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cukimungacukimunga Member UncommonPosts: 2,258
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Well since tax season is just around the corner. I decided I might as well get a new computer since mine is getting pretty old. So here is what Im thinking of getting.






ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard.





BFG Tech BFGE88512GTSE GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0





Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply





Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W





CORSAIR XMS2 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800





Im gonna use my Raptor HHD,Sound Blaster Audigy and my DVD drive I already have and put it in my Super Lan Boy. Im going to try and get a copy of XP x64 so I can use all 4 gigs of ram. Im still weary about using Vista even with SP1 comming out.





Im open to Ideas and this is just my rough draft so tell me what you think so far.

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  • HousamHousam Member Posts: 1,460

    em what is your budget :)

  • cukimungacukimunga Member UncommonPosts: 2,258
    Right now im sitting at 940 bucks with the stuff I have listed now. Id say the highest Id want to spend is 1500 maybe even 2grand. But that depends on how Fat my taxes will be. So lets just say 2 grand just for shits and giggles.
  • HousamHousam Member Posts: 1,460
    Originally posted by cukimunga

    Well since tax season is just around the corner. I decided I might as well get a new computer since mine is getting pretty old. So here is what Im thinking of getting.



    ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard.



    BFG Tech BFGE88512GTSE GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0



    Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply



    Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W



    CORSAIR XMS2 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800



    Im gonna use my Raptor HHD,Sound Blaster Audigy and my DVD drive I already have and put it in my Super Lan Boy. Im going to try and get a copy of XP x64 so I can use all 4 gigs of ram. Im still weary about using Vista even with SP1 comming out.



    Im open to Ideas and this is just my rough draft so tell me what you think so far.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219   - mobo

     

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814241070 - graphics card

     

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017 - cpu

     

    :)

     

  • cukimungacukimunga Member UncommonPosts: 2,258
    I was thinking of going quad but Im still trying to see if its worth it. I hear a lot of games dont use all 4 cores and it would be slower than a Dual core procy.






    That video card is a monster lol. That would be sick, But I want to try a Nvidia card. I have an ATI card now and I do like it but I want to see how it goes. But if I do decide to go ati and quad core,how does the AMD quad core stack up to the Intel?
  • oakaeoakae Member UncommonPosts: 344

    Originally posted by cukimunga
    I was thinking of going quad but Im still trying to see if its worth it. I hear a lot of games dont use all 4 cores and it would be slower than a Dual core procy.


    That video card is a monster lol. That would be sick, But I want to try a Nvidia card. I have an ATI card now and I do like it but I want to see how it goes. But if I do decide to go ati and quad core,how does the AMD quad core stack up to the Intel?

    If you want quad core, Intel is the only option. Even the Q6600 that came out 1 year ago is faster than any quad core AMD has. Games are also just starting to be programmed to use quad cores and currently there is only a short list of like 20 games that utilizes quad cores.
  • xftrrxftrr Member Posts: 7

    I think getting a quad-core is better i think  QC6600 can fit in your budget.

  • cukimungacukimunga Member UncommonPosts: 2,258
    Yeah I added the Q6600 to my wishlist and im just at 1g so thats cool, So im thinking of goin SLI with the 8800gts.




    I didnt know that many games used quad core. I figured it would be less.I want to check out which games that are quad core optimized so Ill google it.





    Thanks for all the input people.
  • QazeQaze Member Posts: 247

    Don't buy intel; they're selfish and non-competitive, they don't deserve your support. You'll probably need more than 650W, either now or if/when you upgrade to better components. Don't buy 8 series graphics cards right now, wait for the 9 series, they're coming soon and will be reasonably priced. Don't use Vista. Buying Vista is the most masochistic thing you can do to yourself.

    That is all for now.

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  • HousamHousam Member Posts: 1,460

    ya if your gonna get the 8800gts wate for the 9800x2.....comes out some time next mont i think...its basically 2 8800gts in one card...so no need to sli :)

  • cukimungacukimunga Member UncommonPosts: 2,258
    I wasnt to sure if I did need to get a bigger power supply or not. LOL someon must not like Intel. Oh well I dont dislike either company, I just know that not a single Intel processor nor mobo has failed me and Ive had a Athlon 64 processor and 2 mobo crap out on me. One mobo was a asus the other a gigabyte. Ive had asus and gigabyte mobos for intel and never had a problem.






    Yeah I didnt plan on gettin vista not quite yet, but sooner or later im going to have to upgrade so I can utilize all my ram. I just dont know why people are haters. I only hate companies that screw me over personally.





    Like sears fired me for breaking something worth 100bucks that I payed for the next day. I worked my ass off for them for 2 years and got shit. Thats a reason to hate a company.
  • xxthecorexxxxthecorexx Member Posts: 1,078

    64 bit XP ??

    hmm.. that's quite an adventurous route to take.



    i'd get 32bit xp, and 64bit Vista dual boot if you REALLY MUST use a 64 bit OS. that way if you have any software/patch/driver/hardware issues in 64bit, you can always rely on 32 bit XP. that's what i planned to do so i could 1. play with vista 2. play with a 64bit os 3. play with 4 gig of ram 4. just to dick around....the only problem with this idea was i never got around to installing 64bit vista

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  • cukimungacukimunga Member UncommonPosts: 2,258
    I already own xp pro x32. But Im gong to have 4 gigs of ram but I guess I can just deal with the 3.25 gigs or however much 32 bit xp recognizes.





    I did the test Beta 2 and RC1 of vista. My computer ran it ok being a 3.0ghz P4 with a gig of ram and a x800 gto still AGP mind you. I just see this 64bit stuff going to waist. We have the technology its just programers and consumers are being lazy or afraid to use it.






    When I was testing vista I turned off all the the bells and whistles and it ran smoother. Just like Im doing with XP now. I have all the visual effects off, just a plain black backround, Ive got 16 processes running.Yeah it looks like im running windows 98 but I dont care I just want to play games. If I wanted a flashy OS Id just buy OS X.




    I did read this artical about the 10,000 dollar hack contest and a guy found an exploit easier in OS X than he did Vista, and said that Vista's code was better written and was hella suprised. Thats enough blabbering on my part. heh

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