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 Member 2001 Level 17.98 Mar 2006 
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What do you want the machine for? The 805 is a very good price/performance chip, but it's performance isn't all too great if you hope to game on it. You'd be better served moving to a higher end machine if that's your intention. Or you could overclock the bejeesus out of it, as it seems to handle that reasonably well.
The video card is so-so. If you game, get a 7600GT (Or better if you want to spend more. I would got for the GT) If you don't game, then get a much cheaper card. If you want a simple desktop, then the 7600 is overkill. If you want a gaming machine then you are going to be hampered by the 805 and the GS. Jam it back in, in the dark.
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Member 2001 Level 17.98 Mar 2006
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I recently built myself a machine which is/will be a semi gaming machine. I wanted good enough performance for a while, dual core, quiet, and reliable. This is mostly for work etc. but I also play games, though don't want to pay the huge premium for top of the line gaming stuff. I got:
Sonata II (Quiet, reliable PSU, value) Athlon X2 3800+ (Best price/performance in a CPU that will be adequate for future games) Asus A8N-VM motherboard (Onboard video, no SLI) Seagate HDD. 1GB Ram. This is a good solution for me, but not ideal for everyone. I don't have/want any games that would benefit from something better than the onboard nVidia 6100. I'll grab a good price performance GPU when Spore or something that I'm interested in comes out, and by waiting save a bit of money. If I were to buy a card today it'd be Gigabyte's fanless 7600GT* as it's fast enough for the future, and good value for money. I picked the bottom of the line X2 as it's the best value in AMD's dual core lineup. The low end Intel dual cores are great value, but not fast enough for future games etc. So, this machine was more expensive than the one you propose, but it's CPU is much faster so I don't 'need' to replace it as soon. *This thing probably has a premium on it due to the fanless design, I'd be willing to pay it, someone who doesn't care about noise would be better served getting a regular 7600GT and save a few bucks. Most amazing jew boots
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