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Bought a brand new computer, here's the specs. I don't have it yet, it will be built December 2nd and then 7 days shipping.

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Intel® Core(tm) i7-920 processor [2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache]
• FREE UPGRADE! 9GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [5 DIMMs] from 8GB
• 640GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
• 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4850 [2 DVI, HDMI and VGA adapters]
• LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
• Integrated 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet, No wireless LAN
• 15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio
• No TV Tuner
• Integrated 7.1 channel sound with front audio ports
• No speakers
• Microsoft® Works 9.0
• Norton Internet Security(tm) 2010 - 15 month

See if you can guess the final price I got. :P

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Your soul.

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9GB of RAM? Isnt that a bit overkill?

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I got it from HP. It's an HP Pavilion Elite. You can look it up there.

The final price was $1051.

I applied a $50 HP coupon found on the internet on some website + the computer has a $300 instant rebate (So actual cost was $1400 without coupon or rebate.) Doesn't even have to be paid for until June 2010.

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I believe I saw this one, is it that gateway one? If so I say $1000.

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$1000?

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9GB of RAM? Isnt that a bit overkill?Big_Bad_Sad

not if you're MY friend and do things I would do. :P

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[QUOTE="lazzordude"]$1800? you probably could have built that for $1400

lolwut. Overestimating much?

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#10 unholymight

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1066 MHz for memory is a tad low 1 MB L2 cache is somewhat low, would obviously have liked more for a quad core 640 GB HD is pretty small 7200 rpm is not that great 1 USB?? Just 1??

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[QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"][QUOTE="lazzordude"]$1800? you probably could have built that for $1400

lolwut. Overestimating much?

sorry, i misread the op....i could have sworn it said he had 2 4890's . plus last time i bought parts ddr3 ram was quite expensive(im sure its cheap now). er....2 hours of sleep doesn't bode well with math

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[QUOTE="lazzordude"][QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"][QUOTE="lazzordude"]$1800? you probably could have built that for $1400

lolwut. Overestimating much?

sorry, i misread the op....i could have sworn it said he had 2 4890's . plus last time i bought parts ddr3 ram was quite expensive(im sure its cheap now). er....2 hours of sleep doesn't bode well with math

There are few things 2 hours of sleep bode well with. :P

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1 USB?? Just 1??unholymight

Obviously a typo. Otherwise TC is screwed. Are there even "modern" mo-bos with only 1 USB port?

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[QUOTE="lazzordude"][QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"] lolwut. Overestimating much?Neon-Tiger

sorry, i misread the op....i could have sworn it said he had 2 4890's . plus last time i bought parts ddr3 ram was quite expensive(im sure its cheap now). er....2 hours of sleep doesn't bode well with math

There are few things 2 hours of sleep bode well with. :P

true, but thats what happens when you get awoken at 3 am by random knocking on your door :(

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[QUOTE="unholymight"]1 MB L2 cache is somewhat low, would obviously have liked more for a quad core 640 GB HD is pretty small 7200 rpm is not that great

It has L3 cache that makes up for it. What's better than a 1366 i7? 640GB isn't small. 7200 rpm is not bad.

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[QUOTE="smc91352"] What's better than a 1366 i7?

A watercooled overclocked i7?

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#17 unholymight

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[QUOTE="unholymight"]1 USB?? Just 1??Neon-Tiger

Obviously a typo. Otherwise TC is screwed. Are there even "modern" mo-bos with only 1 USB port?

Well, he could buy one of those 1-to-4 USB converters, but it would subtract from the shopping experience.

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640 GB HD is pretty small 7200 rpm is not that greatunholymight

7200rpm is fine, that's what all the decent platter-based drives are (10,000rpm drives are a rip-off). 640GB is small, though. I've got a 750GB main drive and a 1.5TB secondary drive and I still feel cramped.

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[QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"][QUOTE="smc91352"] What's better than a 1366 i7?

A watercooled overclocked i7?

lol

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#20 unholymight

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[QUOTE="smc91352"][QUOTE="unholymight"]1 MB L2 cache is somewhat low, would obviously have liked more for a quad core 640 GB HD is pretty small 7200 rpm is not that great

It has L3 cache that makes up for it. What's better than a 1366 i7? 640GB isn't small. 7200 rpm is not bad.

