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grieve   09-09-2008 at 05:49:10 PM

These are my final specs...Anyone see something they would change?

Everything is comming from www.memoryexpress.com as i can drive to pick up the pieces.

$344.95
Intel Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 2.83GHz w/ 12MB Cache
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$199.95
Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 Silent Full Tower
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$209.95
Asus P5Q Deluxe w/ DualDDR2 1200, 7.1 Audio, Dual GB Lan, 1394, PCI-E x16 CrossFireX
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$89.95
Mushkin EM2-6400 Enhanced DDR2 SDRAM, 4GB Dual Pack (2 x 2GB)
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$62.90
TWO***Liteon LH-20A1S 20x20 DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive, SATA (Retail)
Samsung SH-S223Q 22X SpeedPlus™ Serial ATA Internal DVD-Writer, Black
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$127.90
TWO***SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 SATA II w/ NCQ, 32MB Cache
I like 2 small drives for dual boot, faster backup onto external drive.
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$34.95
Scythe YD-8V08 Floppy + 18-in1 Card Reader Combo Drive, Black
-Its just easier to have a built in floppy for flashes and Ghost.
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$139.95 --> $119.95 after mail in
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad Power Supply, Crossfire Edition
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$579.95
VisionTek Radeon HD4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out HDMI



sub total $ 1790.45
tax $ 89.52

TOTAL $1879.98




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modtech   09-09-2008 at 06:00:47 PM
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What's your budget limit? Will you be water cooling the CPU in this rig as well?

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grieve   09-09-2008 at 06:15:02 PM
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No water, wont be OC'n this machine and my budget is whatever... Around 2k is good.

*** want to keep the machine relatively quiet

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IH8U   09-09-2008 at 06:32:21 PM
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A suggestion, you want cool, and quiet.

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817379007
$160 (Zalman 850W)
Fans: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] M-12C.html
$7 (Yate Loon 120mm)

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the_mystery_gamer   09-09-2008 at 06:33:21 PM
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You gonna be rocking the box cooler there? Throw in a Xigmatek and some OCZ Freeze or AS MX-2. Your CPU will thank you later.

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evongugg   09-09-2008 at 06:41:03 PM
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PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad Power Supply, Crossfire Edition

That's a good power supply. AMD certified for Crossfire.

http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU

For Crossfire you want a X38 or X48 motherboard. Gigabyte has some good ones.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 41-31.html

Why 2 DVD drives?


Message edited by evongugg on 09-09-2008 at 06:42:00 PM
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evongugg   09-09-2008 at 06:44:36 PM
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This is a good DVD drive:

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM

$28.00+$7.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151173

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aevm   09-09-2008 at 06:53:41 PM
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I'd prefer a WD 640GB to two WD 320GB. It's cheaper. It takes a single SATA port and a single HDD slot. You can partition it with 100GB for Windows and the rest for data.

If you buy two burners make them different brands. Some reasons:
1. game copyright protections that fail on a drive may work on the other
2. if a drive burns faster and the other reads faster, or one rips audio better, etc etc., you can experiment and find out which drive is best to use for what.
3. you may get different software CDs, not two identical ones
4. media compatibility. If you buy 100 blanks and they stink on a drive, they may work fine on the other. I've seen that with Verbatim disks (fine on LG, not so fine on Plextor) or Phillips (fine on Plextor, slow on LG).

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aevm   09-09-2008 at 06:54:40 PM
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evongugg wrote :

This is a good DVD drive:

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM

$28.00+$7.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151173



He's in Canada, no newegg for him... :fou:

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dirtmountain   09-09-2008 at 06:59:14 PM
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If you keep the 2 320GB HDs here's a review/comparison of them
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/603
I saw that newegg is planning to open in Canada, any idea when they will do it ?

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Ahslan   09-09-2008 at 07:00:00 PM
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grieve wrote :

...my budget is whatever... Around 2k is good.



LOL...god i wish i could say that...

------------------------------ AMD64 X2 6000 + Biostar Tseries 770 + 4gb DDR2 800 G.Skill + Thermaltake WingRS case + Raidmax 530w modular PSU + 200gig internal WD HD + 250gig external WD HD + 500gig external Simpletech HDD + Belkin Wireless G PCI receiver + Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD4850
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aevm   09-09-2008 at 07:02:57 PM
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dirtmountain wrote :

If you keep the 2 320GB HDs here's a review/comparison of them
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/603
I saw that newegg is planning to open in Canada, any idea when they will do it ?

 

"Late 2008". Technically, it is already late 2008. Anyway, I'm sure they want it to be up in time for the holiday sales. I bet it will be operational by Dec 1, if not earlier.


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grieve   09-09-2008 at 07:04:31 PM
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the_mystery_gamer wrote :

You gonna be rocking the box cooler there? Throw in a Xigmatek and some OCZ Freeze or AS MX-2. Your CPU will thank you later.


For stock MHZ aftermarket heatsinks are not required... Yes i know i can get a decent one for around $30, but its just not needed.

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aevm   09-09-2008 at 07:13:57 PM
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You have to be careful with the P5Q Deluxe and aftermarket coolers. It has some piping that interferes with some coolers. For example the Freezer 7 Pro won't fit unless you bend a couple of fins. Funny enough, the P5Q Pro doesn't have this problem.

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grieve   09-09-2008 at 07:59:57 PM
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This is the other motherboard i was/am considering... anyone?
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 w/ DualDDR2 1200, 7.1 Audio, Dual GB Lan, 1394, Dual PCI-E x16 CrossFire
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Produ [...] 0(ME).aspx




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Changed HDD's :
$127.90
TWO***SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 SATA II w/ NCQ, 32MB Cache
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Produ [...] 1(ME).aspx

Swapped one DVD for this:
Samsung SH-S223Q 22X SpeedPlus™ Serial ATA Internal DVD-Writer, Black
$29.95


Message edited by grieve on 09-09-2008 at 08:14:51 PM
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evongugg   09-09-2008 at 08:18:28 PM
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A good retail DVD drive from your store in Canada:

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Produ [...] 8(ME).aspx


Message edited by evongugg on 09-09-2008 at 08:19:29 PM
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billin30   09-09-2008 at 08:21:59 PM
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What is wrong with the computer you have?

------------------------------ Intel Q6600 @ 3.0 GHz, Artic Cooling Freezer Pro 7, NZXT Apollo, OCZ GameXStream 850W PSU, 8800GTS 512 SLI, XFX 680i LT SLI, 4 GB OCZ SLI 5-5-5-15-2T, Seagate Barracuda 250 GB, WD 640 GB, Windows 7 Pro 64
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grieve   09-09-2008 at 08:28:02 PM
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I sold it to get Nehalem... but im too impatient lol. Im using my laptop which i cant have fun gaming on.

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modtech   09-09-2008 at 10:16:21 PM
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That Gigabyte is a decent choice. Very stable and provides the best chipset Intel can currently offer.

Nehalem -according to Intel's charts- is limited to DDR3 1066. The problem may have something to do with the rumour of the CPU and RAM sharing voltage (or the voltage being very closely linked). Nehalem's lack of large L2 cache will greatly reduce it's awesomeness in gaming.

In short: Any Core2 Quad will do more than fine even after nehalem's release.

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aevm   09-10-2008 at 04:08:32 AM
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Agreed, the GA-X48-DS4 is good stuff.

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