New computer am thinking of getting

[Dudesky]

Originally Posted by Rooz

Hard Drive:
Bought a new hard drive not even a month ago, so I'll use it = FREE

This will be your major bottleneck (not a big deal tho), but the rest of the system rocks

In the future, if you have the need for more speed, swap out that HD to a SATA drive. It'll give you much faster data access times.

[craig]

get one of these next, my dream computer. edit: oops... forgot the link. lol. http://www.alienware.com/product_det...de=SKU-DEFAULT

[Rooz]

SO far am set on that system, IF within 2-3 weeks (thanksgiving sales) I see something that kicks my system's ass for a cheaper price I'll buy it, if not then this one will be it

[voca]

weekend sale on your RAM this weekend, save $2.90.

[Rooz]

Originally Posted by shpuz

get one of these next, my dream computer. edit: oops... forgot the link. lol. http://www.alienware.com/product_det...de=SKU-DEFAULT

lol, dude, the system am bulding is cheaper than that one yet the components are more powerfull than it....

[defkon99]

Originally Posted by kestrel325is

I Like the intels, too. They may run a little hotter, but they can out-perform the AMD in most cases.

AMD HAS OUTPERFORMED THE CRAPPY INTEL CHIPS!!



THEY RUN HOTTER AND THEY ARE SLOW!

[defkon99]

Originally Posted by Rooz

UPDATED LIST: (As of November 11th)

Case:
AeroCool SPIRAL GALAXIES Black/Silver Computer Case With Side Panel Window - Retail = $75.00
AeroCool Silver Line AEROPOWER SL550 ATX 550W Power Supply 100~120V AC/200~240V AC - Retail = $75.00

Mobo:
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail = $163.00

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz FSB 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail = $400.00

Ram:
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail = $79.90

Vid Card:
XFX PVT45GUDF3 Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail = $279.00

Microsoft:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition 1 package - OEM = $142.95

Dvd burner:
Yank the one from my dad's computer = FREE

Hard Drive:
Bought a new hard drive not even a month ago, so I'll use it = FREE

Shipping = $39.78 TOTAL = $1,254.63

gREAT sETUP BUD! :P

[Rooz]

UPDATE NUMBER 2 As of november 12th

After some browsing around we decided to change two things in order to both save money and make this thing more powerfull for my application....

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard = $157.95

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor = $334.00

NEW TOTAL: $1,137.70

[witeshark]

FreeBSD

[kestrel325is]

Originally Posted by defkon99@netscape.net

AMD HAS OUTPERFORMED THE CRAPPY INTEL CHIPS!!



THEY RUN HOTTER AND THEY ARE SLOW!

AMD = Better at games (slightly)
Intel = Better at everything else.

It's personal preference. back

[defkon99]

Originally Posted by kestrel325is

AMD = Better at games (slightly)
Intel = Better at everything else.

It's personal preference. back

haha Apparently so!

Id so like to whoop on ya 1v1 on Farcry.

[c1apton]

here's one

[witeshark]

What I said. No registry -- That is all. Funny though

[c1apton]

There GOES your new computer

[Rooz]

Well, everything but the Mobo was ordeed today, that I get to order tomorrow (Backordered until tomorrow)

I ended up going with a better mobo....
ASUS A8N32-SLI (dual 16x pci slot instead of 1 slot)