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Originally Posted by Aceanuu
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4790X ATX Ultra Durable II AMD Mobo
With a
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6Ghz 65W Dual-Core Black Edition Model ADO5000DSWOF
Cooled by a
ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball
And two sets of (4 gigs total)
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 Model F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK
With a
EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB GDDR3
And two at raid0
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 250GB SATAII
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OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W PSU
All in a
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS w/ 25CM Fan
They just dropped prices of Intel proc's by 50%. I'd seriously consider going for Q6700 (only like $250 now) and an Intel mobo. Even if you just stay dual core, I'd seriously recommend Intel. I'd been a hardline AMD/ATI user before this last batch of upgrades/rebuilds about a year ago, and I haven't looked back with my Intel Quad/8800GTS build. Its great.
But... if you're going for a CAD box... idk... it's probably worth shopping around for an NVidia Quadro card instead of a mainline gaming card like the 8800 or such. Also, don't cheep out on ram too much, there is actually a difference btw nice ram and cheep ram as speed goes, even if they are teh same DDR type and all.
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I have a dual core 2.8ghz P4 with 4gb ram and recently upgraded to a Quadro 6700; it made a huge difference. I have some ridiculous assemblies in terms of resources, and I have yet to cause any decent lag.