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Can you guys help me compare these little barebone kits from Tigerdirect?
$115, "PCChips A15G Socket AM2 Barebone Kit - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz OEM, 1GB DDR2-667, ATX Mid-Tower Case, 450 Watt Power Supply"
$149, "Asus M2N-MX SE Plus Socket AM2 Barebone Kit - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.20GHz OEM, 2GB Corsair DDR2 PC6400, ATX Clear Side Mid-Tower Case, 450 Watt Power Supply"
$149, "MSI GeForce 6100 w/ X2 4600,2GB,Case & PS"
I know the first one only has 1GB of RAM, but I could get another gig for less than the difference of the 115 and one of the 149's.
ALSO! WILL I GET ANY SORT OF BOTTLENECK?!?! I'm gonna use my current 4850, 2 hard drives, and I'll probably have to buy a SATA DVD burner since there is only 1 IDE header on all 3 of those mobos.
So far I'm leaning towards the third kit because it has 2 IDE headers (won't have to get new DVD drives) and it has a 4600 CPU instead of the 4200, like the other two.
My main concern is getting any sort of bottleneck. If I do buy one, it will be my first "build".
And I'll probably use my current PSU.
$115, "PCChips A15G Socket AM2 Barebone Kit - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz OEM, 1GB DDR2-667, ATX Mid-Tower Case, 450 Watt Power Supply"
$149, "Asus M2N-MX SE Plus Socket AM2 Barebone Kit - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.20GHz OEM, 2GB Corsair DDR2 PC6400, ATX Clear Side Mid-Tower Case, 450 Watt Power Supply"
$149, "MSI GeForce 6100 w/ X2 4600,2GB,Case & PS"
I know the first one only has 1GB of RAM, but I could get another gig for less than the difference of the 115 and one of the 149's.
ALSO! WILL I GET ANY SORT OF BOTTLENECK?!?! I'm gonna use my current 4850, 2 hard drives, and I'll probably have to buy a SATA DVD burner since there is only 1 IDE header on all 3 of those mobos.
So far I'm leaning towards the third kit because it has 2 IDE headers (won't have to get new DVD drives) and it has a 4600 CPU instead of the 4200, like the other two.
My main concern is getting any sort of bottleneck. If I do buy one, it will be my first "build".
And I'll probably use my current PSU.