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[Hoon]

i love starcraft!!!
anyways... your life is better than mine..
in my life, my parents are on the lookout to see if i am playing games and not studying
and when i do play... drizzle is there to mute me and do horrrible stuff to me...
well, i hope ur life gets a lot better soon

[Ezekiel]

i love starcraft!!!
anyways... your life is better than mine..
in my life, my parents are on the lookout to see if i am playing games and not studying
and when i do play... drizzle is there to mute me and do horrrible stuff to me...
well, i hope ur life gets a lot better soon

Hahaha, yeah, that's always a good laugh.

Well, to update, I think I'm going to bit the bullet. I REALLY, really, didn't want to touch my savings if I didn't have to. But I don't think I could last 2 months until I get my tax refund. So I'm going to be delving a large chunk from my personal savings to buy a new computer. I'm pretty much set on this build here.

Motherboard
Processor
Raptor hard drive
500gb Storage SATA drive
Combo drive x2
Video card (Something decent to hold me over till directx10 cards are established.)
RAM
CPU Fan
GPU Fan

I'm getting the hard drives from Best buy, I can get the same 500 gb and upgrade from a 74 gb to a 150 gb raptor for $100 less then newegg. And both are new, no OEM.

And still in decision, but I'm probably getting this full tower case.

Going to cost me nearly $2000, but this is what I planned to spend on it anyway. Just I'll be paying with my savings and not with my refund. (Yes, I do know for a fact my refund will be decent. I made less then $9500, I'm a full time student, and I bought a new car this year. Meaning I get basically all my fed and state taxes back, along with just about all the sales tax off my car.)

Maybe I'll go with that Newegg deferred payment plan, or hell, just get a newegg prefered account. I spend so much money there anyway.

[Aziz]

Hahaha, yeah, that's always a good laugh.

Well, to update, I think I'm going to bit the bullet. I REALLY, really, didn't want to touch my savings if I didn't have to. But I don't think I could last 2 months until I get my tax refund. So I'm going to be delving a large chunk from my personal savings to buy a new computer. I'm pretty much set on this build here.

Motherboard
Processor
Raptor hard drive
500gb Storage SATA drive
Combo drive x2
Video card (Something decent to hold me over till directx10 cards are established.)
RAM
CPU Fan
GPU Fan

I'm getting the hard drives from Best buy, I can get the same 500 gb and upgrade from a 74 gb to a 150 gb raptor for $100 less then newegg. And both are new, no OEM.

And still in decision, but I'm probably getting this full tower case.

Going to cost me nearly $2000, but this is what I planned to spend on it anyway. Just I'll be paying with my savings and not with my refund. (Yes, I do know for a fact my refund will be decent. I made less then $9500, I'm a full time student, and I bought a new car this year. Meaning I get basically all my fed and state taxes back, along with just about all the sales tax off my car.)

Maybe I'll go with that Newegg deferred payment plan, or hell, just get a newegg prefered account. I spend so much money there anyway.

Damn, it seems just that easy for everyone to get a computer together... hey, check me out... when did i start the hike of building a new one? March? Rofl...

[Sniprwulf]

not cheap out on the power supply with all that sh*t either zeke.. you prolly know that alrdy but didnt see one you planned on buying.

[Ezekiel]

not cheap out on the power supply with all that sh*t either zeke.. you prolly know that alrdy but didnt see one you planned on buying.

My mistake. I forgot to post it, swore I did though.

Here's the PSU, Shadow recommended it. Modular cables, great cooling, and he's never had an issue with it.

And Aziz, I've been planning on this new computer since the start of December, I've just been comparing products and prices since then, that and changed my mind on a few parts.

[monster]

Video card (Something decent to hold me over till directx10 cards are established.)

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What is the video card man?

Edited by monster, 06 February 2007 - 05:24 PM.

[The Drizzle]

So far good stuff. Only Id reccomend this drive over that retail WD. Seagate 500gb 7200.10 $150 First off, the retail drive has a 1 year warranty while an oem WD would have 3 or 5 depending on the model. This drive is also MUCH cheaper. Make sure to use the "BARCUDA500GB2207" coupon at checkout to get the $50 off. Nicer drive, faster, and 5 year warranty.

That ram is real nice stuff too, especially for the price, good choice. Good cooling choices. Never really heard too much about the Aerocool PSU's, Id prob get an Enermax Liberty or a Seasonic, but it shouldnt be a problem. The case looks well built, a little meh for me, but thats just my tastes, nothin wrong with it.

