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2007-02-28 13:12:28

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7065|132 and Bush

Bertster7 wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
I think I'd do this:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4953/untitledno7.jpg
Good picks, I guess I was shooting for a lower budget..
Still comes in under budget after rebates....

I was going to stick the HSF I use (Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro) in it, but it cost loads of money! I bought it in the UK for £12 (it's up to about £15 now but that's still fairly cheap) and it's going for $70 on Newegg. One of the few times I've seen components be cheaper in the UK.

Now I understand why they don't seem so popular with Americans - they don't have the great price incentive to get Arctic Cooling stuff.

Shipping can be a muffafudgar .

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-03-15 00:41:42

TheEl_Gayo: not gay; +7|6770|Florida Cracker

Ok all my parts should be arriving today according to UPS.com, here is what I went with:

Case: Apevia X-Cruiser-BK http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6811144151

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819115013

MOBO: ASUS P5B Deluxe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813131028

Hard Drives: 2 Western Digital Caviar http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822144701

RAM: Corsair XMS2 2GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820145590

Video Card: GeForce 8800 GTS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814143091

CD/DVD ROM: NEC 18x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6827152076

Heat Sink: Zalman 9700 LED http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6835118019

Power Supply: Antec Trio 650W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6817371001

Construction begins as soon as I get home from work, I'm hoping to have it up and running tonight so hopefully I can post some pics using my new beast tonight!!

2007-03-15 01:52:24

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7046|SE London

Interesting choice with the E4300. Not what I would've done.

Although I hear it overclocks well on lower end MBs.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-03-15 01:53:22)

2007-03-15 04:57:01

strikeman67: Member; +5|7078

I suggest that you check out www.pricegrabber.com for prices. They have products from A to Z including computer parts. I am in the process of upgrading to an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ system. The cost difference between just going with NewEgg.com and doing a PriceGrabber search will save me around $32.00. ($639.00 at newegg compared to $607.00). Those prices include 2 GBs of DDR2 Corsair RAM, Geforce 7600 GS (PCI), GAM55SLI-S4 Gigabyte motherboard. I also found $60.00 in rebates too (included in the above prices).

Some of my friends suggested www.mwave.com too. They have good prices, but the site is easy to find compatible parts (i.e.: MB, CPU, RAM, Etc.)

Hopefully this will helpful and have fun with your future gaming rig.

Last edited by strikeman67 (2007-03-15 04:58:04)

2007-03-16 12:25:56

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6947|Birmingham UK

lmao listen to kamarion mate, he is a god at computin...check his desktop out in the rig pics

post the pics of ur rig whens its up mate would like to see the result

Last edited by 02fxnmaurer (2007-03-16 12:31:10)

2007-03-16 12:29:54

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7065|132 and Bush

02fxnmaurer wrote:
lmao listen to kamarion mate, he is a god at computin...check his desktop out in the rig pics

Bertster7 knows his stuff as well. But ty. I have to agree with him. The 20 dollars would have been worth it for the higher FSB in the 6300.

Last edited by Kmarion (2007-03-16 12:43:40)

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-03-19 07:55:16

TheEl_Gayo: not gay; +7|6770|Florida Cracker

alright, well my shipment came in on thursday, spent most of thursday night assembling, finally got to POST on friday, took the weekend off, got it up and running now, but i am having trouble getting windows to recognize the RAID0 setup, hopefully i can get it fixed tonight after work and have some pics for you guys. You all are right, i meant to order the e6300 processor and accidentally ordered the e4300, no biggie, I plan on overclocking it to 3.0mhz and with the P5b mobo it should run nice, the zalman really keeps this thing cool. thanks for all the help again. pics soon!!

2007-03-19 08:19:38

link52787: Member; +29|6986

also remember, if you are going to buy a really good gfx card and you want high resolution, make sure your monitor can do that resolution.

if you are considering overclocking your cpu, pick out a mobo and ram that is really good at taking it to your overclocking goal.

PICK a very GOOD PSU.

2007-03-19 08:41:41

Freke1: I play at night... mostly; +47|7012|the best galaxy

A Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music (or better) is a nice soundcard. It has EAX 5.0 Advanced HD.
You can hear a demo here:
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/x-fi/demo/
The game runs a little faster when You got one of these.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/7d11696e2ffd4edeff06466095e98b0fab37462c.png

2007-03-19 09:00:18

TheEl_Gayo: not gay; +7|6770|Florida Cracker

i've already seen someone with almost my exact setup oc to 3.0 so i dont think i will have a problem there, I got an Antec TruePower Trio 650w PS so when i go SLI with another vid card later i wont have any power issues. my motherboard already has an HD audio thingamabobber so i think i'll be cool with sound too, and I'm using a HDtv for my monitor so i dont think i'll have problems there either. anyways since im having trouble getting the raid0 to work i'm just gonna skip it for now, and wait til i upgrade to vista in a few more months, It'll work with vista, but not XP i dont get it but whatever, should have it running tonight with some pics of the setup... more updates after i get off work, in a few hrs.

2007-03-20 13:30:42

TheEl_Gayo: not gay; +7|6770|Florida Cracker

ok sorry guys, i ended up tearing the whole thing apart last night and rebuilding to try to get my raid0 to work, it still wont, i think it might have something to do with xp not being able to recognize all of my hard drive space, but I dont know for sure. the beast is up and running, xp is installed I still need to tweak my vid settings and download a few more updates, when i get off of work in 1/2 hour i'll try to snap some pics and put em up

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