New Machine?
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Topic: New Machine?
Posted By: LaptiNek
Subject: New Machine?
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 2:52pm
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What do you guys think? Price is $3,200 Case: CoolerMaster Praetorian 730 RC-730 Aluminum Tower 420W Case (Black Color) CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo X6800 Extreme Edition @ 2.93GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache CPU Cooling: Coolermaster liquid cooling system Mainboard: Asus P5N-SLI nForce 570 SLI Chipset LGA775 Supports Core 2 Duo CPU FSB1066 DDR2 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, &5.1Audio Memory: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader) Video Card: NEW!!! NVIDIA Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB 16X PCI Express Video Card Hard Drive: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive Optical Drive: LiteOn SHM-165H6S 16X Double Layer DVD+-RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology (Black Color) Optical Drive 2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR) Sound: New! Creative Labs X-FI Platinum 24-BIT PCI Sound Card Thermal Display: Silverstone Digital ------------- Baron Sengir, Ahriman Corps |
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Posted By: solitary00
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 2:54pm
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Intel EE? I'm thinking you have money to buy me one too. ------------- -bullet buffer- 
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Posted By: Fidelio
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 5:57pm
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that cpu makes me hawt.
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Posted By: Xenetic
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 6:01pm
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Of course thats a nice system, and if money is no issue, go for it. You can build a machine that can play any game to date with no probs for $1000 easy. I always reccomend building the system yourself, buying parts separately. It's fun, cheaper, and you can get exactly what you want. Unless you are obsessed with benchmarking, EE cpus arent worth the money, seeing how a non EE will do just as well with any games you would be playing.
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Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 6:19pm
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Waste of $ IMHO Lapti.
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Posted By: LaptiNek
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 7:55pm
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I was going to get the Core 2 Duo 6600 ...
that would drop the price to like 2,600 ------------- Baron Sengir, Ahriman Corps |
Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 8:42pm
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Thats a start. Why wouldn't you build the machine yourself? You seem like a bright individual. ------------- |
Posted By: Goffin
Date Posted: 08/September/2006 at 9:06pm
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Originally posted by Preach
Waste of $ IMHO Lapti. agree..
You can build the same system for much less.
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Posted By: NaeBlis
Date Posted: 09/September/2006 at 12:12am
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AMD is slashing their prices for processors dramatically....something like the 5200+ is only going to be around $500.
Dunno if you'll notice any performance difference though. ------------- Teh Nibblies 
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Posted By: Verdant Force
Date Posted: 09/September/2006 at 12:25am
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i think AMD has slighty better perfromance/price. but they normaly run hotter, witch means a bigger fan.
and that means, louder and if your in a small room, it will get hot quick.
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Posted By: NaeBlis
Date Posted: 09/September/2006 at 12:35am
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He's using watercooling so it doesn't really matter. ------------- Teh Nibblies
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Posted By: Fidelio
Date Posted: 09/September/2006 at 3:21am
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the core 2 duo EE is 65 watts. for speed and efficiency nothing else touches it atm. it smokes amd's fx62 while using half the power and producing half the heat. it's pricier than a bunny ranch whore tho. just a thought. if you're looking for a super bargain though, build an amd socket 939 machine. those cpu's are selling for half what the am2 counterparts are going for. just make sure to buy a fast one cause you won't be replacing that cpu without a new mobo and ram to go with it. :P -------------
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Posted By: BoothRedux
Date Posted: 10/September/2006 at 5:45pm
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you could build an intel based pc for half that with comaprable stats...and if youre gonna put that much money wait till ~December when Quad-core is introduced
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Posted By: Interpol
Date Posted: 10/September/2006 at 5:58pm
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Okay, forget the damn X6800. Even if you have the money for it--it's a waste. Get an E6400 and overclock it with an Asus P5B Deluxe Wifi Motherboard to 3.0GHz (making it faster than a processor that's $800 more).
