BF2S Forums wtf when did computers get so cheap?

Without knowing video card its hard to know.

But I am doubtful anyone could build this gateway for cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6883113101
i7 920
GTX 260
9 gb ddr3

You could get something better, for sure. RAM is really cheap right now, so lots of premades are coming with lots of RAM to look good.

I'm going to guess the video card and CPU are budget components (quad or not), and the monitor is especially crap. You could definitely get better.

[HOF]Mercenary wrote:

Without knowing video card its hard to know.

But I am doubtful anyone could build this gateway for cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6883113101
i7 920
GTX 260
9 gb ddr3

Comparable at Dell Outlet with 15-20% coupon, for less.

It's a decent deal with the monitor... the 4350 is low to midrange... and the 8300 is decent...
If it was me... i7 920 proc
ati 4870 or gtx 260 or 275/
win 7
600+ watt psu
6-12gb ram(if you do any rendering vid or 3d?)
a big case... antec 1200/haf 932/p55 gigabyte or asus moboard/dvd burner
gigabyte UD4P... I have the UD3P and it's great
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ … id=0317207
you can get the i7 920 for 199.95 at microcenter...
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ … id=0302727

Here is a prebuilt
i7 920
gtx 260
9gb ram ddr3
1200 bucks
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavili … Id=9555778

.Sup wrote:

SealXo wrote:

two years ago (i believe) I got a computer custom built with a core2duo, 8800 gt, and 2gb ram

hey I got the same setup 2 years ago. Its still works great and am not thinking of upgrading anytime soon.

for under 972? awsm!

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

It's a decent deal with the monitor... the 4350 is low to midrange... and the 8300 is decent...
If it was me... i7 920 proc
ati 4870 or gtx 260 or 275/
win 7
600+ watt psu
6-12gb ram(if you do any rendering vid or 3d?)
a big case... antec 1200/haf 932/p55 gigabyte or asus moboard/dvd burner
gigabyte UD4P... I have the UD3P and it's great
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ … id=0317207
you can get the i7 920 for 199.95 at microcenter...
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ … id=0302727

Here is a prebuilt
i7 920
gtx 260
9gb ram ddr3
1200 bucks
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavili … Id=9555778

uhhh ... the 920 can't use the p55 boards. It needs a different socket. Unless I have overlooked some glaringly obvious detail ...

I came up with a build for $1027 from New Egg without even a GPU. That i7-920 crap is expensive. You could really just get an i5 750 and be doing just as well and be able to open the budget up by a healthy margin ...

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

my mistake...  x58
and i7 920 and i5 750 are about the same price... and the 920 is a little better in tests
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh … 34&p=1

About? Not really. You'll spend a good $100 more between a decent mobo (you can cheap out if you want) and the 920 versus a similar mobo and the 750. The 920 is $30-40 more expensive than the 750 alone.

Ilocano wrote:

Look into this:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ … &s=dhs

Liquid Cooling.  Combine with Dell EPP 10% discount and a $100 off Coupon that expires today (pm me if you want it.  I won't use it).  Much better than the Newegg offer I think.

Jesus christ I can't belive the pricelist of the extras.

920 comes with it. Want a 960? That'll be $500. Want a 975? (0.13 Gz increase) that's $1000 on top of the original price. Want us to spend five minutes doing a shitty overclock on it? That's $200.

!


     12GB Triple Channel 1333MHz DDR3 [add $350 or $11/month1]
    24GB Triple Channel 1333MHz DDR3 [add $2,950 or $89/month1]

Seriously what the fuck, 2x the RAM for 8 and a half times the price? Are the people who buy the extras just fucking stupid?

Defiance wrote:

You could get something better, for sure. RAM is really cheap right now, so lots of premades are coming with lots of RAM to look good.

I'm going to guess the video card and CPU are budget components (quad or not), and the monitor is especially crap. You could definitely get better.

Really cheap.




http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143844

Shit, I put one together.  I would buy it if I were'nt already building a similar setup.  Water cooled and room for SLI.

Studio XPS 8000
 
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Memory 6GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 4 DIMMs
Keyboard Dell Studio Consumer Multimedia Keyboard
Monitor No Monitor
Video Card ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB
Hard Drives 750GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Mouse Dell Studio Optical Mouse
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Last edited by Ilocano (2009-11-05 16:27:34)

SealXo wrote:

nutty discounts....

Nah, standard Dell discounts the general consumer doesn't know about.

EPP is employee/student discount
$100 off is a type of coupon I get from Dell every month.

Ilocano wrote:

Yeah.  Never select upgrades from Dell.   That's where they make the profit from unsuspecting buyers.

Kinda like Apple...