mjclemson

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When will the next system builder marathon occur? I'm wanting to pull the trigger on a build similar to one featured in December's SBM (the rebates expire 1/31). Can I expect a complete SBM to be posted before 1/31?
 

mjclemson

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If an answer to the above question isn't possible, anybody want to critique this build?

Build Purpose: General Use and Gaming (WoW, maybe others -- nothing at the Crysis max settings level).
Build Goal: Under $600
Source: Largely based on Tom's December SBM sub-650 build

Carryovers
Case: Cooler Master Wave Master
PSU: Enermax 375W Noisetaker -- will this work?
Optical: IDE DVDRW/CDRW

New
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L, $80
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz, $120 (same price as the E7300 2.66GHz)
Heatsink: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, $37
RAM: Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400), $40
Video: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3, $125

Still looking
HDD: Looking for recommendations on drives to mirror -- I do not need a lot of space (currently RAID 1 two 120GB IDE drives and have 60% free)