no seriously..
when i had a crappy 750 athlon. i did all that overclocking stuff. i bought a new heatsink. some arctic silver. oc'd to 950. upgraded my vid card like 3 times. bought more ram. new HD etc. i dont remember how much money i spent. i thought to myself, wow im spending so much money on this when i could just get a whole new computer.
i got a good deal on a dell. 3.0p4e, intel 875p mobo (build in sata, gigabit nic, usb2.0, 5.1 audio), 256 dual channel ram, 9800pro vid card, nec 2100a 8x DVD burner (i flashed firmware to nec 2500), 40 GB hard drive, 17 inch monitor. all that for 750 dollars. then i just put in stuff from my old comp. 80 GB hd. leadtek TV2000 xp tv tuner. logitech z-560 speakers and put in some new stuff. audigy 2 zs +$50. 512 ram +$65. final price = $865. run doom 3 smooth as butter and couldnt be happier.
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