Please tell me if this system price is "reasonable" i.e. not more than say $300 over the price I would have payed by trying to find deals on individual components and then assembling them.
Used the build template off of www.ncix.com
http://pc.ncix.com/ncixpc/ncixpc.cfm?uuid=30D5A259-CF3C-465C-8333DCA97D0DD936-3408059
I am not interested in buying individual parts as I have limited time/desire. It's been a while since I looked at hardware prices so I know very little about current pricing.
$1900 Canadian.
1 x Intel Core i7 960 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.2GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S Retail Box
1 x Please Use The Heatsink Included with My CPU -NOT Available with OEM Processors
1 x ASUS P6X58D-E X58 ATX LGA1366 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFire SLI USB3.0 SATA 6GB/S Motherboard
1 x Corsair Vengeance 12GB 3X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 XMP Triple Channel Core i7 Memory
1 x AMD Radeon HD 6970 880MHZ 2GB 5.5GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E 2 X DVI HDMI 2 X Mini Display Port
1 x Cooler Master Haf 932 Full Tower EATX Case 6X5.25 1X3.5 5X3.5INT No PSU USB eSATA 1394 Audio - Black
1 x Corsair TX750 V2 750W ATX 12V Single Rail 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 80PLUS Bronze
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM
Please note that Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit only supports up to 16GB of RAM.
1 x Intel 510 Series 120GB Solid State Drive SSD 2.5IN SATA 6GB/S Elm Crest
1 x LG GH22NS50 Black 22X SATA DVD Writer OEM
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI OEM
1 x Please Use The Onboard Network Ethernet Card Integrated On My Motherboard
1 x PC Assembly and Testing With 1 Year Limited NCIX System Warranty (PRE-CONFIG WIN. OS If Purchased)
Few specific questions:
The processor was available as 3.0 or 3.2 GHz (3.2 was $30 more, is that worth it?)
What is X-FI extreme Creative Sound Blaster? Is that worth $50? (I simply want something better than onboard sound)
Can I get away with using ONLY SSD (and no HD)?
How good is onboard ethernet these days?
Is a 750W Power Supply sufficient/
Thank you very much for feedback
Used the build template off of www.ncix.com
http://pc.ncix.com/ncixpc/ncixpc.cfm?uuid=30D5A259-CF3C-465C-8333DCA97D0DD936-3408059
I am not interested in buying individual parts as I have limited time/desire. It's been a while since I looked at hardware prices so I know very little about current pricing.
$1900 Canadian.
1 x Intel Core i7 960 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.2GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S Retail Box
1 x Please Use The Heatsink Included with My CPU -NOT Available with OEM Processors
1 x ASUS P6X58D-E X58 ATX LGA1366 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFire SLI USB3.0 SATA 6GB/S Motherboard
1 x Corsair Vengeance 12GB 3X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 XMP Triple Channel Core i7 Memory
1 x AMD Radeon HD 6970 880MHZ 2GB 5.5GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E 2 X DVI HDMI 2 X Mini Display Port
1 x Cooler Master Haf 932 Full Tower EATX Case 6X5.25 1X3.5 5X3.5INT No PSU USB eSATA 1394 Audio - Black
1 x Corsair TX750 V2 750W ATX 12V Single Rail 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 80PLUS Bronze
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM
Please note that Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit only supports up to 16GB of RAM.
1 x Intel 510 Series 120GB Solid State Drive SSD 2.5IN SATA 6GB/S Elm Crest
1 x LG GH22NS50 Black 22X SATA DVD Writer OEM
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI OEM
1 x Please Use The Onboard Network Ethernet Card Integrated On My Motherboard
1 x PC Assembly and Testing With 1 Year Limited NCIX System Warranty (PRE-CONFIG WIN. OS If Purchased)
Few specific questions:
The processor was available as 3.0 or 3.2 GHz (3.2 was $30 more, is that worth it?)
What is X-FI extreme Creative Sound Blaster? Is that worth $50? (I simply want something better than onboard sound)
Can I get away with using ONLY SSD (and no HD)?
How good is onboard ethernet these days?
Is a 750W Power Supply sufficient/
Thank you very much for feedback