Best In Class: Cases to Video Cards: Price/Performance Thread for your PC needs.

[nightwish]

Price Comparisons Done @ Newegg.com and TigerDirect.com/ca

*Most of this is based of personal experience, either by me, or others that I know (AKA: Geeks.) And the stuff thats not, is based on a few methods I use to find out what is the best performance/price.
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Cases:

$0-$25 : Rosewill R230-P

$26-$50 : CoolerMaster Centurion 5 [Low-High-End] and Rosewill R5604-BK

$51-$75 : Sunbeam Freezing-Storm IC-FS

$76-$100 : Lian-Li PC-7B +II

$101-$150 : Thermaltake Armor or Armor Jr. and Antec 900

$151+ : CoolerMaster Stacker and Antec P182

Best Buck: Centurion 5 or Lian-Li PC-7B +II

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CPU Heatsinks/Fans

$0-25 : ArcticCooling Freezer 7 Pro

$26-$50 : Zerotherm Nirvana 120MM and Zerotherm BTF90

$50+ : Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme


Best Buck: ZeroTherm BTF90

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DDR2-800 Memory 2x1GB Kits

$0-$25 : None

$26-$50 : A-Data Extreme Edition 4-4-4-12 @ 2.0-2.1v (ADQVD1A16K)

$51-$75 : G.Skill 4-4-3-5 @ 2.0.-2.1v (F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK)

$76+ : Mushkin eXtreme Performance 4-4-3-10 @ 1.9-2.1v (996523)

Best Buck: G.Skill (F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK)

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Intel Motherboards [Core 2 Duo Support]

$0-$25 : None

$26-50 : Biostar 945GC

$51-$75 : GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L and Biostar 945P-A7A (8.0)

$76-$100 : GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L

$101-$150 : MSI P6N SLI Platinum and DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL

Best Buck: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L

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AMD Motherboards [AM2]

$0-$25 : None

$26-$50 : GIGABYTE GA-M61SME-S2

$51-$75 : GIGABYTE GA-MA69VM-S2

$76-$100 : GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 and GIGABYTE GA-MA69G-S3H

$101-$150 : MSI K9A Platinum and ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe

Best Buck: MSI K9A Platinum

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Power Supplies [24 or 20+4 MB Connector]

$0-25 : Broadway Com Corp OKIA 550W

$26-$50 : SILVERSTONE ST400

$51-$75 : ENERMAX EG465P-VE FMA

$76-$100 : None

$100-$150 : PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610

$150+ : PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad

Best Buck: ENERMAX EG465P-VE FMA and PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610

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CPUs [Intel, Core Architecture, LGA775]

$0-$25 : None

$26-$50 : Celeron-L 420

$51-$75 : Pentium E2140

$76-$100 : Pentium E2200

$101-$125 : Core 2 Duo E4500

$126-$150 : Core 2 Duo E4600

$151-$175 : E6550

$176-$200 : E6750

$201+ E6850 and Q6600

Best Buck: Core 2 Duo E4600 and E6750

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CPUs [AMD, K8Architecture, AM2]

$0-$25 : None

$26-$50 : Athlon X2 3800+ OEM and Sempron 3600+

$51-$75 : Athlon X2 4200+ (Brisbane)

$76-$100 : Athlon X2 5000+ BE

$100+ Athlon X2 5600+ and Athlon X2 6400+

Best Buck: Athlon X2 5000+ BE

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Video Cards [PCI-E]

$0-$25 : Sapphire X1300 512MB Hypermemory 2 (128 Onboard) 64-Bit

$26-$50 : 7300GT 256MB 128-Bit

$51-$75 : 7600GT and HD2600 Pro

$76-$100 : 8600GT and X1650GT and HD2600XT

$101-$125 : X1950GT and 8600GTS

$126-$150 : GeCube HD3850 256MB

$151-$200 : HD3850 512MB

$201-$225 : 8800GT 256MB

$226-$250 : 8800GT 512MB

$251-$300 : 8800GTS 512MB

$301-$350 : CrossFire HD3850

$351+ : None

$550+ SLI 8800GTS 512MB

Best Buck: HD3850 and CrossFire HD3850
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*Notes*

Hard Drives and Optical Drives not listed.

[Xabre]

For those who will reply to this thread, please do be reminded that you are not to advertise, for it is against the rules.

Don't worry nightwish, you did nothing wrong.... yet. xD
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Thank you.

[nightwish]

For those who will reply to this thread, please do be reminded that you are not to advertise, for it is against the rules.

Don't worry nightwish, you did nothing wrong.... yet. xD
^ ^
Thank you.
Yet?

Do you know how long that list took me? I be in trouble from my GF for skipping cuddle time I was resarching so long.

[angeleyes]

Hahaha! Well, I'm not currently shopping for anything at the moment but I will say tigerdirect has some awesome deals. I've purchased a few things from there before and have been quite satisfied. ^^

Thanks for uploading that "healthy" list. Hehe. :)

[Ervis3h18]

you forgot my dream graphic card " Triple SLI 8800GTX" for about $600 a piece making the total to around $1800
lol, i can dream , cant i?

[nightwish]

No.

You can not dream in this thread.

[SaMmM12345]

No CM690 in your list?

Its one of the most leet case for its price.

[nightwish]

No CM690 in your list?

Its one of the most leet case for its price.

I consider the Lian-Li or Sunbeam case to be the better choice.