thanks for the suggestion guys. but you all missed the main point. the sole purpose of this thread was building another pc with old hardware capable of playing 2006-2014 games. my current pc is more than capable of running all the games and as now i have 2 6tb harddisks, if i want i can store all the games and play any time. main reason for buying old parts is that many games from 2006-2010 dont like newer hardware. i cant play assassins creed, old Diablo 2, command & conquer generals dont run on my pc.
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djrock , are you sure that 2nd gen core i3/i5 processor/mobo combos are that cheap? i didnt see anyone selling below 10k in the groups. what about amd equivalents?