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habitat

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#1 habitat

Member since 2003 • 260 Posts

My PC

i believe i just made the list public, if there are any issues with the link above heres the part list :

Case: NZXT Apollo BLACK NP Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

PSU: ENERMAX Noisetaker EG701AX-VE SFMA(24P) EPS12V 600W Power Supply - Retail

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400

RAM: OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK

Floppy: MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive

Optical Drive: PHILIPS 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write 2-Tone ATAPI/E-IDE Model SPD2410BD/17 - Retail

Video Card: Undetermined...looking to spend $190 or less

this is my Intel build (my first intel pc) and its going to be budget system. i understand that there is no video card on the list. I might wait for budget dx10 cards to come out, otherwise i might just buy a geforce 7900 or something (about $190). should i order the parts soon, or should i wait a bit longer? ive been waiting so longgggg. also, how does the build look so far, any reccomendations? remember im on a budget shooting to spend $900 or less. thanks in advance.

17 years ago

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#2 Staryoshi87

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The link didn't work :( As long as you're not going for the best of the best, it's always a good time to order. The problem is I'm trying to go for the bes of the best right now, so I'm hesitant to buy -_- I'd wait on the video card, though, as the new ones will be here in a month. Alternatively, you could use buy a dx9 card now and use the step-up program when the new mid-range cards come out if you want to go down that road.

17 years ago

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#3 therealFrek

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For a budget of 900 you have picked out probably the best you can.

I do have one suggestion though with regards to the PSU. Spend just $10 more and get the Corsair 520HX. It's modular unlike the enermax you have picked out and it pumps out 40 amps on the 12v. It is also of a much superior quality than the enermax considering that it is only $10 more. Don't be fooled by it's 520 watt rating. It is in fact a more powerful PSU than the 600 watt enermax.

Everything else looks really good for the price range. I could nitpick the ram a bit and suggest buffalo firestix but they are never in stock at the egg. For the price the OCZ should perform close to the same anyways. Another choice that you might have not considered is the Patriot Extreme LLK series. It has confirmed D9 IC's whereas I'm pretty sure the OCZ's don't. It's not really a big deal anyways unless you plan on going for the absolute highest o/c you can.

For a budget of 900 that should be pretty good. If you dropped an 8800 GTS in this you would hit 8000+ 3d06 mark easy and much higher if you pushed the e6400.

17 years ago

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#4 habitat

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thanks for the good feedback both of you. ill wait for a few more suggestions to see if im going to be buying in the next couple weeks. ill probably swap for that power supply that you suggested therealFrek. one of my iffys of the buy was the power supply because i know the trend is to buy high watt psu's...like 700 watts even though you dont need that much power and the power supplies are of cheap quality. also, if i buy now and get a decent DX9 card ill probably drop for a 8800 in the future once they come down in price. im in college right now so i dont have enough to spend on it at the moment. more suggestions welcome.

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