budget PC shopping

[roliath]

speed wise sure, I just meant DDR3 because Scott was wondering if there were better options because DDR2 is more expensive. I wasnt very clear but you are right, there are faster speed DDR3 sticks out there. I fixed my post so it was a bit more factual.

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[Lason]

I should probably read the thread (the whole thread), but I believe Corsair (i think its them) has some 2100~2200 ram kits. I know my buddy's hexacore is running a kit @ 2166.

speed wise sure, I just meant DDR3 because Scott was wondering if there were better options because DDR2 is more expensive. I wasnt very clear but you are right, there are faster speed DDR3 sticks out there. I fixed my post so it was a bit more factual.

[roliath]

Nope 1866 DDR3 is about as good as your going to get. Im running 16gb of 1866 DDR3 in a $4k gaming rig. Ram is one of the cheaper things these days. SSD hard drives are where alot of the $$$ is.

I should probably read the thread (the whole thread), but I believe Corsair (i think its them) has some 2100~2200 ram kits. I know my buddy's hexacore is running a kit @ 2166.

[Lason]

What are the current supported flavors of PC RAM, differences, costs, etc? I gotta believe that 8G of fancy-ram would still cost $$$. I guess DDR3 isn't really fancy right now.

Nope DDR3 is about as good as your going to get. Im running 16gb of 1866 DDR3 in a $4k gaming rig. Ram is one of the cheaper things these days. SSD hard drives are where alot of the $$$ is.

[Tx Redneck]

Same MB. It's a combo with any Z68 MB.

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/...d#/57e09b6d/27

No, it's limited to select boards and some are mATX. There's a few ASUS that aren't.

[goofygrin]

Same MB. It's a combo with any Z68 MB.

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/57e09b6d#/57e09b6d/27

[Tx Redneck]

@ Microcenter, you might be better off getting the 4 core i5 2500 + a motherboard as they have a bundle discount of $50. That would make the combo the same as listed above $ wise, but it will be faster right off the bat.

But you likely give up on mobo features/quality. Atx v matx, dual pcie, 32gigs ddr3 2133...

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[Tx Redneck]

DDR3 RAM is cheap....and I mean CHEAP. DDR2 is still expensive

Ddr2 is expensive because it's no longer the standard.

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[Tx Redneck]

Supported speeds vary by Mobo. That Corsair ram is decent stuff, although my preference is G.Skill which they don't carry.

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[goofygrin]

@ Microcenter, you might be better off getting the 4 core i5 2500 + a motherboard as they have a bundle discount of $50. That would make the combo the same as listed above $ wise, but it will be faster right off the bat.

[ScottJ]

DDR3 RAM is cheap....and I mean CHEAP. DDR2 is still expensive

What are the current supported flavors of PC RAM, differences, costs, etc? I gotta believe that 8G of fancy-ram would still cost $$$. I guess DDR3 isn't really fancy right now.

[Ratt]

NICE! I think this may be the winning combo, thanks a ton for putting a list together, that's crazy you can get that much RAM for that $, man have I been away from things...

DDR3 RAM is cheap....and I mean CHEAP. DDR2 is still expensive

[ScottJ]

PC in the Bedroom eh!!!!???

Ya, I work from home and my Manhattan apartment doesn't have enough space to segregate bedroom/office. My current setup is the laptop on coffee table, after my desk is built, I'll have a nice corner setup w/ the 32" and PC workstation. Hell, I'll throw up some pics when I'm done so you guys get the idea

[mstng86]

PC in the Bedroom eh!!!!???

[ScottJ]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0376494 Intel Core i3 2125 LGA 1155 Boxed Processor Intel Core i3 2125 LGA 1155 Boxed Processor

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0375352 Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX Intel Mobo

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0347229 Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0347304 Corsair XMS 8GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10666) CL9

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0381815 EVGA 01G-P3-1351-KR NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1/Gig

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0357384 Thermaltake V3 Black Edition ATX Mid Tower W/430 Watt PSU

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0364538 Samsung 22X DVD±RW Burner with Dual Layer Support

Grand Total $652.67 after tax

With $70 in MIR.

This will do mild gaming, record/encode your music well, any and all office type stuff, give you the ability to go to a Core i7 in the future if need be, run multiple monitors, have more than enough ram and bookoo's storage space.

Ohh, and I would NEVER recommend a Hateway to anyone, EVER.

NICE! I think this may be the winning combo, thanks a ton for putting a list together, that's crazy you can get that much RAM for that $, man have I been away from things...