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Congrats to HP darkness
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:30 am
by youhoo7
HPDarkness wins!
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:35 am
by GametagAeonFlux
You gotta give us
some info...are you:
Looking to get a Vista or XP based system (or PC vs. Mac for that matter)?
What will you be using this PC for?
A fan of any particular brand when it comes to parts (ATI vs. Nvidia, etc)?

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:36 am
by youhoo7
oh yeah sorry..
xp computer
nvidia
intell prossesing
pc NOT mac
and its supposed to be a gaming computer, but still good with all the other media stuff.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:51 am
by SHOUTrvb
3500 is well over enough to buy a great media/graphics/gaming computer..especially with XP. I don't have the knowledge to recommend much to you, but I'd start looking into lesser known computer companies like
Voodoo...Though their cheapest is still a little over your budget. Though it's something to consider.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:54 am
by youhoo7
i can realy go up to 5000, but i would prefer not to, cause i dont want to dump that much money into this
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:07 am
by warlord
*Intel core2quad CPU Quad-Core X5355/2.66GHz/8M/1333MHz/lga774 [$500+/-][ebay or optional other online shops]
*nvidia 8800 x2 764mb SLI 1.9ghz per card [$500 each same as above]
*ABIT FATAL1TY AN9 motherboard capable of handling 32GB RAM [$133 @ buy.com]
*4GB dual channel [ocz] DDR2 pc2-5400 @$160+/- most pc parts stores i personaly use ebay.
*"Ultra X3 1000 Watt Energy Efficient Modular" PSU@$233 [ebay price]
*black thermaltake shark@$150[local shop price as well as common ebay price]
*SAMSUNG LN-T2332H 23" LCD FLAT-PANEL WS HDTV/MONITOR [using dvi output from sli video card output.@$322[
ebay again]
*Hitachi 1 Terabyte hard drive @$379
*logitech g11 gamming keyboard $29.99@
[ebay ftw]
*
RAZER DIAMONDBACK SALAMANDER@$44.99{ebay]
final amount:$2518.98
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:19 am
by youhoo7
mmk, so far ur winning, unless someone from another foum beats that, [i have a simmalar thing posted in 3 forums.]
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:21 am
by warlord
youhoo7 wrote:mmk, so far ur winning, unless someone from another foum beats that, [i have a simmalar thing posted in 3 forums.]
fair enough i just used what i learned from college and put that there [had to do this exact thing for a peice of course work for my portfolio]
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:23 am
by GametagAeonFlux
I won't be participating, but I
will recommend you buy an
Apple Cinema Display if you have some cash left over that you're willing to spend. They have amazing picture quality and work on PCs.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:24 am
by youhoo7
makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:27 am
by warlord
youhoo7 wrote:makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...
from gtaf's post?
or another forum.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:28 am
by GametagAeonFlux
warlord wrote:youhoo7 wrote:makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...
from gtaf's post?
or another forum.
Pretty sure he means another forum. ;p
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:31 am
by warlord
GametagAeonFlux wrote:
Pretty sure he means another forum. ;p
yeah im just checking because i thought he might have thought your link was a computer itself not just a way to display picture.
Well i did my best and found the best pc i could see on building.
unless he upgraded the ramm in the pc higher seeing as the mobo supports 32gb of ram.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:01 pm
by youhoo7
yup another forum, well i wont decide fer a wile, cause i want to get more than just 4 ppl
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:06 pm
by HPDarkness
Computer:

[New !!!] Nzxt Alpha Gaming Tower Case
Case Lighting (Red, Blue, or Green)
800 Watt -- XION SuperNova XON-800F14R Power Supply
[=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (4x 2.4GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)
MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, PCI-E MB
4GB [1024MB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]
Sony Q170A Dual Format/Double Layer 18X DVD
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:13 pm
by youhoo7
thats the type of thing i am looking for,im still concidering war lord alot ttho, but im looking into yours right now too, thanks for the organized post
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:18 pm
by HPDarkness
What games are you looking to play? Also what programs are you looking to run?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:22 pm
by TomClancey
Motherboard: $170 (NewEgg)
nVidia 680i SLI LT
Graphics Card: $1130 (NewEgg)
nVidia GeForce 8800Ultra (x2)
RAM: $344 (NewEgg)
G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (x4)
Processor: $280 (NewEgg)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor
Sound Card: $136 (NewEgg)
Creative Labs 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
Case: $120 (BestBuy Business)
ASUS Vento 3600
Power Supply: $379 (NewEgg)
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Power Supply
Cooling System: $220 (NewEgg)
ZALAM Reserator 1 V2 Fanless Watercooling
Hard Drive: $320 (NewEgg)
HITACHI Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Monitor: $379 (NewEgg) (I'd go with dual, but you can't have Dual-Monitors with a SLI Stepup. Unless, of coarse, you have the second monitor hooked up to a seperate [not-SLIed] graphics card.)
SCEPTRE 1080p Black 24" 2ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
Keyboard: $68 (NewEgg)
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Speakers: $87 (NewEgg)
Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker
Operating System: $140
Windows XP Professional Edition 64-bit
Grand Total: $3633
Grand Total (With XP): $3733
(You would probably shave off about 100-150 if you get the 8800GTX 768MB)
Updated with links to all the parts.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:28 pm
by youhoo7
oohhh , i knew some one was going to do new egg, nice going tom,
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:44 pm
by warlord
youhoo7 wrote:oohhh , i knew some one was going to do new egg, nice going tom,
PM sent with details.