Associate
- Joined
- 9 Jan 2006
- Posts
- 1,375
Hey all,
I'm helping a friend build a new rig on a shoe string budget and I wanted some advice on what the best low end solution is.
I'm thinking it's got to be an AM3 based platform, given the funds to play with, but I want it to be something that's overclockable and has scope for upgrade when he get's some spare cash.
The motherboard doesn't need more than a single PCI-e graphics slot, but it would be really helpful if it had an IDE slot or two for a couple of older hard drives. If not though, it's not the end of the world, just trying to save him some cash.
Don't worry about the case, he's got something in mind already that I can't talk him out of. Opticals, keyboard, monitor and mouse are all taken care of too. Though he won't need after market cooling right off the bat, I'd like to let him know what he can expect if he lays out an extra £20-£30 on a heat sink for his cpu.
Thanks all,
Uncle
I'm helping a friend build a new rig on a shoe string budget and I wanted some advice on what the best low end solution is.
I'm thinking it's got to be an AM3 based platform, given the funds to play with, but I want it to be something that's overclockable and has scope for upgrade when he get's some spare cash.
The motherboard doesn't need more than a single PCI-e graphics slot, but it would be really helpful if it had an IDE slot or two for a couple of older hard drives. If not though, it's not the end of the world, just trying to save him some cash.
Don't worry about the case, he's got something in mind already that I can't talk him out of. Opticals, keyboard, monitor and mouse are all taken care of too. Though he won't need after market cooling right off the bat, I'd like to let him know what he can expect if he lays out an extra £20-£30 on a heat sink for his cpu.
Thanks all,
Uncle