As another AMD fiend, I'd say get that one. Mainly because sata 3, sli and 8gb ram (vs 4) shouldn't be the selling points. There aren't any drives out there that can match the bandwidth of sata 1 yet. If you're planning on putting 8gb (or even 4gb for that matter) into that pc then your idea of a low budget is not what I'm thinking of. Same goes for SLI. Unless you're planning on hardcore gaming, sli isn't going to do anything for you. Go AMD.

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