Quote Originally Posted by Beerdrinker View Post
If this is a dedicated cruncher setup...I would build it myself...Go cheap board, and cheap AMD X2 / X3/ X4 CPU and the strongest GPU you can afford...That would give you the most CS..
It will be a mostly dedicated cruncher.. I want to go cheap.. But I also want some room for expandability later down the road.. Right now, I'm just sounding out some ideas..

Quote Originally Posted by Maxwell View Post
Without upgrading your PSU, a NVidia card will get you ~15k/day, and that 4850 will get you ~80k. So yeah, ATI cards will kick the pants off NVidia cards in terms of credits. The price you pay is that fewer projects have ATI apps.
Seriously? the credit difference is THAT high?! Wow. Not just looking to build a crunching rig tho.. Pieces will probably be a dedicated cruncher at that time, but the new one will be my "everyday" rig.. Mostly crunching, with gaming and stuff in the mix here and there...

Quote Originally Posted by Maxwell View Post
When you get closer to pulling the trigger on this system, post again to see if we can get you a better video card in your budget range...
Absolutely will do that.. Just sounding out ideas to give myself a direction to do some research in right now

Thanks for the input!