Depends on your preferences really. Intel? AMD? Dual Core? Quad Core? Type of Ram? A lot of factors to consider in that sort of thing. Perhaps you should check out Newegg.com, look over some of the dels they have, compare some things within your budget and then ask some tech spec advice baed on what you narrow down your choices to be? If you are on a limited budget and want the most over all bang for your buck, I will recommend AMD be where you start your search. Intel has some higher over all performance available at this time, but their prices run on average 1.5 to 2 times the cost of what similar tech will from an AMD line. That also frees up a few bucks for you to invest in a few extra gigs of RAM.
I included the video card because its apart of the package even though you only asked for the board, processor, and ram. For what you asked for the price is $381.98.
When it comes to low cutting the price AMD is a good alternative. You can also use all the cheapo solutions that are in the AMD package. Like pairing a 780g board with a HD3450. This is not recommended if you are planning to use a higher end video card.
The entire AMD 7x0 Northbridges are probably the best right now, and they have greater performance advantage for ATI video cards compared to pairing the ATI video card on an Intel or nVidia chipset. I chose MSI for the video card and motherboard only because they are probably the best manufacturer of AMD components.
I went with the 9550 just because its the best buy out of the phenom line. If you know how to do it, you can increase the voltage to 140w, and the processor will perform on the 9950's scale. Also you get a $10 discount on a Vista OS.
Lastly, I combined everything with OCZ Reaper ram because OCZ is a great memory manufacturer and its tough to beat the timing on these reapers at this price point.
I included the video card because its apart of the package even though you only asked for the board, processor, and ram. For what you asked for the price is $381.98. When it comes to low cutting the price AMD is a good alternative. You can also use all the cheapo solutions that are in the AMD package. Like pairing a 780g board with a HD3450. This is not recommended if you are planning to use a higher end video card. The entire AMD 7x0 Northbridges are probably the best right now, and they have greater performance advantage for ATI video cards compared to pairing the ATI video card on an Intel or nVidia chipset. I chose MSI for the video card and motherboard only because they are probably the best manufacturer of AMD components. I went with the 9550 just because its the best buy out of the phenom line. If you know how to do it, you can increase the voltage to 140w, and the processor will perform on the 9950's scale. Also you get a $10 discount on a Vista OS. Lastly, I combined everything with OCZ Reaper ram because OCZ is a great memory manufacturer and its tough to beat the timing on these reapers at this price point.
i would dumb that down alot, there is nothing on the horizon to worry about and itll be 5 years till we need quad core cessors for gaming. i personally use gigabyte boards, amd cessors totally save $, 113 for a sweet ass dual core @newegg (socket am2) also use any spare $ to get non-stock cpu cooling (scythe or gigabyte) and alot o ram with vista 64. comprehend the word budget, 500$ on parts totally implies it. i would get a sli board(usually like 10-20$ more than not having it) and if you need more power later there is always that option. if theres tons of extra$ get a n52 TE and love your game.
just as a rough idea, you dont need performance parts if you use the word budget. cleffy you are looking at it like they know what they are doing, if that was the case they wouldnt be asking for help. K.I.S.S. no need for awesome ram if they are not overclocking. quad cores are useless to gamers (at this point ..and sadly). using sli or crossfire should give enough possibilities for expansion for mmorpg's (i hope noone is trying to run crysis[coughgarbagecough] on a budget) so long as dx10 compatible cards are used.
and seriously the n52 TE is awesome icing and will most likely outlast your machine.
I agree with everything on that list except for the Processor. Quad cores aren't as good for gaming, and many other applications. They're just not widely accepted I guess.
I personally use a 2.4 Ghz Quad Core and am not totally satisfied with it, would have been better if I bought a 3.2 Dual core... my brothers 3.0 dual core gives better performance than mine.
Everyone will have their personal preferences for one reason or another. I see the OP has yet to reply however. Hopefully the time is being used doing a little research? As I originally suggested, check out NewEgg.com. find some stuff ya like, and either come here and ask some comparitive questions, or even go to Tomshardware.com and do some searching for yourself... then come here. Again, AMD will give you better bang for the buck, for those on a budget. So I would begin your search there.
on a side note. i live in NY and as of july 1 newegg is charging me sales tax...its like 10%, now i have humped the egg for a long time (was the #1 horse in my stable actually) but after the sales tax i am really not saving much, so there may be better options for some people. i would love to know what f-tards voted "tax us more" but really in the past 2 months both amazon and newegg have started taxing us and i think zipzoomfly or even tigerdirect can beat their prices once you figure in taxes...side note though.
