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2008-11-30 23:38:48

#26

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

I got his offer for a computer under $1000. what you guys think?

cpu Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 8MB
mobo ASUS P5Q Pro P45
ram Corsair XMS2 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-18
gpu XFX 9800GT XXX Far Cry 2 670MHZ 512MB 1.95GHZ DDR3
boxe Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower
Psu Enermax All in One 535W
Hdd Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB
drive LG GH22NS30 Black SATA
flopy Sony Black 1.44MB 3.5IN Floppy Drive

980$

I still like your suggestions better tho (max, ebug)

2008-12-01 04:50:24

#27

Mint Sauce: Frighteningly average; +780|6552|eng

I got an E8400, 4GB OCZ Platinum, HD4870, P5Q Pro, 22x Samsung Syncmaster, Antec 900, Corsair HX520 and a 160GB WD Caviar for £700. 160GB was a massive oversight on my part, but oh well.

#rekt

2008-12-01 08:25:45

#28

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6924|BC, Canada

quick one from www.directcanada.com comes to $1062 CDN before tax:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 $199
Asus P5Q Pro $150
G.SKILL PC2-8000 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-1000 CL5-5-5-15 $60
ASUS Radeon HD 4850 Top $220
Samsung Spinpoint F1 Series HD103UJ 1TB $119
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro $22
OCZ GameXStream 600W $99
LG GH22NP20 Black DVD+RW 22X8X16 $30
Antec P182 ATX Black Mid Tower $165

much better than yours for less than 100 bucks more...

Last edited by Nicholas Langdon (2008-12-01 08:27:14)

2008-12-01 14:56:50

#29

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6414|'straya

Mint Sauce wrote:
I got an E8400, 4GB OCZ Platinum, HD4870, P5Q Pro, 22x Samsung Syncmaster, Antec 900, Corsair HX520 and a 160GB WD Caviar for £700. 160GB was a massive oversight on my part, but oh well.

throw in a 750GB hard drive (or similar)... they're dirt cheap atm

2008-12-01 15:01:23

#30

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

Phatmatt wrote:
I got his offer for a computer under $1000. what you guys think?

cpu Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 8MB
mobo ASUS P5Q Pro P45
ram Corsair XMS2 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-18
gpu XFX 9800GT XXX Far Cry 2 670MHZ 512MB 1.95GHZ DDR3
boxe Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower
Psu Enermax All in One 535W
Hdd Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB
drive LG GH22NS30 Black SATA
flopy Sony Black 1.44MB 3.5IN Floppy Drive

980$

I still like your suggestions better tho (max, ebug)

unless you do a lot of number crunching (transcoding, DCing, ...) a 45nm dual will be a lot faster.
2GB Ram is a little on the low side these days. I just went to 8GB on my main PC
The HD4850/4870 will be a lot faster than the 9800GT

TopHat01 wrote:
Is the P5Q Deluxe better then the Pro?

Better heatsinks, more power phases for the CPU (important if you do hardcore quad core OCing)

Last edited by max (2008-12-01 15:02:38)

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2008-12-01 15:58:07

#31

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

Whats the difference between

HD4850 TOP 512mb
HD4850 HDTI 1Gb

because there's a difference of $40, and I remember that before they used to only add memory which had little impact and sold it for more. is it the case here?

2008-12-01 16:12:54

#32

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

The TOP 512 is factory OCed, the 1GB one has more ram. You don't need more than 512MB. 256MB can be too little sometimes, 512MB is optimal. Chances are the 512MB will also OC better

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2008-12-01 16:29:10

#33

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

max wrote:
The TOP 512 is factory OCed, the 1GB one has more ram. You don't need more than 512MB. 256MB can be too little sometimes, 512MB is optimal. Chances are the 512MB will also OC better

ok thanks, pretty much what I thought.

2008-12-01 16:43:15

#34

elite.mafia: Banned; +122|6719|USA

Just make sure when you get an OS buy vista 64 bit business(or ultimate) and ignore all the morons who tell you to get xp cus "vista sucks

2008-12-01 17:01:57

#35

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6729|cuntshitlake

elite.mafia wrote:
Just make sure when you get an OS buy vista 64 bit business(or ultimate) and ignore all the morons who tell you to get xp cus "vista sucks

Home Premium tbh.

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2008-12-01 17:04:13

#36

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

ultimate tbh. I reformatted to 64bit from my 32bit install. Runs like a champ, even with 5 active VMs, folding and various other apps

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2008-12-01 17:05:13

#37

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6719|The Twilight Zone

I don't recommend Business edition. Could not get BF2 to work, tried everything, later noticed lots more people have problems getting some games to work with this version. Seems this version just isn't optimized for gaming.

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2008-12-01 17:09:05

#38

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6729|cuntshitlake

max wrote:
ultimate tbh. I reformatted to 64bit from my 32bit install. Runs like a champ, even with 5 active VMs, folding and various other apps

If buying, then Home premium tbh.

If aquiring other ways, Ultimate ofc.

