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Gaming Build under $1500

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Hi, im still revising my new rig.. but still trying to keep it under $1500 this is what i think i am going to go for: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz should i be looking for a cpu cooler? Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Still unsure........... need help because i want to overclock the E8500 and later on crossfire the HD 4870's Ram: 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 PC2-6400 Memory $18 HDD:Western Digital Elements 640GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive GPU: HIS Hightech H487FN1GP Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-2910 20x Case: still not too sure but got suggested the Coolermaster RC 690 ......... need help need a good gaming case with good ventilation. PSU: CORSAIR HX620W Keyborad and mouse: Logitech Internet 1500 Cordless Laser Desktop $10 I am open to your suggestions.

Name: jam
Date: March 31, 2009 at 07:47:45 Pacific

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A few comments... - crossfire configurations are a waste of money - why would you possibly need a 1GB video card, let alone two of them? - unless you run a 64-bit OS, the amount of the 4GB RAM that's actually recognized by the OS will under 3GB due to the mapping of the video card memory.

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