Complete X3 System For Just $494
With the Phenom X3 and the 780G platform, which has a good integrated graphics card, it is possible to put together and entire PC for just 310 euros.
| Complete Phenom X3 system | |
|---|---|
| Components | Price |
| AMD Phenom X3 8450 | $145 |
| Elitegroup A780GM-A | $80 |
| 2 GB DDR2-800 | $53 |
| 500 GB Samsung HD501LJ | $110 |
| DVD writer Samsung SH-S203D | $49 |
| Housing + Power supply | $57/td> |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - |
| Total: | $494 |
This computer provides sufficient performance for both office and Internet work. It is also not a problem to play HD films using the integrated HD3400 graphics card which offers H.264 support.
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Page 12: Doesn't that diagram show the Core2 as being slower, not the AMD?
Cartwheel?
Is that like Spider, but in a pen?
^lol
And Page 12 is certainly borked - you guys were looking at the results wrong!
And you should have emphasized the X3s encoding-power-for-cheap more. Yeah, it's good for office and media/HD, but you can happily stick a G2 4000+ into a 780G board for much the same effect at a much lower cost, owing to the chipset's unholy knack for HD-crunching