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mythrander   09-25-2008 at 09:50:56 AM

Just put in the order for the following.
Wanted a gaming system for Warhammer / WoW with some room to handle gamins coming down the pipe. but without burning a hole in my pocket.

1 x ($23.99) DVD BURN SAMSUNG|SH-S223F 22X BK % - OEM

1 x ($69.99) HD 500G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD5000AAKS - OEM

1 x ($145.00) MEM 2Gx2|CORS TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF R - Retail

1 x ($189.99) CPU INTEL|C2Q Q6600 2.40G 775 8M R - Retail

1 x ($139.99) MB ASUS P5Q PRO 775 P45 RT - Retail

1 x ($59.95) CASE ANTEC|THREE HUNDRED BK RT - Retail

1 x ($199.99) VGA ASUS EN9800GTX+/HTDP/512M RT - Retail

1 x ($99.99) PSU ANTEC|TP3-650 RT - Retail

1 x ($99.99) MS WIN VISTA HM PREM SP1 64BIT 1PK - OEM

Total was $1069 w/ tax, shipping and discounts...plus have another $90 coming back in rebates

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chechnyan   09-25-2008 at 12:52:56 PM
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if you are not into a SLI or Crossfire machince
i may go with this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131333
you saved 40$
for the ram go with a slower speed 800Mhz believe me you will not feel any
different from 1066Mhz (2 -3% in the best scenario )
its good enough for overclocking
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227269
you saved 70$ !!!
and get HD 4850
its better than 9800+
its you who decide

------------------------------ X2 5600+, GIGABYTE GA-MA69G-S3H,
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB),HIS HD 3870 Turbo
,Seagate Barracuda 320, 500W,
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Derbixrace   09-25-2008 at 01:03:04 PM
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go with a radeon 4850

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mythrander   09-25-2008 at 05:14:56 PM
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yeah, the reason I went with the 1066 ddr and nvidia instead of the 800 and ati was mainly due to past experience. my friends seemed a bit happier with their nvidia cards than I was with my ati cards. the performance of the ati cards regarding playing newer games, seemed to drop off quicker.

With the memory, I had gone down that road before, buying the slightly slower ones to save a few bucks and a year down the road, I paid for it with performance.

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Ahslan   09-25-2008 at 05:31:17 PM
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well if you bought the 2xxx series, then I sort of understand your reason for wanting to try nvidia, but every other series has been very good (9 series, X and x1xxx series, and today's 4xxx series). I have had a 9600pro, an x1800xt, and a 4850 and have always been pleased with every single card.

------------------------------ 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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