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Tax Season Upgrades:-)

TechleoTechleo Member Posts: 1,984
in Hardware

Well the time has come for me to make my mandatory tax season computer upgrades. Every few years I grab one of my older pc's from the den and upgrade it into something I can give away.

This year I have as follows to work with:

Old case, decent fan system with a 650watt PSU, a Ati x1800XL 512mb graphics card and a vista 64 installed harddrive someone gave me. If I were to replace the ancient motherboard, ram and cpu Id like some ideas what to get in the 480 dollar range.

Right now Im planning on a:

GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard                                              

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBPI

This should give me more then a decent little rig for 402 dollars at newegg. Thats without rebates. I loathe mail in rebates to the bottom of my soul!

Anyone else have some recommendations?

 

Comments

  • kuthulukuthulu Member Posts: 3

    the only thing i was able to buy out of my tax refund was a 1000 watt ps. the rest into my everyday college needs.

  • TechleoTechleo Member Posts: 1,984

      Ouch! Its amazing how much college costs. Go to the 2nd world countries, get the same education for 1/10th the cost. They accept the credintials in America. Id recommend Taiwan or the Philippines. In anycase I was asking more along the lines of what other parts could I get for a equivalent price. Im sorta surprised no one gave any ideas. First time I made a post and it took that long just for one post hehe.

    You guys and gals have ANY ideas?

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