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 Member 2043 Level 29.93 Mar 2006 
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Well, That's what I was afraid of. Mainly the Hard Drive. I like Leadtek, because they made my current 6600GT card and that works like a charm. I wasn't sure about Samsung Hard Drives, but they were the cheapest 500GB ones I found that didn't fail within a year of purchase.
I want a decent computer that'll last me for at least 5 years that's able to do some occasional heavy gaming, under or as little over $1000 as possible, and has a lots of Hard Drive Space. I also need to make sure all the components actually fit with each other. There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Omnislash124; Jul 14, 2007 at 05:50 PM.
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Yeah, I think I trust Western Digital a bit more than Samsung for Hard Drives. Thanks for the find. I also took your suggestion for eVGA as it's a bit cheaper too. Leadtek served me well last time, so hopefully, eVGA will do the same this time around.
Alright, I'm looking at this: Computer Case - Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000SWA Silver Aluminum Modern Dream Tower Chassis Computer Case - Retail ($105.99) Motherboard - MSI MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail ($144.99) Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail ($222.90) Memory - Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail ($88.99) Power Supply - Thermaltake Purepower RX W0144RU ATX12V 600W Cable Management / Active PFC / 14CM Fan / Quad +12V Power Supply - Retail ($124.99) Video Card - EVGA 256-P2-N761-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail ($164.99) Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (x2) ($109.99 each) Total - $1,072.83 - $35.00 (Mail-in) = $1,037.83 This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by Omnislash124; Jul 14, 2007 at 07:45 PM.
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It's not going to be for "extreme" gaming, but I will be doing some video encoding, so I figured the Core 2 would be a better choice.
EDIT: I need some confirmation on this, but your FSB doesn't have to be the same as your memory speed does it? In my case, motherboard has DDR2 800 standard for memory and supports FSBs of 1066 or 1333. It looks like it'd make sense, but I wanted to make sure, since I'm paranoid ever since my previous computer blew up when I put in memory that was too fast. Core2 has an FSB of 1066 and my memory is PC2-6400. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
Last edited by Omnislash124; Jul 15, 2007 at 09:36 PM.
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Member 2043 Level 29.93 Mar 2006
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Alright, Thanks a lot, Render. Finally gone and ordered the parts, hopefully everything'll come together right.
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I'm looking at 1280x1024 (yes it is a 17" LCD). As far as games go, more or less it'll be some current games like Age of Empires III, FEAR, maybe some Oblivion, as well as whatever upcoming games that interest me (namely, the occasional Shooter and Strategy). What difference does it make? I thought all cards could do 1280x1024?
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FELIPE NO |
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Well, I was actually assuming that should I end up needing more graphical horsepower in the future, a Dual 8600GTS setup running in SLI should be able to satiate my needs. Not to mention, the 8800GTS looks quite a bit larger having a slot dedicated for the fan.
As for eye candy, nah, I'm not that picky. A smooth gameplay takes precedence over the amount of eye candy I can get. If 1280x1024 can't cut it, I could always cut down other settings or just drop back down to 1024x768. 1024x768 doesn't bother me that much, I'd just prefer 1280x1024.  What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
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Can't DX10 performance be somewhat improved by new drivers? And I noticed that too when I was researching a bit on the new graphics cards. The Radeon HD2900XT line and the GeForce 8800 line all have ridiculous memory bandwidths that allow it to transfer memory at ridiculous speeds. The midrange cards have high clock speeds, but are bottlenecked by the 128-bit interface.
EDIT: Damn, I'm a dumbass...I forgot to get Thermal Grease....Speaking of which, I don't know much about thermal greases, but I've heard that Arctic Silver 5 works quite well....If so, I could just drop by my neighborhood CompUSA for it. Pretty cheap too. Most amazing jew boots
Last edited by Omnislash124; Jul 17, 2007 at 03:41 PM.
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Member 2043 Level 29.93 Mar 2006
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I wanted to thank you all for all of your help. I got my computer put together recently, and it runs amazingly (well, just about everything runs good next to my old piece of shit.)
  Thanks again! There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Omnislash124; Jul 26, 2007 at 06:59 PM.
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