The P5B is insanely overclockable, and with the right cooling, it's completely stable at 3.0 GHz.
I'd say unless you're running a monitor that can put out 1600 x 1200 resolution or higher, you should probably get a 7900 GTX (which still runs those resolutions, but for about $150 less).
I'm building my own rig soon, and will probably use the 7950GT (not the GX2), and my PC will easily run with yours in the benchmarks.
I mean to say, just because you're getting the most expensive thing of everything, that doesn't mean that you're getting a quality computer for the price. You can build one with similar performance for 1-2 thousand less.
Check out http://www.3dgameman.com - http://www.3dgameman.com , http://www.hardocp.com - http://www.hardocp.com , http://www.bjorn3d.com - http://www.bjorn3d.com , http://www.guru3d.com - http://www.guru3d.com , http://www.tomshardware.com - http://www.tomshardware.com , and http://www.hexus.net/ - http://www.hexus.net to start with.
One last thing: My PC will cost $1750 to build (with watercooling). That's nearly half of what it will cost to have yourself a computer built, but will perform with no noticeable difference.
Just think you should reconsider some of your parts.
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Posted By: Preach
Date Posted: 10/September/2006 at 6:02pm
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Interpol is trying to challenge Fayaz for the "know it all" title!
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Posted By: Interpol
Date Posted: 10/September/2006 at 6:07pm
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Originally posted by Preach
Interpol is trying to challenge Fayaz for the "know it all" title! I'd win. Fayaz doesn't have the time anymore to post as much.
So I win by default.
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Posted By: Fayaz
Date Posted: 10/September/2006 at 6:27pm
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I'm actually in the process of getting a new rig together too. Like Interpol, I'm trimming some juicy fat to get the price down, but here only because I want to fund a http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4335 - Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD . And with Vista, that panel would be perfect. I'd choose visual real estate over extreme performance, a good soundcard and speaker setup, some highend headphones, basically put the finishing touches on audiovisual experience versus next-gen polygon crunching hardware. A solid setup is just that, a solid setup. Where the extra dineros go is a matter of personal preference really.------------- 
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Posted By: LaptiNek
Date Posted: 11/September/2006 at 7:44am
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Preach,
I've built my last 3 gaming computers. I am considering having this one built for a couple reasons.
1) Time: Employed and married takes up most of my day =(
2) All of my previous rigs are akin to the Millennium Falcon ...there's always "something" glitchy ...even though it may be small, just always something. ------------- Baron Sengir, Ahriman Corps |
Posted By: Jersey
Date Posted: 11/September/2006 at 4:04pm
| I agree duel core isnt worth it YET! I stress yet atleast for gaming. If you have a killer ammount of ram and a sweet video card, which you will. Ive recently made a desicion to revamp/upgrade my system using new and old parts to save money. And Ive found through research that duel coring for gaming purposes isnt worth yet. But like the others have said you have the money to do so then by all means step it up and get a duel core. Lol Yet again this prolly wont help much |
Posted By: Fidelio
Date Posted: 11/September/2006 at 4:25pm
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man, imo dual core is the sh*t! you can run all the apps in the background you want and it doesn't affect your games. sure you might miss out on 5fps but i'd rather have that and be able to do everything else at the same time than to have to stop everything just to play a game. count me in as a happy dual core user. AMD X2 4800+ here. -------------
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Posted By: Jersey
Date Posted: 14/September/2006 at 1:56am
| Also a good point. IMO its just not worth it yet. It prolly will be soon though. |
Posted By: MadDawg
Date Posted: 14/September/2006 at 6:20pm
| Give me till wed. my computer should be all set up by then i'll give you the 411 on how it is. I'm gonna open it up first and make sure everything i ordered is in there then turn it on and listen to her purr. |
Posted By: Bullseye315
Date Posted: 15/September/2006 at 6:48am
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Originally posted by MadDawg
then turn it on and listen to her purr. How to spot a true comp geek Vol.1
<3 ------------- ~ Ahriman Corps |