Congrats to HP darkness

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:30 am

HPDarkness wins!

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:35 am

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)?

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:36 am

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.

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:51 am

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.

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:54 am

i can realy go up to 5000, but i would prefer not to, cause i dont want to dump that much money into this

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:07 am

*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

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:19 am

mmk, so far ur winning, unless someone from another foum beats that, [i have a simmalar thing posted in 3 forums.]

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:21 am

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]

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:23 am

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.

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:24 am

makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:27 am

youhoo7 wrote:makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...

from gtaf's post?
or another forum.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:28 am

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

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:31 am

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.

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:01 pm

yup another forum, well i wont decide fer a wile, cause i want to get more than just 4 ppl

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:06 pm

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

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:13 pm

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

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:18 pm

What games are you looking to play? Also what programs are you looking to run?

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:22 pm

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.

youhoo7 · Post by **youhoo7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:28 pm

oohhh , i knew some one was going to do new egg, nice going tom,

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:44 pm

youhoo7 wrote:oohhh , i knew some one was going to do new egg, nice going tom,

PM sent with details.