Well if it was bigger they wouldn't need something to make up for the lack of L cache in the first place! 640 GB, let's see, my Naruto episodes and movies are 80 GB. That plus 35 modern games + 1 OS + some very nice eBooks and you're full. Time to reformat! An i7 975 is already 25% faster than what he has just in pure clock speed, without taking into account L cache expansions. 7200 rpm if you don't mind waiting for file operations.

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[QUOTE="unholymight"][QUOTE="smc91352"][QUOTE="unholymight"]1 MB L2 cache is somewhat low, would obviously have liked more for a quad core 640 GB HD is pretty small 7200 rpm is not that great

It has L3 cache that makes up for it. What's better than a 1366 i7? 640GB isn't small. 7200 rpm is not bad.

Well if it was bigger they wouldn't need something to make up for the lack of L cache in the first place! 640 GB, let's see, my Naruto episodes and movies are 80 GB. That plus 35 modern games + 1 OS + some very nice eBooks and you're full. Time to reformat! An i7 975 is already 25% faster than what he has just in pure clock speed, without taking into account L cache expansions. 7200 rpm if you don't mind waiting for file operations.

I'd say HDD size depends largely on the user. I'm doing fine with 320GB internal and 1TB external.

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IDK, but you could have built it yourself for under $1000.

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[QUOTE="unholymight"][QUOTE="smc91352"][QUOTE="unholymight"]1 MB L2 cache is somewhat low, would obviously have liked more for a quad core 640 GB HD is pretty small 7200 rpm is not that great

It has L3 cache that makes up for it. What's better than a 1366 i7? 640GB isn't small. 7200 rpm is not bad.

Well if it was bigger they wouldn't need something to make up for the lack of L cache in the first place! 640 GB, let's see, my Naruto episodes and movies are 80 GB. That plus 35 modern games + 1 OS + some very nice eBooks and you're full. Time to reformat! An i7 975 is already 25% faster than what he has just in pure clock speed, without taking into account L cache expansions. 7200 rpm if you don't mind waiting for file operations.

but I didn't see where it said criticism was open. And all that is relative. I'm judging on the $100 he paid; its not what I would've gotten, but its not bad.

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#24 unholymight

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[QUOTE="Neon-Tiger"][QUOTE="unholymight"][QUOTE="smc91352"] It has L3 cache that makes up for it. What's better than a 1366 i7? 640GB isn't small. 7200 rpm is not bad.

Well if it was bigger they wouldn't need something to make up for the lack of L cache in the first place! 640 GB, let's see, my Naruto episodes and movies are 80 GB. That plus 35 modern games + 1 OS + some very nice eBooks and you're full. Time to reformat! An i7 975 is already 25% faster than what he has just in pure clock speed, without taking into account L cache expansions. 7200 rpm if you don't mind waiting for file operations.

I'd say HDD size depends largely on the user. I'm doing fine with 320GB internal and 1TB external.

Correct, but 640 GB is nothing that lets me wear the proud badge of pride. Also, higher resolution video and bigger games will only cause 640 GB to become an ever-shrinking jacket.

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Ditch Norton and MS Works.

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#26 dont-read-this

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That could have been built for under 800$.

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#27 unholymight

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[QUOTE="unholymight"][QUOTE="smc91352"] It has L3 cache that makes up for it. What's better than a 1366 i7? 640GB isn't small. 7200 rpm is not bad.smc91352

Well if it was bigger they wouldn't need something to make up for the lack of L cache in the first place! 640 GB, let's see, my Naruto episodes and movies are 80 GB. That plus 35 modern games + 1 OS + some very nice eBooks and you're full. Time to reformat! An i7 975 is already 25% faster than what he has just in pure clock speed, without taking into account L cache expansions. 7200 rpm if you don't mind waiting for file operations.

but I didn't see where it said criticism was open. And all that is relative. I'm judging on the $100 he paid; its not what I would've gotten, but its not bad.

Well, he probably posted it on here cause he wanted some opinions.

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#28 I_am_george

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an i7 and a 4850? I hope you didn't buy it.

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800 to 1000

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