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good deal or not?

fafa21

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if i needed that stuff i would buy it for that price
 
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What do you guys think of this for a cheap gaming system?

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BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$59.99
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SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card -
Item #: N82E16814102067
$199.99 -$20.00 rebate = 179.99
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WINTEC AMPX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 3AXT6400C5-2048K - Retail
$104.99
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADO3600IAA5DL -
$59.00

TOTAL/w rebate: $403.97
I have the rest of the hardware.
Any suggestions?
 
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that link was a great deal.. it's almost all out of date though.. max ram for that mobo is 667..
it's good if you cant afford something more modern.
 
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