That is some crap. I would stop doing business with them if they tossed that sort of tax on me. Could be a temp thing while fuel prices are a bit on the upside? Heh, if TigerDirect/CompUSA can beat their deals for you, you would prolly about be better off just going to Bestbuy or something. Hmm, I had anoher okay site I used to deal with. I will see if I can find the link for it. Been dealing only with NewEgg cz nothing else compares to the combo deal prices I can get with them.
I'm well aware of newegg and tigerdirect and have been checking out all their stuff since I posted. The reason for my post was because I wanted the "gamers" input. You guys have given me some invaluable ideas and product selections. I do overclock, however I stay on the conservative side of it. I don't usually look at SLI anymore, cuz when I feel the need for more juice, I usually buy a new card that beats having 2 of what I already have. And I do appreciate having quality memory. It helps not only with overclocking, but with general stability and performance. I do build on a budget, but for only the mb, proc, and mem, $500 can buy quite a bit. I've got great parts already in all the other areas. And I can go a little more than $500 if see the reason for it. I don't expect a system to always play all games. Like crysis. But I'm looking for something that can handle most MMO's.
Thank You all very much for your input. Weather I agree completely or not with all of the ideas doesn't matter. Nobody "knows it all" and I am happy to get any advice I can get. Keep it comeing. I may not be posting as much as others do, but I read everything and check out every piece of equipment listed.
want to save money then go with the AMD black edition 5000, buy a nice fan, ends up being around 100 , starts out around 2.6 , i got it overclocked to 3.2 had to raise the voltage twice, buts its a great cheap duel core, ATI and AMD are the best bang for your buck, unless you have lots of cash,Intel and Nvidia only win on the extreme end because ATI AMD is going for a actual market.
id comment on the rest but im being very lazy today so meh you get the idea, Ram go with OCZ or corsaire both are great.
Also make sure the board is a AM 2+ socket, so when games are optimized for quad cores then you can upgrade to it.
Intel is just as "bang for your buck" as AMD/ATI is these days. Do some MFK'n research fanboys! I run both brands in many different combos, and they are so comparable it doesn't really matter. I have found Intel and Nvidia combos to be slightly more effecient for the price.
EDIT: Thought I would add some credibility to my comment. Take a look at these benchmarks:
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Depends on your preferences really. Intel? AMD? Dual Core? Quad Core? Type of Ram? A lot of factors to consider in that sort of thing. Perhaps you should check out Newegg.com, look over some of the dels they have, compare some things within your budget and then ask some tech spec advice baed on what you narrow down your choices to be? If you are on a limited budget and want the most over all bang for your buck, I will recommend AMD be where you start your search. Intel has some higher over all performance available at this time, but their prices run on average 1.5 to 2 times the cost of what similar tech will from an AMD line. That also frees up a few bucks for you to invest in a few extra gigs of RAM.
I included the video card because its apart of the package even though you only asked for the board, processor, and ram. For what you asked for the price is $381.98.
When it comes to low cutting the price AMD is a good alternative. You can also use all the cheapo solutions that are in the AMD package. Like pairing a 780g board with a HD3450. This is not recommended if you are planning to use a higher end video card.
The entire AMD 7x0 Northbridges are probably the best right now, and they have greater performance advantage for ATI video cards compared to pairing the ATI video card on an Intel or nVidia chipset. I chose MSI for the video card and motherboard only because they are probably the best manufacturer of AMD components.
I went with the 9550 just because its the best buy out of the phenom line. If you know how to do it, you can increase the voltage to 140w, and the processor will perform on the 9950's scale. Also you get a $10 discount on a Vista OS.
