New PC. What do you think?

[suricruise]

LOL, I looked down your post expecting a big elaboration. Guess you're working on it.

 

I was going to say the same thing. I started to 2nd guess what elaborate meant. Then i was like WAIT Zero where is your Elaboration:)

[Zero001]

CPU: Spend $10 extra dollars and get a quad core. Link

 

Motherboard: Good choice it's a good performer at it's price range, but it might be overkill for your needs. Consider buying a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L, it will still overclock and it compatible with 45nm chips if you decide to upgrade at one point.

 

Memory: Unless you're heavy into overclocking you won't see any significant difference by using DDR2 1066, especially on a 65nm chip. You're better off buying twice as much DDR2 800 for a little more Option 1 Option 2

 

HDD: Not a bad choice, only you can determine how much space you'll need. Just consider for an extra $25 you get double the space Link

 

Case & Power Supply: I am extremely paranoid about power supplies. I never recommend using a power supply that came with a case. There is no sense in using a cheap power supply to power an expensive system. You risk loosing all of your hardware if it goes bad.

 

Case options: Classic or Trendy.

 

Power Supply: Standard or Modular

 

Video Cards: I would recommend a 9600GT over and 320MB 8800GTS, but the 8800 GT is the best card under $200. The ATI 3870 would sit in the middle.

 

The best choice right now would be Link. Use coupon code "EMCAECCCE" to knock $20 off of it if you're a newegg subscriber. It's slightly faster than the XFX and shipped free. Both XFX and EVGA have lifetime warranties.

 

The BFG Bundle, I gave Red is also a very good choice of PS and GPU.

 

Shop around. New Egg is very competitive, but there are other reliable e-tailer's which sometimes offer better deals. Always keep shipping price in mind.

[Zero001]

Yeah, I was still writing. Prices are always changing so I have to look around. The Q6600 was actually $180 shipped last week. They're supposed to be dropping to at least $206 at all stores this week via the Intel price drop. All chips are dropping between $2-$45.

 

If you can drive into the CompUSA in Orlando you can find good cases and you won't have to pay the shipping on the Cooler Master case. $5 tax beats $20 shipping.

[suricruise]

Zero thanks for all the input. Yeah the CompUSA is only 30 mins away from where i live. But there is a wholesale place next to my work i think i might try first. They sell all the same crap that Newegg sells, but cheaper and no shipping:) I am just going to take your list and see what they say.

[suricruise]

Hey Zero i may have a mission for you:)

 

http://www.acw.net is the place next to my work where i may want to buy the stuff.

 

Can you take a look on their site and see if you can put something together thats nice?

 

I just get overwhelmed when i look for stuff like this. I am going to put my list together and see if it matches yours:)

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Crap i cant get prices unless i log in. So dont worry about it. I need to call my boss and see if i can even log in

[Modgers1]

My opinion on cases, is that they're not worth it unless the vendor throws in a decent PSU (450 W and up). I'm glad you found a good buy.

 

-Modgers

[Zero001]

This build is just under $690 shipped. It should be under $635 shipped after mail in rebates and it won't piss you off a year from now. Down the road, you will be able to upgrade to a quad core or the current 45nm cpu's if you decide to. You can build a better AMD system for a couple more dollars, but you won't be able to upgrade it.

 

- DVD Burner $31

- Case $70

- Hard Drive $90

- Video Card $150

- Power Supply $80

- RAM $75

- Motherboard $90

- CPU $90

[Senior]

You know what sucks.

 

If this Pc is going to run me about $700, and i sold my 360 for $300, and asking about $110 for my DS. That will leave me about $300 bucks to make up.

 

And i only have 2 things left i could sell. My old 20gig 4thgen Ipod. ( Not sure what i could get for that) OR my brand new 18gig iPod Touch that i love. I paid $400 for it.

 

We are getting that extra tax money of about $1500, but that has to go to pay the Bill for having our Child. Man it sucks to grow up and not have money for cool stuff you want.

 

you could sell the current laptop youre using :tongue_smilie:

[suricruise]

I think i like that last setup Zero. I will have to buy things here and there for the next month. I might just get the CPU and MOBO first, and the video card. And then get all the other stuff here and there.

 

 

I cant sell my laptop. Well i could if i sold it for $1,500 bucks. I got screwed with some lame deal they where doing. When i get done paying for it i would have paid for it twice.

 

But i think i have talked my wife into letting me pick her PC apart for parts. And if i do that i dont have to buy a new OS. I just got her Vista not to long ago.

[suricruise]

This build is just under $690 shipped. It should be under $635 shipped after mail in rebates and it won't piss you off a year from now. Down the road, you will be able to upgrade to a quad core or the current 45nm cpu's if you decide to. You can build a better AMD system for a couple more dollars, but you won't be able to upgrade it.

 

- DVD Burner $31

- Case $70

- Hard Drive $90

- Video Card $150

- Power Supply $80

- RAM $75

- Motherboard $90

- CPU $90

 

If i dont have to buy the HD and Rom I can get this for $569 after shipping:)

 

Since i am coming in a bit cheaper do you think i should upgrade any one of those items Zero?