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post #21 of 35
3/22/05 at 12:04am
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I dont understand... The x800xl is $100 cheaper than the 6800GT...? Wouldnt it be better to get the cheaper card if I'm not a big gamer. And no, I really wont be moving alot at all.

I agree on your opinion on the mobo and ram.
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post #22 of 35
3/22/05 at 12:44am
FDisk is right about the mobo, personally I wouldn't go with anything other than Asus (my preference) but with the budget you had compromises had to be made...

If you can step up to around $140 for a mobo, go with this one:
ASUSnForce4 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU, Model "A8N-E"
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...131-530&depa=1
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post #23 of 35
3/22/05 at 12:55am
DFI Ultra D.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...136-152&depa=1
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post #24 of 35
3/22/05 at 2:31am
$1500 would get you a very nice hooker or two, or maybe a hooker and some drugs...
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post #25 of 35
3/22/05 at 9:13am
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Yeah, I'm familiar with ASUS... I'll probably go with them. I'll take a closer look at the ram, psu, and mobo later...

Thanks.
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post #26 of 35
3/22/05 at 5:37pm
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Will this ddo? I dont think I'm going to be able to afford the ram, psu, and mobo. am I better off getting something else or better off getting the better ram with a "worst" psu and mobo or the "worst" ram with a better ?
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post #27 of 35
3/22/05 at 6:06pm
Alright. I got bored so I put a system together for that amount of money..
Since you looked yourself at NewEgg, I did the same.

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLi
Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 3500+, 90nm, 2.2 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - OEM
ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu Copper CPU Cooler for Socket 478/462/754/939/940 CPUs -RETAIL
WD Raptor Series 36.7GB 10,000 RPM SATA Hard Drive Kit, Model WD360GDRTL, Retail
WD Caviar RAID Edition Series 250GB 7200RPM EIDE Hard Drive, Model WD2500SB, OEM
EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "128-P2-N368-TX" -RETAIL
Plextor 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Burner with s/w and Black and Beige Bezels, Model PX-716A/SW, Retail
Lian-Li Black 10-Bay Aluminum Case, Model "PC-7B"
ENERMAX Whisper II AX 2.0 SLI 535W Power supply, Model "EG565AX-VE FMA 2.0 - SLI"-Retail
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition PCI Sound Card, Model "SB0350" -RETAIL

All tops out at 1578.13, right to the penny plus shipping. You could drop the sound card and use onboard sound and go for 116.99 less, thus making the system for 1461.14.
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post #28 of 35
3/22/05 at 6:18pm
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^^wow... thats really nice. BTW, I also looked at mwave since I saw that their 4000+ was cheaper. IDK how that will come into affect against your system. Thanks again. That was unbelievably nice.

I'll check it out.
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post #29 of 35
3/22/05 at 7:09pm
You can always try www.zipzoomfly.come and www.gameve.com I've purchased from both, along with newegg.
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post #30 of 35
3/22/05 at 11:00pm
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^^yeah... I've seen zipzoomfly. They have good memory prices(sd cards atleast from what I've bought)
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post #31 of 35
3/23/05 at 3:20am
thats a nice system fdisk pointed out to you!!!.
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post #32 of 35
3/23/05 at 5:11pm
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Yeah...

I just saw the config on your sig... how much did that cost?(sorry if Im being alittle to intrusive)
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post #33 of 35
3/23/05 at 5:25pm
about 1700 so far. i have yet to get the dvd burner 2 western digital raptors and windows xp.
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post #34 of 35
3/23/05 at 7:48pm
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thats a nice system fdisk pointed out to you!!!.
Naturally..

In case you didn't notice jc, I put two harddrives in the config. One being the system drive and the other the storage drive. The system drive is a WD Raptor, which has quite a speed advantage against all other drives.
If I may dare say, the system is pretty well balanced with no real weaknesses but obviously also not equipped with any non-plus-ultra graphics or processor. That's just not possible with the budget.
But the platform is damn solid to upgrade on. The AMD dual core processor, codename Toledo to hit stores in second half of 2005, can be run on a Socket 939 board.
If the 6600 should not suffice for your purposes later this year, just swap it with a 6800, which should be considerably cheaper then.
Product cycles are so fast, about 6 months, that shelling out huge amounts of money for a current top-of-the-line product is wasted money, if you won't even make extensive use of it. Sure, it's nice to have it, but if you don't have the money you have to get your priorities right.
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post #35 of 35
3/24/05 at 10:20am
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Thats true.
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