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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
Well I was on DABS.com and overclockers.co.uk and Core Quads are £250
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Go for an AMD. You can buy one for pretty cheap comparatively.
I saw Core i7 for $260 (way less than your price) a little while back. They may be less now.
4850 Vid cards are down to $100!!! Rediculous!
Some good info for helping you on a budget:
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: July '09:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...card,2362.html
Far Cry is probably what you should base your CPU opinion on if you primarily use it for gaming:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2....0.1,1401.html
Here is $180 for a 940. This price could probably be beat too pretty easily. Use the 945 score from the chart above (same CPU, just different socket - AM2+ vs AM3):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103471
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