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Which of these rigs should I get

post #1 of 15
4/5/06 at 12:18am
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I am in a really tough choice here. I was just about to purchase a complete rig from monarch with these specs:

opty 165 + zalman 9500
2gb p4000 ram (ocz pc4000 gamer xtc)
dfi ultra d
74 gig raptor
7900gt
ocz powerstream 520w
antec p160w

and I was going to sell my inspiron 9300 with these specs

1.86ghz pentium m
6800go
60gb 7200 rpm
1.25gb ram
WUXGA screen
ect


but today I was offered to trade my lappy for this used q- pack

Dual Core Opty 170 Clocks to 2.5 at Defual Voltage(HSF is New 4 Heat with thermaltake auto adjusting fan)
DFI RS482 Mirco ATX Main
2x 1Gig Sticks of G.Skill HZ RAM
Eneramax 500 Watt Lirberty Power Supply
Lite-on DVD Rom
Lite-ON DVD-RW
Maxtor 100gig HardDrive
X1900XT with zalman VF-900
X-FI Sound Card
Q-pack Case
+ $200 cash.

The rig at monarch would be around $1550 with a 2 year warranty. My lappy should sell around $1000. Should I just trade my lappy for the qpack?

Also, i was going to upgrade the cpu to quad core when it comes out, will i be able to do this with that mobo?

Thanks,
jcll2002

also, will the qpack hinder my future upgradability?
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post #2 of 15
4/5/06 at 12:40am
Is he throwing in $200 cash or are you?
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post #3 of 15
4/5/06 at 12:53am
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I am... its alittle fuzzy on that part. He may be willing to accept the lappy with a smaller amt of cash or none.
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post #4 of 15
4/5/06 at 1:03am
go with the 1st one
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post #5 of 15
4/5/06 at 1:06am
go w/ the q pack
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post #6 of 15
4/5/06 at 1:12am
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can you explain your thought process?
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post #7 of 15
4/5/06 at 1:57am
opteron 170 is better than 165
qpack is small in size
his comp is pretty loaded

idk, u could build it for less if u r willin to wait for stuff to be on sale and stuff though. so watever u do is really up to u

all the options are fine
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post #8 of 15
4/5/06 at 2:55am
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considering ive never built a computer before, could i put eveything ina full sized case? (obviously buying a new mobo) Is it even worth doing that?
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post #9 of 15
4/5/06 at 3:49am
opteron 170- 400 approx more or less
new mobo- asus a8n sli premium-163 at newegg
2x1 gb gskill ram- 140 at newegg
antec 550 watts powersupply- 90
nec dvd rw-45
maxtor 300gb hd- 90 at frys
7900gt- 300 at new egg
xi fi platinum- 140 after 30 rebate at zipzoomfly
case- possibly 100 for a good decent one

total- around 1500
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post #10 of 15
4/5/06 at 4:08am
not sure you're going to get 1k for that laptop. Depending on how much you have to put in on the trade, i would take that second rig and chage a few things on it. With a real moobo you should be ably to push the opty 170 pretty high.
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post #11 of 15
4/5/06 at 4:18am
i'd say qpack
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post #12 of 15
4/5/06 at 12:11pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mr. roboto
not sure you're going to get 1k for that laptop. Depending on how much you have to put in on the trade, i would take that second rig and chage a few things on it. With a real moobo you should be ably to push the opty 170 pretty high.
thats exactly what I was thinking. I would just get an ultra d or something in an antec p160w case. Thats around $225. Will that mobo on that qpack go 300+ htt?

EDIT: it has a 10x multi... also ill change out the mobo when quad core comes out so no real point of doing that. Are there any drawbacks of having a qpack? Id probably add in a raptor.
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post #13 of 15
4/5/06 at 1:11pm
the drawback is cooling. If you plan on doing anything better for an OC, i really wouldn't do it in that case.
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post #14 of 15
4/5/06 at 7:00pm
I'd take the q-pack. You'll be ahead in cash if you take the trade and then upgrade the parts you want then to sell your notebook for no more than $1000 and have to put down another $500 or so to build the system you want.
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post #15 of 15
4/5/06 at 10:09pm
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ughh, he backed out. why? Because he didnt like the truelife screen for gaming Well, Ill be selling the lappy here FINALLY.
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