Re: What do you think about this setup?
I have decided to get my parts from www.newegg.com and then have someone local build it....It came out to a total of $5,425.87 for all the newegg parts. That is WITH a 26 inch widescreen monitor and a new retail version of win xp with SP2.
I figure I can get one of the residential computer services to drop by and build it and STILL come out way ahead!
This is basically the system I have decided to get built...
WATER COOLED CASE ($599.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133050
POWER SUPPLY FOR CASE (1200 watt) ($389.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153054
MOTHERBOARD (Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard) ($299.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128068
INTEL CPU (Fastest I could find) ( Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650) ($1,295.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115034
MEMORY Corsair DDR 3 (4 Gigabyte) ($842.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145190
VIDEO CARD ( BFG Tech BFGE88768UWCE GeForce 8800Ultra 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 ) ($799.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...%2b768MB%2b384
SOUND CARD ( Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series) ($135.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102005
HARD DRIVE (WD Raptor 10,000 RPM) (74 gigabyte) (I only need this size because I backup everything to Cd or DVD) ($149.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136033
DVD BURNER (Lite-On 20x LH-20A1S) ($34.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106057
CD BURNER (I use both burners for on the fly recordings sometimes) (Lite On DH-52R2P-08) ($18.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106084
FLOPPY DRIVE (I use this for my firefox bookmarks and memtest) (Sony Model MPF920 Black) ($7.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16821103116
OPERATING SYSTEM (Win XP Pro with SP2 Retail) ($286.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837116195
LCD MONITOR (26 inch) (Acer AL2616Wd Silver 26") ($579.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009101
KEYBOARD AND OPTICAL MOUSE (I like my desktop computer keyboard and mouse PS/2 wired, less problems) ($13.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126017
All with a GRAND TOTAL of $5,425.87
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Here are my specs:
System Specs: ATX generic case with Antec 550 watt power supply. ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard. Western Digital 7,200 RPM 40 gig IDE Hard Drive.(NTFS- file system) AMD Athlon XP 2600 processor.(standard fan and heatsink-Thoroughbred Core-standard speed-NO OVERCLOCK) 1 gig of Samsung DDRAM(PC 2700- 333 mhz....2-512mb sticks running in dual channel mode).Ati Radeon 8x 9600 XT (8x is enabled on motherboard). Soundblaster Audigy 2 sound card. Motorola sb 5100 cable modem (Insight Communications-Cable Connection) BenQ 16x DVD- RECORDER.(records -R/-RW or +R/+RW and CD-R formats) LG 52x32x52 CD Burner. Zip 100 internal drive and a generic 3.5 floppy drive. Windows XP Professional Operating System. I also have a HP Deskjet 3520 inkjet printer and a KDS X Flat 17 inch CRT monitor.
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