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Okay! I bought it! ^_^!

post #1 of 22
11/16/05 at 4:18pm
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Yea.. I made a new thread because the other one got crowded... but thanks to Thunder_PC and Karma for their help and input! ^_^!

SAMSUNG 940b-Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor - Retail - $350

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $50

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $172

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - Retail - $152

eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $319

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail - $76

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail - $90

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM - $106

NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM - $40

Antec 77097 120mm Ball Red LED Light Case Cooling Fan - Retail - $15

Thermaltake Thunderblade A1908 80mm Sleeve Red LED Light Case Cooling Fan - Retail - $6

Logitech Office Internet Pro 967453-0403 Black PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - OEM - $12

Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speaker - Retail - $54

Total plus shipping: $1498.98

Last question... Do I actually need a heatsink? I was thinking of getting this:
ZALMAN CNPS7000B-ALCU 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan - Retail - $29.99

Thanks guys! Wish mee luck on building it.. Lol...
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post #2 of 22
11/16/05 at 5:02pm
Only if you are planning on overclocking will you need a heatsink different than the stock one that comes in the retail box w/ the CPU. That particular CPU runs very cool already, and many people overclock it w/ the stock heatsink/fan combo w/o any problems at all.
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post #3 of 22
11/16/05 at 5:31pm
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Ok! I won't get it! thanks! ! You're one cool dude 8)!
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post #4 of 22
11/16/05 at 6:00pm
Ahhh your rig is fairly similar to mine.

Dell FPW2005 20.1" widesreen LCD

Thermaltake tsunami dream case

Asus A8N SLI Deluxe motherboard

3000+ Venice clocked at 2.6 on stock heatsink and fan

2gigs of OCZ PC3200 performance series ram

10,000 rpm western digital 74GB hard drive (Raptor)

Sound blaster X-Fi sound card

7800GTX video card

600watt SeaSonic SLI certified powersupply.

You should be VERY happy with your new computer!

Here are some pics of mine. Notice it doesnt have the sound card in it in the pics.





And here is my messy desk with my 20.1" widescreen

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post #5 of 22
11/16/05 at 6:04pm
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I'm hoping the mobo I have has a good sound thingy in it... !!!!!!!!

but VERY nice computer you got it! 10 stars =]]
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post #6 of 22
11/16/05 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by marteen
I'm hoping the mobo I have has a good sound thingy in it... !!!!!!!!

but VERY nice computer you got it! 10 stars =]]

If you play games alot you are going to want to get yourself a nice sound card. I highly recommend the X-Fi extreme music sound card. It is about $130 and sounds simply amazing. Onboard sound sucks @$$ for games and mp3's.
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post #7 of 22
11/16/05 at 6:15pm
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too much for my blood =P! I'll stick with the noncool thing =(
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post #8 of 22
11/16/05 at 6:44pm
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Originally Posted by marteen
too much for my blood =P! I'll stick with the noncool thing =(

Pick up an Audigy 2 value for $60 then. It is still 100X better than onboard audio. Some people dont realize that onboard audio will kill your frame rates in games. It doesnt do the sound processing but instead offloads it to the CPU which in turn kills FPS in games.
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post #9 of 22
11/16/05 at 7:30pm
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Originally Posted by marteen
I'm hoping the mobo I have has a good sound thingy in it... !!!!!!!!

but VERY nice computer you got it! 10 stars =]]

There is no need to buy an additional soundcard with this motherboard... just be sure u plug in the audio module that comes with this motherboard it has everything u need to play games and browse the web... it has surround sound , digital in and out and everything else u need...dont waste your money on an extra soundcard.
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post #10 of 22
11/16/05 at 8:00pm
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Originally Posted by enkrypt3d
There is no need to buy an additional soundcard with this motherboard... just be sure u plug in the audio module that comes with this motherboard it has everything u need to play games and browse the web... it has surround sound , digital in and out and everything else u need...dont waste your money on an extra soundcard.


Yeah my mobo has the same thing. AND IT SUCKS!
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post #11 of 22
11/16/05 at 9:23pm
Congrats! I like the Thermaltake case.
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post #12 of 22
11/16/05 at 10:00pm
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Originally Posted by enkrypt3d
There is no need to buy an additional soundcard with this motherboard... just be sure u plug in the audio module that comes with this motherboard it has everything u need to play games and browse the web... it has surround sound , digital in and out and everything else u need...dont waste your money on an extra soundcard.
Onboard audio sucks. Just because it works doesn't mean you won't need a new audio card. Plus discrete sound cards offer less internal noise than onboard audio. With creative, most of the audio processing is done by the sound card, which will definitely help you framerate in games. In fact, onboard audio can cause as much as a 10-20% hit to your frame rate.
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post #13 of 22
11/16/05 at 11:48pm
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http://headsetplus.com/product68/product_info.html

I'm planning on buying that for my headphones... Are those good? Would I still need a sound card? I heard those have a great sound card built in too.. Lol...
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post #14 of 22
11/17/05 at 2:17pm
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Originally Posted by marteen
http://headsetplus.com/product68/product_info.html

I'm planning on buying that for my headphones... Are those good? Would I still need a sound card? I heard those have a great sound card built in too.. Lol...

If you use those then no you dont need a sound card. They work pretty good.
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post #15 of 22
11/17/05 at 5:01pm
USB based sound cards (or headphones) have much higher CPU usage than dedicated sound cards. When you play heavy CPU based games you'll get popping/hissing intermittently as the CPU will be too overloaded. This won't happen with every game, but high CPU stress games like HaloPC or potentialy FEAR. I'd just get an Audigy 2ZS or an X-Fi and be done with it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TT=Sound+Cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102162
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post #16 of 22
11/18/05 at 4:00pm
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http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2...oto00026zn.jpg
ONE IN! THE REST TO GO! 3 more days.. They dont ship on weekends.. shitty =(... Monday... COME FAST PLS!
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post #17 of 22
11/19/05 at 1:26pm
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Originally Posted by marteen
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2...oto00026zn.jpg
ONE IN! THE REST TO GO! 3 more days.. They dont ship on weekends.. shitty =(... Monday... COME FAST PLS!
Awesome!
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post #18 of 22
11/19/05 at 6:50pm
Do you think with a machine that billy that you would see much of a performance increase with newer games if you upped the ram to 2 gigs instead of 1 gig? I actually just ordered through newegg a very similar machine, and also decided to go with 1 gig of memory. I'm debating if I should have upped it to 2 gigs instead?
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post #19 of 22
11/19/05 at 7:05pm
sexy kinda
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post #20 of 22
11/21/05 at 2:19pm
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I'm Pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They Rescheduled The Delivery To The 22nd! Can I Sue?!?!?!
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