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cooldudie3
Boom Boom Boom
Wow! There is a different between 400-500 bucks and 700-800 bucks! But do they work well? Can I just get a simple random power supply from the computer mall around here?
Cheapest video card that can handle Vista
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amrawtanshx
Lets Do It!
There is also difference between Corsair (Around 2.5k) and Bestec/Techcom/Quantum (For 400 bucks).
But the above 3 also wok well.Have many friends using them.
Since u wont delve much into gaming ... Get these ones or the Antec one .... Performance is nearly same.
But the above 3 also wok well.Have many friends using them.
Since u wont delve much into gaming ... Get these ones or the Antec one .... Performance is nearly same.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Hey btw, are you an overclocker ? If not, you might want to consider AMD too. Athlon X2 4200+ costs 2.5K. And Palit or Jetway 690G motherboard costs 2.5K again. This is 5K, compared to the 3.5K + 3.5K = 7K for E2180 and XFX 630i. Cheaper and *slightly* lower in performance, but handles vista at the same time. It even handles Compiz Fusion with the new AMD driver updates.
Psychosocial
Violent serenity.
^^If its lower in performance and at the same why buy it ? Intel ftw.....
MetalheadGautham
AFK
dude, its 2K lesser., thats about 30% cheaper
and still gets job do+ne.
for 15% less performance.
Psychosocial
Violent serenity.
Better get Intel if you can coz it performs faster. If not then stick with AMD 
MetalheadGautham
AFK
remember the original title ? He wants the *cheapest* way to run vista+.Better get Intel if you can coz it performs faster. If not then stick with AMD
For that, you need a basic dual core CPU and a basic GPU like this HD1250.
And 1GB RAM.
These are some the minimum to run vista flawlessly, and this fulfills that.
PS: If he had asked cheapest to run WindowsXP, I would have said 2.0GHz Sempron LE for 1.4K and MSI VIA motherboard for 1.5K
Psychosocial
Violent serenity.
remember the original title ? He wants the *cheapest* way to run vista+.
For that, you need a basic dual core CPU and a basic GPU like this HD1250.
And 1GB RAM.
These are some the minimum to run vista flawlessly, and this fulfills that.
PS: If he had asked cheapest to run WindowsXP, I would have said 2.0GHz Sempron LE for 1.4K and MSI VIA motherboard for 1.5K
well you are right. But it dosent hurt to get more performance for AROUND THE SAME PRICE.
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If you want the CHEAPEST way then get MetalHeadGautham's recommandation and if you want a little more horsepower for around the same price then get my config
.BTW, if he wants to run XP then he can also get a Pentium Celeron 1GHz + 128MBDDR RAM.
That too will suffice
. Add a really cheap mobo too with IGP and he's done for XP
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cooldudie3
Boom Boom Boom
It is really hard to say? Is intel better or AMD? And I want to run Windows Vista without any huge problems.
Psychosocial
Violent serenity.
^^Go with Intel config/
MetalheadGautham
AFK
As I told you, BOTH wold do the job. But the more expensive config would do the job better, thats all.
Here are the various configs in increasing order of performance:
AMD 4000+ and 690V mobo for 2.4 + 2.4 = 4.8K
Core2duo E2160 and Biostar 610i for 3K + 2.5K = 5.5K
AMD 4200+ and 690G mobo for 2.5 + 2.5 = 5K
C2D E2180 and XFX 630i for 3.5 + 3.5 = 7K
the first one sucks BIG time.
the second is okish but awssome for overclockers.
I recommend the third for the following reasons:
1. It has HDMI port which others lack
2. It has eSATA port which others lack - this is an AWSSOME feature if you have an external HDD
3. It costs lot less than 4th config but its only slightly less performing
Psychosocial
Violent serenity.
^^Go with what MetalHead says *s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/visio159/Unismilies/22large.png
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cooldudie3
Boom Boom Boom
Does the motherboard work with the Nvidia 8400GS?
Psychosocial
Violent serenity.
Yus, it has a PCI-e x16 slot so it will work .
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cooldudie3
Boom Boom Boom
Ok, I thought about it. I am building a new PC. So I have the motherboard, video card and the CPU. What memory does it support and what is a good recommendation for the case?
Psychosocial
Violent serenity.
^^It supports DDR2 (duh!) and lookout for a Zebronics Bijli or Lava cabbies which look and perform good plus comes with a PSU of 400W which will suffice you. All for 1k .
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MetalheadGautham
AFK
IMPOSSIBLE. That card supports vista ANY DAY. It supports SOLARIS, FreeBSD, Linux, MacOSX, Vista, XP and most other OSes.
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