB, 7200rpm, 16MB, SATA-300 Diablotek VX5770 1GBD5-H...

Or..just came across this setup>AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition @ 3.20GHz for about 100.00 more.

Thoughts on this processor? AMD Athlon II X4 630 Quad Core @ 2.80GHz

Wow, you nailed it on the head. "Quad-Core + decent gaming video card as cheaply as possible". It looks like It's back to the drawing board. Perhaps this time around I won't be as cheap...

Hey fellow Fanatics. I am going to do my first desktop build and I just want some opinions\advice\guidance on some things. I am building this because of Civ 5 and my Photography. Here is what I am looking at right now, please leave your comments on improvements, bad ideas etc. ASUS...