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Answer» I want the best pc for my money. I mainly use my computer for ebay. When on ebay, it is not uncommon for me to have 20+ tabs open and a couple other windows of whatever(photoshop, more ebay, limewire). If I do play a game it's nothing graphics intensive(starcraft, command and conquer). I also like to watch movies on my computer. I've been shopping and i'm looking at the asus p5e3 premium motherboard, e8500 processor, 4gb ddr3 ram, 8800 ultra graphics, antec 900 case, a 550w modular power supply, a couple raptor drives, and whatever else. Is this overkill? What is the best hardware I can get to fit my needs? (maybe in the 500 range vs. the 1000+ i'm looking at) Btw, I'm currently running xp home sp2 on a dell dimension 4550 w/ a P4 2.0 processor, 2gb ram, a 500 & a 60gb IDE drive, and a radeon 9500 pro @ 128mb. Furthermore I don't know about or know if I care about overclocking and sli(just for gamers?)What you have at the minute is more than sufficient for your needs. The build you specc'd out there is ENTIRELY overkill for most and is a complete waste of money.Quote from: Calum on April 07, 2008, 09:27:49 AM What you have at the minute is more than sufficient for your needs. The build you specc'd out there is entirely overkill for most and is a complete waste of money. seconded. I agree also ...but if you can do it for under a grand it'll be a nice machine.I'd most certainly agree that would be overkill for your needs. Though if you were set on upgrading in the near future, in my opinion I'd stay away from DDR3 as main memory. Video CARDS it's OKAY, but for your MOBO I'd stay with DDR2 for the time being, as current DDR3 isn't quite up to par with the fastest DDR2, PLUS you'd be paying out the rear for that kind of setup. And as stated before from others as well as myself, that would be extreme overkill.

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I want the best pc for my money. I mainly use my computer for ebay. When on ebay, it is not uncommon for me to have 20+ tabs open and a couple other windows of whatever(photoshop, more ebay, limewire). If I do play a game it's nothing graphics intensive(starcraft, command and conquer). I also like to watch movies on my computer. I've been shopping and i'm looking at the asus p5e3 premium motherboard, e8500 processor, 4gb ddr3 ram, 8800 ultra graphics, antec 900 case, a 550w modular power supply, a couple raptor drives, and whatever else. Is this overkill? What is the best hardware I can get to fit my needs? (maybe in the 500 range vs. the 1000+ i'm looking at)

Btw, I'm currently running xp home sp2 on a dell dimension 4550 w/ a P4 2.0 processor, 2gb ram, a 500 & a 60gb IDE drive, and a radeon 9500 pro @ 128mb. Furthermore I don't know about or know if I care about overclocking and sli(just for gamers?)What you have at the minute is more than sufficient for your needs.
The build you specc'd out there is ENTIRELY overkill for most and is a complete waste of money.Quote from: Calum on April 07, 2008, 09:27:49 AM

What you have at the minute is more than sufficient for your needs.
The build you specc'd out there is entirely overkill for most and is a complete waste of money.

seconded. I agree also ...but if you can do it for under a grand it'll be a nice machine.I'd most certainly agree that would be overkill for your needs. Though if you were set on upgrading in the near future, in my opinion I'd stay away from DDR3 as main memory. Video CARDS it's OKAY, but for your MOBO I'd stay with DDR2 for the time being, as current DDR3 isn't quite up to par with the fastest DDR2, PLUS you'd be paying out the rear for that kind of setup. And as stated before from others as well as myself, that would be extreme overkill.

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