Getting a new computer for Christmas

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:38 pm

Okay, new build, it will be loosely built on my friends 1500 though

, btw, upgrading is possible easily for the gfx card, so you can crossfire the 4850.
PSU: TX750 Corsair: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... %20corsair
CPU: Quad-Core Q6600 <3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115017
Case: Haf 932 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... Tpk=haf932
Monitor: SAMSUNG 2253BW Black 22" 2ms 8000:1 REALLY GOOD MONITOR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... Tpk=2253BW
GPU: ATI 4850, really good version of the card, quiet and cool, looks good too. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814161246
RAM: Mushkin (<3) 4 GB 1066 (Looks nice too): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820146785
HEATSINK: Zalman CNPS and obviously LGA775: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118003
OS: Vista <3 (Got a problem with that?) premium 64 bit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116488
HDD: Western Digital 640GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136218
CDD: Too lazy to list name, but is good: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827151173
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827151173

TOTAL: 1552.90 without mail-in rebates and shipping is basically free. C'mon, you can squeeze 50 more bucks in, and if you can't, change that processor to a E8400 and that hard-drive to 500 GB. Or switch the GPU to this. I personally would do the processor and hard-drive though.

Cobain · Post by **Cobain** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:47 pm

skip out on the quad core, that will save you even more cash.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:56 pm

Fine, replace that with a E8500 if you want money saved, happy

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HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:53 pm

I highly doubt he needs a $160 case for his first build. The monitor is also quite pricy, he could grab one at Staples or BestBuy a lot cheaper.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:55 pm

HPDarkness1 wrote:I highly doubt he needs a $160 case for his first build. The monitor is also quite pricy, he could grab one at Staples or BestBuy a lot cheaper.

Yeah but it's a really clear and good monitor. And btw, the case is prudy, so it doesn't matter.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:10 pm

I'd go with the Antec P180(2, if you want to water cool at some point.) Goes for about $100-130, but does an amazing job at cooling. It's a very sleek case, too. Nice and simple.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:23 pm

The haf is cooler.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:02 pm

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I'm still looking, and checking my options, so keep posting.

(Also, everyone go ahead and post setups up to $3,300, as they were fine with that before.)

Also, I went to Dell.com and almost maxed out a computer that I was looking at earlier. Here's what I came up with:

Processor: Intel® Core™2 Extreme QX9650 (12MB L2 Cache,3.00GHZ, 1333FSB)
RAM:8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz - 4 DIMMs
HDD: 750GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB
Screen:24 inch E248WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
OS: Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate w/Digital Cable Support, 64-bit
Speakers: Bose Companion 2 Series II Multimedia Speaker System
Power Supply: 425 W Power Supply

Price: $2,856

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:12 pm

DrXThirst wrote:Also, I went to Dell.com

Fuck. No.
If you have a friend that will put it together for you, do that. There is absolutely no reason for you to pay more for a brand name, I don't care if you "can" go up to that monetary limit.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:25 pm

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:28 pm

Processor: Intel Core i7 965 Extreme 3.2GHz, 8MB L3 Cache
Motherboard: Intel DX58SO "Smackover" (To be released in mid-November)
RAM: DDR3 1333MHz Mushkin 2GB x3 (Motherboard is Triple Channel)
HDD: Western Digital 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s
Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit (2x if you want.)
Screen: Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP
OS: Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate w/Digital Cable Support, 64-bit
Power Supply: Corsair 750 W Power Supply

Price: ~$2,800. (You can drop that considerably if you get the Core i7 920, and get the other 24" you have before. Same with the video card.) I just thought since your price limit was so high, I'd future proof you.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:28 am

Sweet. It's also $50 cheaper than the one I had previously looked at.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:05 am

Also, you might want a 1000W PSU if you feel like upgrading to 2 280 gtx's.
EDIT: I found a ibuypower almost the exact same thing as Tom's build.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6883227119

Cobain · Post by **Cobain** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:10 am

Cryticfarm wrote:The haf is cooler.

yeah same reason why i chose it haha

Cryticfarm wrote:Also, you might want a 1000W PSU if you feel like upgrading to 2 280 gtx's.
Item=N82E16883227119

lol wow, you really dont need that much power haha

you can run quad sli on 600
with any high end card.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:03 pm

Cobain, you need a 1000W psu for sli'ed 280GTX's, you can look it up.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:25 pm

Okay, as much as you guys HATE (and I mean, absolutely DESPISE) Dell, I went there one last time for the deal I think I'm going to get. I remembered why I was getting a laptop at first -- it's because I need one for school. So, here's what I've come up with:

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q9550 (12MB L2, 2.83GHz, 1333FSB)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition SP1, 64-Bit
Monitor: Dell S2409W 24" Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
Memory: 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs
Hard Drive: 1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI
Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
DVD Drive: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Speakers: Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer

Now, also, it has a really good deal with it. I get an Inspiron Mini 9 that I can take with me to school. It's only $99 with this deal!

Here's the specs for that:

Operating System: Ubuntu Linux version 8.04.1
Hard Drive: 16GB Solid State Drive
RAM: 1GB DDR2 at 533MHz

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:29 pm

Ugh, if you really, really want to, go for the Dell.
It just seems pointless to me, as it's a waste of money.

CompKronos · Post by **CompKronos** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:31 pm

don't get the laptop, run BSD on a calculator watch that should work

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:41 pm

CompKronos wrote:don't get the laptop, run BSD on a calculator watch that should work

I'm assuming you're saying that the laptop is horrible?

shadowkhas wrote:Ugh, if you really, really want to, go for the Dell.
It just seems pointless to me, as it's a waste of money.

Well, basically, it's like this -- my parents really don't trust my friend to build the computer for me, and they would much rather me buy a computer from a company that they trust, like DELL. Also, my friend decided that if he was going to build it for me, then he was going to charge an extra $100, so I really didn't want to do that, and since I'm opening it as a Christmas present, then I would much rather open a computer than a whole bunch of pieces that I wouldn't know what to do with ... and couldn't get anything done with them until after Christmas. (I don't talk to my "friend" so much... usually only school days...) But, I definitely appreciate the support that you've shown me and that you care enough to tell me that I'm wasting enough with Dell. Most people wouldn't care wtf I do with my money.

CompKronos · Post by **CompKronos** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:45 pm

DrXThirst wrote:
CompKronos wrote:don't get the laptop, run BSD on a calculator watch that should work
I'm assuming you're saying that the laptop is horrible?

no i saying buying into dell for the cheap laptop isn't worth it, even the calculator watch which would be God-awful whould be better so you could get a non-dell, the laptop actually seems pretty quality except i would get it without OS so you could install Ubuntu later and not pay service charges on OS install however you probably can't change laptop specs because it is bundled.