My PC Just died

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Squilliam said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Gah.

Ok, what's the best CPU for under $300?

What Mobo would you put with it?

I am going to buy a CPU/Mobo/PSU/Memory/HD. ( I will keep my 7800 GTX until the new crop of cards comes out) 

I don't want to spend a ton of money. 

I guess I will go with Vista (I just threw up a little in my mouth). I have an MSDN license, so all MS software is free to me, I just hate Vista.

Oh, and will I notice 4 gig of ram over 2 gig at this point?

Is that $300 for the whole lot or $300 for the CPU?

Some things to consider.

No SLI for Nehalem (Core3) CPUs - Intel/Nvidia scuffle. Furthermore its a dead end upgrade patch with LGA775.

AMD Southbridge 700-750 has built in overclocking for the black edition phenoms.

 thatsmt true, Intel would be stupid not to want to make money...I hope its not true either as I want w/e GPU is out when those CPUs are released.

Plus Intel cant stop nVidia's partners from licencing SLi and Nahalem technologies and using them at the same time. lol