The $600 holiday PC

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited November 2008 in Science & Tech
The $600 holiday PC

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  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2008
    Thrax you did it again :D

    Great job.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited November 2008
    Love the format of these articles. Nice work, Thrax!
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited November 2008
    Any suggestions for a stable motherboard that costs less for someone who doesn't want to OC?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2008
    I don't intend the system to be overclocked (OEM CPU cooler), but it just so happens that the BloodIron can do that pretty well. I don't really feel comfortable suggesting something cheaper.
  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2008
    There's an open box BloodIron on the egg for $80
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited November 2008
    Great article. Pure bang for buck.
  • bullzisniprbullzisnipr Topeka, KS
    edited November 2008
    For the 4th time, great article. Parts are great quality and great pricing, awesome.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited November 2008
    Another very good choice for a mobo that is more modern than the P35 Bloodiron is the Asus P5Q Pro (P45 chipset). It's around $5 more than the Bloodiron, but sports a newer chipset and also has 2 PCI-e 2.0 x16 slots (run at 8x when using 2 vid cards) and onboard 1394 too. The P45 chipset is also better at overclocking the Yorkfield quads too than the older chipsets. All the other choices I agree with wholeheartedly.
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2008
    Thanks for your input mudd!

    Sounds like the board I've been looking for! Currently I have the P35 Bloodiron but eventually I'd like to grab a board with 2 PCE-e slots, that way when a 8800gt goes on sale I can turn my rig into a folding monster :D
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited November 2008
    muddocktor wrote:
    Another very good choice for a mobo that is more modern than the P35 Bloodiron is the Asus P5Q Pro (P45 chipset).

    Newegg has the p5Q board for 99 after a $15 mail in rebate.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited November 2008
    Yeah, I saw that but with the big snafu with that big rebate handling company going chapter 11 I wouldn't count my chickens on the rebate part, especially if that rebate company is the one handling Asus rebates.
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