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12-18-2006, 07:45 PM
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PC for a friend
Friend of mine wants a PC at a 3k limit. Corrupt and flame this setup till it's perfect!
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12-18-2006, 08:18 PM
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Re: PC for a friend
I would go for dual monitors off of the same video card, as the X1950XTX can easily handle another one. As for the HD's, mabey get just one 320gb and a smaller one (raptor) at 10,000 RPM.
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12-18-2006, 08:35 PM
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Re: PC for a friend
From what I understand, at this point in time it is kind of silly to go with the FX series over a core2. the E6600 is faster than the FX-62 in a lot of cases and about half the price. With the money you save on that you can make yourself a 8800gtx rig:
PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model #: PX-755SA Item #: N82E16827249006 $105.99 iStarUSA Nitro Ax S-10000B Black Aluminum (front panel) and 1.0mm SECC/SGCC (chassis) ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail (just built a system with one of these, and it is a beast) Item #: N82E16811165008 $106.99 2 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KSRTL 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail Item #: N82E16822136039 $219.98 ViewSonic VG2030WM Black 20.1" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor Item #: N82E16824116062 $80.00 Mail-in Rebate $329.99 XFX PVT80FSHF9 GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card Item #: N82E16814150205 $50.00 Mail-in Rebate $609.99 Tagan TG800-U25 ATX12V/ EPS12V 800W Power Supply - Retail Model #: TG800-U25 Item #: N82E16817811004 $179.00 Speakers Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker - Retail Model #: 51MF7025AA000 Item #: N82E16836116153 $20.00 Mail-in Rebate $86.99 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail Item #: N82E16820145034 $40.00 Mail-in Rebate $276.00 EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Item #: N82E16813188009 $239.99 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail Model #: BX80557E6600 Item #: N82E16819115003 $309.00 Total: $2500 EDIT: oh yeah, I just copied those drives from your other build. I would go a head and get a smaller/faster raptor for your windows drive too.
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12-19-2006, 09:48 AM
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Re: PC for a friend
I'd prefer to go with socket AMD and socket AM2 cause of the upgrade paths for the future.
As for the 10k rpm raptor, are they worth their price? Also, i changed to OCZ ram from Corsair He may get another monitor in the future.
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12-19-2006, 10:08 AM
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12-19-2006, 11:23 AM
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12-19-2006, 11:38 AM
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Re: PC for a friend
Not sure if it is wise to bank on the future of AM2. Sure, AMD's first set of quads will run on AM2, but I'm guessing they will move right over to AM3 when it's ready. If I were you I'd just buy the best possible system now and ride it until it can't run up to par. You'd be spending $700 on a FX-62 when it preforms about the same as a $200 E6400. And if your waiting for upgrades latter on, why buy the top line processor? Why not just get a 3800+ X2 for $130 and wiat for the quad cores (or some other newe/better AM2 CPU)?
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