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[Aziz]

may i suggest looking at this place to buy a computer, i know a couple people that have bought from them and have had very good luck.

http://www.abs.com/index.asp

dave

It comes out to so much more money, man!! And not even close to being as good as what you can build yourself.


I came to a final price of around $1950 (with approximate shipping and sh*t). Ive decided to go with a much better videocard, because im just lazy like that and i dont want to upgrade it for some time. I mean, thats pretty much what i need my computer for... videogames and sh*t. Ill just use the on-board sound chip on the motherboard. Im sure itll suit me fine - ive decided to wait with the 5.1 setup, since ill probably be moving soon. The power-hungry card forced me to look up a more powerful and, consequently, more expensive PSU (I dont know whether its good or not, so let me know). And, yes, i know, there is no need for the 512mb card at the moment, but there will soon be, so what the hell. I probably wont be able to make this much money in just 2 short months, but ill get it by the summer. Hopefully, some time in may. The motherboard and RAM, i think, are fine. I wont be overclocking or doing any other craziness on my computer, so i think i dont need any faster hardware. Im assuming this comp will do just fine for some time. Ill look into external HDDs, because that sh*t is just way too convinient!! And i might look at some other cases, but i like Snipr's and Sob's case

AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ - $357
MSI k8n SKT 939 nvidia nForce4 SLI Motherboard - $104
ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb PCI - $650
Thermaltake Silent Pure Power 680W Power Supply - $150
2gb pc3200 OCZ gamer memory - $164
250GB SATA-II Wd hd - $104 or an external HDD (depends what i find)
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB HDD - $104 (OS HDD)
NEC DVD-R, RW drive 16x - $40
Lite-on Black Combo (DVD/ CD-RW) Drive - $30
Thermaltake Soprano VB1000SWS Silver Computer Case With Side Panel Window $80
Saitek Black Wired Eclipse Keyboard - $50 (not sure yet, Grr, opinions?? )
Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse - $40




Anyway, now i gotta make all that money

Edited by Aziz, 01 March 2006 - 02:15 PM.

[ShLoNkY]

Aziz: Me thinks that you will be VERY happy with that system. Similar to my rig, but a little bit faster. Mine hauls ass, and that rig will haul even more ass. If you need a hand slappin it together let me know. Im sure there are plenty of people here that will give you a hand, but the offer is on the table......

Pumper: the 1600 sucks

[Aziz]

Aziz: Me thinks that you will be VERY happy with that system. Similar to my rig, but a little bit faster. Mine hauls ass, and that rig will haul even more ass. If you need a hand slappin it together let me know. Im sure there are plenty of people here that will give you a hand, but the offer is on the table......

Pumper: the 1600 sucks

Thanks, man.
My current computer sucks so much ass that there is no more ass to suck on, so i cant wait to get all that sh*t over here and put it together. I have a friend that specializes in computers, so he'll help me out, if ill have some problems.

[Billy Pumper]

lol shlonky well the 1600 is like 250 at bestbuy and i could get it on e-bay for like ~150 which should tell me something. what is a good card for under $200

i looked at the specks i thought the 1600 spanked the 9800 though so what would you recomend

[Sniprwulf]

since you want agp, your options are limited. i'd go with a 6800GS agp card but maybe the x800 might be better pricewise.

[ShLoNkY]

From what I've read the Ati X800GTOII has the same GPU/mem as the x850xt. Not sure if that one does, but is real cheap if you can get a x850xt for $155.

[Aziz]

So, is the 7800gt better then Ati X800GTOII or x850xt? How come is it a $100 more expensive? Im still going with ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb, im just wondering.

[ShLoNkY]

7800gt is better than all ATI cards except for x1800xt, and 1900xt and xtx, x1900xtx is way too expensive, in my opinion. Of that pricetag, $200 or so, is going to the fact that you have the fastest card you can get, NOT performance. I did see a x1800xt for $350 a/r somewhere (which i may get) I don't see myself paying more than that for a videocard. Putting $300 towards a faster processor and/or better cooling to get more horsepower out of your CPU will probably get better performance graphics-wise than a $650 videocard compared to a $350 card.

Edited by ShLoNkY, 01 March 2006 - 06:25 PM.