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I built my new desktop!

post #1 of 12
10/27/06 at 2:45am
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Hey guys, I just built my first desktop =) Tell me what you think:

Core 2 Duo E6600
Gigabyte GA-P965-S3 Motherboard
2GB of PNY PC5300 DDR2 Ram (With heatspreaders)
2x 160GB 7200.9 Series Seagate SATA HDDs in RAID 0
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX graphics
Creative Audigy SE sound card
BFG 650 Watt PSU
Zalman CNPS 9500 CPU Fan
4x 80mm front intake fans, 1x 80mm side panel intake, 2x 80mm rear exhaust fans
(fans are controlled by a Zalman MFC-1 multifan controller)

Raidmax Mustang Chasis
19" LCD panel with DVI
Microsoft Natural Ergonomics Elite Keyboard + optical mouse
3 Piece Speakers

Total Price: $1050 US (including all peripherals) <-- Newegg + Best Buy EPP discounts rock.

Insights? opinions?
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post #2 of 12
10/27/06 at 3:14am
Nice!

Pics?
You goign to OC? run some benchies? have fun with it !
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post #3 of 12
10/27/06 at 3:16am
that is so cheap
congrat
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post #4 of 12
10/27/06 at 11:34am
how did you get all that for 1050?

yike.
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post #5 of 12
10/27/06 at 11:48am
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I work for BestBuy Geek Squad, which has these deals with different companies. For example, i got the X1950 MSRP at 500 for approximately $300. BFG psu and PNY ram was also purchased at huge discounts.

Then my University of Chicago student discounts kicked in, and I got some more stuff from our tech store for cheap (like the cd drives and stuff).

Newegg did the rest.
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post #6 of 12
10/27/06 at 3:08pm
Can a Geek Squad employee get other people discounts? My wife works with a guy that's a Geek Squad manager for his normal job (he works part time at my wife's store).
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post #7 of 12
10/27/06 at 3:27pm
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unfortunately no, ppl get fired for doing that. employee discounts are to be used for self and immediate family only=/ sorries
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post #8 of 12
10/27/06 at 3:28pm
it's cool, the truth hurts sometimes
Thanks for answering though
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post #9 of 12
10/27/06 at 3:34pm
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pics and benchmarks coming soon. hopefully by this sunday.
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post #10 of 12
10/28/06 at 11:52pm
very nice, tell me how that E6600 runs...

one thing is that I didn't know PNY made ram...
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post #11 of 12
10/29/06 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by XxThorxX
very nice, tell me how that E6600 runs...

one thing is that I didn't know PNY made ram...
yeah i had a stick of their pc3200 a while back on my AXP rig, wasnt bad, didnt get any bsod's or errors of any sort, ran at 2-3-3 on a via kt33 chipset MSI mobo


soulsaver
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post #12 of 12
10/30/06 at 1:42pm
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3DMark06 Score: 6753 =)
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