HP Compaq 6000 NV470UT Pro Desktop

E8500 and DDR3 4GB just purely for business, it is a scam.

RAM is great, but WAY overkill

Not true, especially when you factor in the cost for a board that supports it.

Dude, I payed ~$70 bucks for my OCZ reaper 2x2gb ddr3 stock @ 1333mhz OC'ed to 1800mhz.

I think you are the one you is insane for paying anything more than that.

As for the MOBO, you can easily get a board for ~$50, infact there are pages of them on newegg. some are even ddr3.

Now for the cpu, one that will suffice (in the build in question) would cost about $100, which would get you a dual-core @ at least 2.4ghz.

As for my build:

CPU - q9550 @3.83Ghz, $350
MOBO - eVGA 790i ultra SLI, $200
GPU - 2x XFX 9600gso, ~$60 each
RAM- 4gb ddr3 @1800mhz, $70
HDD(main)- 2x 500gb WD Caviler Black's, $100
PSU- 1000w, $100
Case- full tower, $100

if u go amd.... u can get a 100 dollar cpu that is 3.1ghz dual core... just to let you know...

DDR3 ????

is a quad ati 5870 see on trubitar

what does a quad ati 5870 mean

quad = four
so presumably a 4 card crossfire x setup.