Lastly, I combined everything with OCZ Reaper ram because OCZ is a great memory manufacturer and its tough to beat the timing on these reapers at this price point.
i would dumb that down alot, there is nothing on the horizon to worry about and itll be 5 years till we need quad core cessors for gaming. i personally use gigabyte boards, amd cessors totally save $, 113 for a sweet ass dual core @newegg (socket am2) also use any spare $ to get non-stock cpu cooling (scythe or gigabyte) and alot o ram with vista 64. comprehend the word budget, 500$ on parts totally implies it. i would get a sli board(usually like 10-20$ more than not having it) and if you need more power later there is always that option. if theres tons of extra$ get a n52 TE and love your game.
edit: if we have to choose product:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835128014
just as a rough idea, you dont need performance parts if you use the word budget. cleffy you are looking at it like they know what they are doing, if that was the case they wouldnt be asking for help. K.I.S.S. no need for awesome ram if they are not overclocking. quad cores are useless to gamers (at this point ..and sadly). using sli or crossfire should give enough possibilities for expansion for mmorpg's (i hope noone is trying to run crysis[coughgarbagecough] on a budget) so long as dx10 compatible cards are used.
and seriously the n52 TE is awesome icing and will most likely outlast your machine.
I agree with everything on that list except for the Processor. Quad cores aren't as good for gaming, and many other applications. They're just not widely accepted I guess.
I'd go with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103228 instead.
I personally use a 2.4 Ghz Quad Core and am not totally satisfied with it, would have been better if I bought a 3.2 Dual core... my brothers 3.0 dual core gives better performance than mine.
Everyone will have their personal preferences for one reason or another. I see the OP has yet to reply however. Hopefully the time is being used doing a little research? As I originally suggested, check out NewEgg.com. find some stuff ya like, and either come here and ask some comparitive questions, or even go to Tomshardware.com and do some searching for yourself... then come here. Again, AMD will give you better bang for the buck, for those on a budget. So I would begin your search there.
on a side note. i live in NY and as of july 1 newegg is charging me sales tax...its like 10%, now i have humped the egg for a long time (was the #1 horse in my stable actually) but after the sales tax i am really not saving much, so there may be better options for some people. i would love to know what f-tards voted "tax us more" but really in the past 2 months both amazon and newegg have started taxing us and i think zipzoomfly or even tigerdirect can beat their prices once you figure in taxes...side note though.
That is some crap. I would stop doing business with them if they tossed that sort of tax on me. Could be a temp thing while fuel prices are a bit on the upside? Heh, if TigerDirect/CompUSA can beat their deals for you, you would prolly about be better off just going to Bestbuy or something. Hmm, I had anoher okay site I used to deal with. I will see if I can find the link for it. Been dealing only with NewEgg cz nothing else compares to the combo deal prices I can get with them.
I'm well aware of newegg and tigerdirect and have been checking out all their stuff since I posted. The reason for my post was because I wanted the "gamers" input. You guys have given me some invaluable ideas and product selections. I do overclock, however I stay on the conservative side of it. I don't usually look at SLI anymore, cuz when I feel the need for more juice, I usually buy a new card that beats having 2 of what I already have. And I do appreciate having quality memory. It helps not only with overclocking, but with general stability and performance. I do build on a budget, but for only the mb, proc, and mem, $500 can buy quite a bit. I've got great parts already in all the other areas. And I can go a little more than $500 if see the reason for it. I don't expect a system to always play all games. Like crysis. But I'm looking for something that can handle most MMO's.
Thank You all very much for your input. Weather I agree completely or not with all of the ideas doesn't matter. Nobody "knows it all" and I am happy to get any advice I can get. Keep it comeing. I may not be posting as much as others do, but I read everything and check out every piece of equipment listed.
Thanks again
want to save money then go with the AMD black edition 5000, buy a nice fan, ends up being around 100 , starts out around 2.6 , i got it overclocked to 3.2 had to raise the voltage twice, buts its a great cheap duel core, ATI and AMD are the best bang for your buck, unless you have lots of cash,Intel and Nvidia only win on the extreme end because ATI AMD is going for a actual market.
id comment on the rest but im being very lazy today so meh you get the idea, Ram go with OCZ or corsaire both are great.
Also make sure the board is a AM 2+ socket, so when games are optimized for quad cores then you can upgrade to it.
Intel is just as "bang for your buck" as AMD/ATI is these days. Do some MFK'n research fanboys! I run both brands in many different combos, and they are so comparable it doesn't really matter. I have found Intel and Nvidia combos to be slightly more effecient for the price.
EDIT: Thought I would add some credibility to my comment. Take a look at these benchmarks:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3344&p=11
The Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 can be had for right at 200 bucks - which is an ABSOLUTE steal!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037