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[{"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301397100.5581291, "message": "The budget would be aroung $500 - $600.", "group_id": 97, "id": 468674}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301397208.6180191, "message": "What I would love to have: 2 HDDs for Raid; enough Ram to use Virtual Machines without problems ( +16 GB?), Midi sized tower, Wireless Lan, most important part that I am unsure of: the CPU. AMD or Intel?", "group_id": 97, "id": 468683}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301397082.943748, "message": "Use case: Development (Web and Backend stuff - Python, Java), Surfing (the web), some beginner video and photo editing, _no_ games.", "group_id": 97, "id": 468672}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301397016.2825971, "message": "Basically I don't need a laptop (anymore). And even if, I still keep the one I have now and I am looking to build my own PC. The last one I built is looong time ago. So what are the current recommendations for a setup?", "group_id": 97, "id": 468669}, {"user_id": 14243, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301402842.685189, "message": "AMD or INTEL is just a choice, you don't wanna get in that flamewar. I always choose Intel, although a year I bought the first quad-core AMD and it worked as a charm..", "group_id": 97, "id": 469130}, {"user_id": 14243, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301402850.4939389, "message": "Also, do you really need RAID?", "group_id": 97, "id": 469133}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301402872.2899239, "message": ":)", "group_id": 97, "id": 469135}, {"user_id": 2726, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301403832.6505139, "message": "At your pricepoint I say AMD. Both are fine chips and I've used both for fifteen years.", "group_id": 97, "id": 469224}, {"user_id": 23565, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301404367.7129419, "message": "For mother board I suggest either ASus or gigabyte", "group_id": 97, "id": 469255}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301402867.3201909, "message": "would it be rude of me to sugest mac mini for a mere hundred dollars more?", "group_id": 97, "id": 469134}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301402894.526932, "message": "btw, i think it's impossible to get raid with those budget...", "group_id": 97, "id": 469140}, {"user_id": 23565, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301404278.689671, "message": "Amd phenom processors are the best and cheaper compare to intel", "group_id": 97, "id": 469253}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301409406.317476, "message": "Regarding Raid: That's an option to dismiss if too pricey.", "group_id": 97, "id": 469688}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301409393.469604, "message": "Regarding Mac Mini: Don't think it can handle the same amount of Ram, CPU, HDD as I'd like to have at a similar price.", "group_id": 97, "id": 469685}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301409451.6186521, "message": "So, as of now it would be an AMD CPU with a Gigabyte Motherboard. Good good. Any models one should get / not get (like a specific release or such)?", "group_id": 97, "id": 469695}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301409330.164387, "message": "@jackob5555  @brax4444  @unwrangle Thanks", "group_id": 97, "id": 469678}, {"user_id": 16069, "stars": [{"date_created": 1301423674.440094, "user_id": 1}], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301421992.5468969, "message": "IMHO, do not EVER trust the sad little \"RAID\" provided by mobo controllers...they work fine as just disk controllers, but I have yet to have a really successful fail over on a mirrored set of drives.  Instead, given your price point, just get a good quality drive, and do good backups (no really--DO GOOD BACKUPS regularly.)  When you want to do RAID, plunk down $$ for a reasonable RAID controller, or go the route of something like a DROBO, or similar.", "group_id": 97, "id": 471143}, {"user_id": 25528, "stars": [{"date_created": 1301426790.1969459, "user_id": 24}], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301426682.0003021, "message": "Antec case(simple&quiet), corsair 600W, intel i5, gigabyte UD3 MB, 8GB ddr3 @1600 corsair, WD 1,5TB HDD. it's less than 600$. you can even go cheaper if u get an AMD/i3 processor or a smaller HDD. video card it's your choice. any =<50$ card will do it (get a fanless one).", "group_id": 97, "id": 471785}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301484253.7614889, "message": "Graphics would be onboard and should be enough for me (no gaming required)", "group_id": 97, "id": 480902}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301484228.3008561, "message": "Total price would be around 460 - 500 Euros. I still have DVD and Burner drives from an older PC that I would reuse. What do you think?", "group_id": 97, "id": 480901}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301484094.9478431, "message": "I checked after your listings and here is the result:", "group_id": 97, "id": 480895}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301484175.823904, "message": "Cooler Master Elite 310, Rasurbo Silent&Power 550W, MSI H67MA-E45, H67, Intel Core i5-2500K, G.Skill RipJaws DIMM Kit 8GB, Western Digital Caviar Black 1000GB", "group_id": 97, "id": 480898}, {"user_id": 25528, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301489296.534662, "message": "@skohler yes. If it works don't replace it. :) go with onboard graphics. Minus one fan.", "group_id": 97, "id": 481243}, {"user_id": 25528, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301489863.1329689, "message": "Nice MB btw.", "group_id": 97, "id": 481303}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301599644.776983, "message": "What are your thoughts on this one (this time AMD - just a step away from hitting the order button): http://skitch.com/skohler/ra2we/pc-setup", "group_id": 97, "id": 495029}, {"user_id": 25528, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301606713.7732129, "message": "@skohler i like it. if you will assembly it yourself just get a separate thermal grease for the cpu. the stock one doesn't spread even on it.", "group_id": 97, "id": 496623}, {"user_id": 4831, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1301634896.930037, "message": "check pricewatch.com start with a barebones system and go from there", "group_id": 97, "id": 499643}, {"user_id": 19649, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1302050348.6655481, "message": "I just ordered a new PC with an i5-2500K, which beats out phenom x6's and is almost the same price. The sandy bridge intel chips also have graphics built into the chip, which can save you money if you aren't into 3D stuff", "group_id": 97, "id": 551215}, {"user_id": 28841, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1302559968.9445031, "message": "woof", "group_id": 97, "id": 631080}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1302614361.6131351, "message": "I just got my system today and set everything up - I love it. Using Debian Squeeze and everything works out-of-the-box.", "group_id": 97, "id": 642154}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1302614450.2851031, "message": "To the setup I posted above, I added a W-Lan card from TP-Link and a no-name internal card reader for SD cards and such. Everything working ... Really enjoying it.", "group_id": 97, "id": 642183}, {"user_id": 14024, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16011, "date_created": 1302614328.274127, "message": "@d_druska Nice.", "group_id": 97, "id": 642142}]