If you want to save a few bucks, get a E6400 instead of the E6600, the extra 2M cache dosent make a huge diffrence, and you can just OC that proc to teh same speed or higher easily with that setup. Let me know how that Asus 650i works out, Im lookin at that for a possible upgrade in a few months. Anyways good luck

EDIT: Oh yeah your video card link dosent work

Edited by The Drizzle, 06 February 2007 - 05:25 PM.

[Ezekiel]

Bah, figures, the vidoe card was there last night, no longer available.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102037

The video card before was the same, but an open box item. Which would have saved me $60-$70.


As for the hard drive, I'll stick to WD. All my hard drives have been WD and I've never had a problem with them. The one time I used Seagate the damned thing died on me in 4 months. And the Seagates wont be cheaper, after shipping and taxes it will cost more, even with the rebate, then it would for me to go down to Best Buy and pick up the 500gb WD for $160.

[vet.mad hatter]

Bah, figures, the vidoe card was there last night, no longer available.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102037

The video card before was the same, but an open box item. Which would have saved me $60-$70.


As for the hard drive, I'll stick to WD. All my hard drives have been WD and I've never had a problem with them. The one time I used Seagate the damned thing died on me in 4 months. And the Seagates wont be cheaper, after shipping and taxes it will cost more, even with the rebate, then it would for me to go down to Best Buy and pick up the 500gb WD for $160.

I know you said you wanted to wait for the directx10 cards but you spend a extra 30 and have a 8800gts think of it as a directx9 card there's no games that have direct x 10 anyway.But if i were spending 339.00 on a 1950... id go a extra 30 get the evga 8800gts the numbers dont lie..

[Novahawk]

I know you said you wanted to wait for the directx10 cards but you spend a extra 30 and have a 8800gts think of it as a directx9 card there's no games that have direct x 10 anyway.But if i were spending 339.00 on a 1950... id go a extra 30 get the evga 8800gts the numbers dont lie..

I was thinking the same thing

[Ezekiel]

True, true, but when I was looking at this setup, the card was $260, so a $70 price jump may make me rethink my selection. I may get a weaker card, or just get a 8800... dunno.

[vet.mad hatter]

I would buy the 6400 to offset the extra you didnt want to spend.Then overclock it to help the performance.Thats just me

[Ezekiel]

Heh, until it'll be a while after building this computer until I OC it, just because, it'll be a while after I build this till I can afford to replace something. Seeing as I'm working less hours till mid May.

So, I was thinking of this card. . .

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102082

[The Drizzle]

Ah, the newegg link there for that WD is alot more than $160. This seagate drive is $160.49 shipped from newegg for me. The seagate drive has 4 more years warranty, free shipping, and tax is only in NJ TN and CA. I had alot of older WD and Seagate drives die on me, but I hvaent seen one of these new Seagate drives back yet. They are good sh*t, and if It does break, they will give you a new drive for 5 years, you only get a 1 year with that WD. Id be afraid of a 1 year warranty on ANY hard drive, regardless of brand. If you still dont wanna go seagate, WD has a 500gb SATA OEM (the same exact HD in that retail kit) with the 3 year warranty for $150 free shipping(so $160.40 shipped for me.) Linkified

[vet.mad hatter]

Well i know that will play every game out now.. its worth it with the e6600 2gigs, nice board and power supply nothing will slow that thing down.Order that sh*t up what the hell you waiting on??

[Ezekiel]

Well i know that will play every game out now.. its worth it with the e6600 2gigs, nice board and power supply nothing will slow that thing down.Order that sh*t up what the hell you waiting on??

I just placed my order...

I got . . .

Motherboard
Processor
Cd Drive (x2)
Video Card
RAM
PSU
CPU Fan
GPU Fan
Case

And of course a good old tube of Arctic Silver.

Then later on this week I'll be picking up these two drives from Best Buy.

(Pending I change my mind to get a Seagate 500gb. Cause, 5 year warranty is nice.)
Raptor Drive
500gb SATA 3

[medel]

not my favorite ram or PSU (but great price on the ram!)
looks solid! I really like my p5n-e sli and e6600. bout the only thing in my computer right now that just work! (gd ram and vid card..)

[Ezekiel]

not my favorite ram or PSU (but great price on the ram!)
looks solid! I really like my p5n-e sli and e6600. bout the only thing in my computer right now that just work! (gd ram and vid card..)

Shadow said some great things about the PSU, so, I hope it works out alright, if not I have my 500 watt from my old computer I can use as a backup.