Non-Gaming PC

Do want

[ ] Y

[ ] N

 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35

 Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz

 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 RAM

 Rosewill 600W SLI Ready ATX12V v2.01 PSU

 Western Digital Caviar 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

 Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 256MB

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811147040

>>16
>>20
Don't have a shitting clue what they're talking about.  First off, real-world usage shows that, watt-for-watt, Intel is walking all over AMD.  That is a FACT.  It used to not matter, but it used to not require kilowatt power supplies to play games.

It's true that hypertransport is faster than the FSB on an Intel configuration.  What the people that made the mistake of buying AMD this time around WON'T tell you is that in either layout, there's so much bandwidth it doesn't even matter.  Your bottleneck at this point is the processor (I count the hard drive as a given anymore-  It's slow as ass, get over it).  When you only have two cores, 1333 MHz FSB is plenty (really, you say you trust a core 2 quad, but don't believe that a core 2 duo will perform?  Apply your own logic to it!)

e6350, 2GB decent ram (picked up 2 GB Corsair XMS2 for $90 five months ago), nvidia graphics card (because ATi STILL can't write drivers for shit), cheat WD or seagate 300/320 GB hard drive and a decent mobo.  I did this for less than $500 five months ago- you can meet or beat that easily.