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A Lesser AR of 15 [Red Permanent Assurance] January 15 2010 10:45 AM EST

My computer is five years old, weak, dirty, and old. Decided to build anew. See if you can links me and the rest of CB to great deals.

The tower in the closet. Got this free off a friend with a Hellgate:London poster included. Trashed the poster.

My new HD. Gotten after my old one crashed, so still new'ish. Cost me much more from Best Buy. Don't ever shop there kids.

Recently ordered Video card. Don't judge me for it's looks. Got for quality, price, and good reviews. Sadly won't fit with my current mobo for one reason or another. Doubtful it would work with this HP anyways. Will send this back if I must.

Asking for a CPU, good mobo, and possibly heavy PSU for this build. Got a few on my newegg wishlist I'll share later if need be. Otherwise the challenge is to build a modestly awesome PC for stupid consumers with those items given. Good performance while staying in the $750-$1000 limit overall.

A Lesser AR of 15 [Red Permanent Assurance] January 16 2010 9:11 AM EST

Not the cheapest, but good reviews. Two others I liked were out of stock. Don't know if I'll take the LightScribe and DVD player off this one or buy new.
PSU Mobo Dual-core

Marlfox [Cult of the Valaraukar] January 17 2010 1:44 PM EST

Should work quite well. What about RAM?

A Lesser AR of 15 [Red Permanent Assurance] January 17 2010 4:46 PM EST

Any RAM will do is my view. Figured a handful of nerds here would post builds or critique. :P

AdminQBnovice [Cult of the Valaraukar] January 17 2010 6:07 PM EST

looks good, have you confirmed the MB and Video card are compatible?

A Lesser AR of 15 [Red Permanent Assurance] January 17 2010 6:27 PM EST

On those shown? Card interface is PCI Express 2.0 x16 and MB has one slot for that.
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