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post #1 of 31
9/17/07 at 7:59am
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Can't work on the thread right now, but just initializing, if you guys get some free time, go ahead!
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post #2 of 31
9/17/07 at 1:34pm
AMD 6400+ CPU $ 234.00
Asus Crossfire MB $ 292.00
4 Gigs OCZ Plat PC-6400 $ 300.00
Thermaltake VA8000BWS Armor Case $ 235.00
OCZ Game Extreme 850 Watt PSU $ 250.00
2 x BFG 8800GTS 640 Meg OC Cards $ 1000.00
3 x WD 500 Gig Sata 7200 RPM HD $ 400.00
2 x Koolance VID-280 8800GTS Water Blocks $ 250.00
Swiftech MCP-655 Water Pump $ 80.00
2 x Danger Den Water Rads $ 100.00
Swiftech APOGEE CPU Water Block with AMD Hold down plate $ 80.00
Misc Fittings, Tubes, Coolant, Fans, $ 120.00

Total 3100.00 CDN Plus Taxes @ 14%
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post #3 of 31
10/20/07 at 2:15am
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
AMD 6000+ CPU $ 199.00
Asus Crossfire MB $ 292.00
4 Gigs OCZ Plat PC-6400 $ 300.00
Thermaltake VA8000BWS Armor Case $ 235.00
OCZ Game Extreme 850 Watt PSU $ 250.00
2 x BFG 8800GTS 640 Meg OC Cards $ 1000.00
3 x WD 500 Gig Sata 7200 RPM HD $ 400.00
2 x Koolance VID-280 8800GTS Water Blocks $ 250.00
Swiftech MCP-655 Water Pump $ 80.00
2 x Danger Den Water Rads $ 100.00
Swiftech APOGEE CPU Water Block with AMD Hold down plate $ 80.00
Misc Fittings, Tubes, Coolant, Fans, $ 120.00

Total 3100.00 CDN Plus Taxes @ 14%

You guys play games on a JumboTron or something? Talk about overkill
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post #4 of 31
10/20/07 at 2:23am
same specs as below, except unload the q6600, with a AMD board that supports dual fx74s
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post #5 of 31
10/20/07 at 2:53am
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You guys play games on a JumboTron or something? Talk about overkill

That's the point of the thread.
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post #6 of 31
10/20/07 at 7:56am
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Originally Posted by Rockinfella2k View Post
same specs as below, except unload the q6600, with a AMD board that supports dual fx74s

I would say spending so much extra cash on the PC, would be better of spent toward graphics, 4gb ram, mutli-terabyte RAID arrangements etc
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post #7 of 31
10/24/07 at 5:34pm
I think Terabyte Raid setups is worthless...Unless your running 5 x Raptor Drives with a Raid Controller your not gonna see a huge advantage in read/write capabilities.

8800Ultra SLI and a Q6600 OC'd to 3ghz, should be nice
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post #8 of 31
10/25/07 at 10:08pm
i will upgrade to Quad core when AMD releases it in a few weeks
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post #9 of 31
11/1/07 at 2:41am
Q6600--then upgrade and sell
8800gt then upgrade and sell
ddr2 1066 or ddr3
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post #10 of 31
11/1/07 at 3:32am
BFG Tech BFGR88768GTXWCE GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI $709.99




XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
$145.99




CORSAIR 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) $892.00

EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Motherboard $159.99


Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Kentsfield 3.0GHz LGA 775 Processor
$1,029.99

Subtotal: $2,937.96


Theres to me dreaming! that wasnt everything though
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post #11 of 31
11/1/07 at 3:41am
That evga mobo is DDR2 only.

also, get the A1 version.

it's better for quad overclocking.
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post #12 of 31
11/1/07 at 7:51am
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DDR3 is a massive waste of cash.
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post #13 of 31
11/1/07 at 6:47pm
if you want the best, be prepared to throw money away.
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post #14 of 31
11/1/07 at 6:51pm
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obviously, I guess in a 2000+ no budget desktop build then there's no need to criticize setups
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post #15 of 31
11/1/07 at 7:12pm
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Originally Posted by pdonket View Post
obviously, I guess in a 2000+ no budget desktop build then there's no need to criticize setups

your the one that just did saying it was a complete waste of cash...LOL
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post #16 of 31
11/1/07 at 7:32pm
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Originally Posted by Rockinfella2k View Post
your the one that just did saying it was a complete waste of cash...LOL

i know, after saying it I said the "i guess" in my last statement inferring that I had made a mistake being the unlimited money thread
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post #17 of 31
11/1/07 at 8:01pm
You are however correct in your statement, that processor would be a complete waste of cash lol.

My 2000+ Build would consist of

Antec 900 Case
Gigabyte P35 DS4 MOBO
Dual 8800Ultras
4GB Ballistic Tracer memory
Windows 95 Sp1, Most stable OS ever
QX6850 Processor just because.

That thing should scream with that setup


Right now i'm close to that with q6600, I have a 7800GTX until the new 9800 series comes out
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post #18 of 31
11/2/07 at 4:48am
Oh lets see.

Water Cooling:

Dtek Fuzion cpu block
Thermalchill pa 120.3 radiator
EK 250 rev 2 res
EK Full coverage gpu block/s
655 vario pump
6 120x38mm 115cfm panaflo fans
7/16 masterkleer tubing

System:
CoolerMaster Stacker 830 evo
real power pro 1000 watt psu
Evga 680I A1 motherboard
Intel Q9450
4GB 8500 Ballistix tracers
2 150gb raptor-x harddrives raid 0
wd 1tb harddrive
Soundblaster X-FI platinum fatality champion edition soundcard
SLI whatever top of the lin GPU's coming in Jan.

=Alot.

Basically what you see in my worklog, only competed.
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post #19 of 31
11/3/07 at 12:00pm
Hey GB

Is a full coverage GPU water block really nescessary or worth it

I found with my two Full Coverage water blocks the weight was so much I am having a hard time keeping the cards seated in the case.

Thinking for the new 8800GT cards of just using a GPU water block
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post #20 of 31
11/3/07 at 2:45pm
Of course this doesn't include my cooling, which would be TEC based, which is why I am running a 1100 watt PSU.

1 COOLER MASTER CSX 830 CX-830DSPD-01 Blue Computer Case With Side Panel Window
Item #:N82E16811119127
$999.99

1 ZALMAN ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller Panel
Item #:N82E16813999251
$29.99

1 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 2.93GHz LGA 775 Processor
Item #:N82E16819115022
$1,015.00

OS Drive
1 SUPER TALENT FSD28GC25 2.5" Internal Solid state disk (SSD)
Item #:N82E16820609259
$3,999.00

2 HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Item #:N82E16822145141
$799.98
($399.99 each)

1 ASUS Striker Extreme ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard
Item #:N82E16813131074
$299.99

2 MSI GeForce 8800Ultra NX8800Ultra-T2D768E-HD-OC Video Card
Item #:N82E16814127288
$1,179.98
($589.99 each)

1 ABS Tagan ITZ Series ITZ1100 1100W Power Supply
Item #:N82E16817814002
$249.99

1 Patriot 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Memory
Item #:N82E16820220227
$184.99

1 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card (Black/Silver) (Eng)
Item #:N82E16829102015
$269.99

1 BFG Tech PhysX Processing Unit BFGRPHYSX128P Physics Card
Item #:N82E16814143055
$141.99

Grand Total: $9,170.89
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