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2008-12-01 17:11:00

#39

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

fair enough

All versions of vista are identical and perform the same. They only differ in the extras, RDC, domains, movie maker, media center, ...

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2008-12-01 17:44:17

#40

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

I'll be on XP temporary but as soon as I can 'acquire' Vista, I will.

2008-12-01 17:49:06

#41

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

shouldn't take more than an hour

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2008-12-01 18:24:23

#42

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

No it Shouldn't.

Here is pretty much my final build (buying from local store. a condition with the loan I'm getting...)

Antec Twelve Hundred - 225,00
Asus P5Q - 177,60
Core 2 Duo 8400 3,0Ghz - 236,50
Crucial Ballistix 2x 2gb ddr2-6400 (800mhz) - 125,00
2x 320gb western digital sataII 16mo cache - 142,00 (72,00 each)
LG DVD-RW 20x lightscribe IDE+Sata - 33,60

now what I'm undecided on:

Video card:
Asus 9800GTX+ 512mb - 285,60
Asus HD4850 TOP 512mb - 264,00

Monitor:
Acer 22" X223WBD 5ms 2500:1 - 252,00
LG 22" W2242TQ-BF 5ms 8000:1 - 252,00

Power Supply:
I'll see what they have. Does anyone know if CoolMax 600W is a good psu brand?

I'm pretty sure that memory won't work with this board, but I'll see what I can get at the store.

2008-12-01 18:27:22

#43

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6578

How come 800 instead of 1066MHz RAM?

And $125 sounds a bit much for 4GB of PC6400

Last edited by ebug9 (2008-12-01 18:27:58)

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2008-12-01 18:38:38

#44

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

Because thats all they have written online, they do have 2x1gb @ 95,00.
That's one thing i need to see with them. and 125,00 is rather high for that, but its a local store not newegg sadly.

2008-12-01 18:45:56

#45

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6578

Phatmatt wrote:
Because thats all they have written online, they do have 2x1gb @ 95,00.
That's one thing i need to see with them. and 125,00 is rather high for that, but its a local store not newegg sadly.

Does the store have a website?

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2008-12-01 18:51:06

#46

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

ebug9 wrote:
Phatmatt wrote:
Because thats all they have written online, they do have 2x1gb @ 95,00.
That's one thing i need to see with them. and 125,00 is rather high for that, but its a local store not newegg sadly.
Does the store have a website?

here's the pdf for what they have in store (they can order, which takes 24hours. but i have to see with them the prices.)
http://www.ordixtreme.com/pieces.html

I'm trying to keep it sub $1500 without the monitor

or if you can find some reseller in quebec, then that would work out too. I need to buy it in quebec.

Last edited by Phatmatt (2008-12-01 18:52:02)

2008-12-01 19:02:15

#47

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6578

Phatmatt wrote:
ebug9 wrote:
Phatmatt wrote:
Because thats all they have written online, they do have 2x1gb @ 95,00.
That's one thing i need to see with them. and 125,00 is rather high for that, but its a local store not newegg sadly.
Does the store have a website?
here's the pdf for what they have in store (they can order, which takes 24hours. but i have to see with them the prices.)
http://www.ordixtreme.com/pieces.html

I'm trying to keep it sub $1500 without the monitor

or if you can find some reseller in quebec, then that would work out too. I need to buy it in quebec.

I just googled Computer stores in Quebec and it came up with this...

http://www.microbytes.com/computer/ordi … th=2032000

Looks like a wide selection of memory

Stores:
* Centre-Ville
* Châteauguay
* Chomedey (Laval)
* Crémazie
* Lasalle
* Laval
* Longueuil
* Pointe-Claire
* Québec
* Repentigny
* Rosemère
* St-Hubert
* St-Hyacinthe
* St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
* St-Jérôme
* St-Léonard
* Orléans, Ontario
* Sherbrooke

It is fairly expensive though

Last edited by ebug9 (2008-12-01 19:03:41)

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2008-12-01 19:05:10

#48

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

definitely the HD4850. The ram you have won't OC very well afaik, so you'll be limited to a max OC of 3.6-3.8GHz on the CPU. The LG seems to be a little better.

I have no idea about that PSU

Can't you order from newegg.ca or similar?

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2008-12-01 19:12:40

#49

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6455|Canada

@ebug

Regular Opening Hours!
Monday    Closed
Tuesday    Closed
Wednesday    Closed
Thursday    Closed
Friday    Closed
Saturday    Closed
Sunday    Closed

store closest to me is closed... and next store is too far away.

@max
I'll see what ram i can get from the store when i go. But i don't really plan on overclocking much, so will it matter too much?
And I can't order from newegg because it's not located in quebec, and my loan specifies me to buy local. probably for the economy and what not.

Last edited by Phatmatt (2008-12-01 19:13:28)

2008-12-01 19:17:23

#50

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

Going from 3GHz to 3.6 is already a nice increase in performance. For anything more you'll need an aftermarket HSF anyhow (inb4ig). Personally I'd just hate to have my CPU be limited by ram.

Find someone in Quebec that'll order from newegg and then sell it on to you?

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