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seems amd had drastically dropped their dual core higher end cpu's in price
(again)

let's start with this model am2 amd64x2 cpu running at 2.6Ghz stock
the 2 megs of L2 are nice but not really needed with the onboard memory controller amd uses but it's only 4$ more(what the heck)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103759

now what quality motherboard will give the most bang for the buck?

then finding a couple of gigs of premium ram at a good price

overclockers option
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118004

let's go for last month's customer choice award for a motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131013

NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP supports:
6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
JMicron JMB363 SATA controller supports:
1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port

finally e-sata onboard

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144030

I have been waiting for cas 3 ddr2 to hit

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85509

looks like it comes in a prettier box from zipzoomfly for an extra 210$

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let's not scrimp on a power supply tho, someone might want to drop in 2- 300to 400$ vidcards

80$ after rebate with free shipping 40amps 12 volt power

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817812002

I will keep looking for a good case, not as important tho as the power supply

we'll go cheaper here but not small

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068

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got have at least 2 hard drives, they don't have to be monsters
cause we are getting a case and motherboard where we can more later

for starters we need 2 of these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140