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 Member 2988 Level 25.67 Mar 2006 
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Assistance needed for new PC purchase
This nice tax return money is about to make it over here, so I'm looking to finally get rid of my current piece of trash PC. I would appreciate some assistance on what to get (since I have no idea what I'm doing). My budget is around $2000 and I'm looking to use it as a gaming PC to last me for a good few years. Thanks in advance for any advice!
Jam it back in, in the dark. 
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Member 647 Level 33.65 Mar 2006
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Well, heres the setup I went that went about 1000 bucks (before rebates...about 870 after) for me so
Case : Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases Mobo : Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards Processor : Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors Power Supply : Newegg.com - OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100 - 240 V - Power Supplies RAM : Newegg.com - OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory GFX : Newegg.com - XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics HDD's : 2X Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000AAKS 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives I also got myself a Zalman heat pipe cooler and its running pretty sweet in my case. At first I thought it would have been too big/just small enough but amazingly enough it fits very nicely in my case. I find the blue lighting to be very pleasant as well. The Case and Mobo are pretty sweet too because the mobo comes with a eSATA bracket for two eSATA drives and also has room for 6 sata drives. The Mobo has ports for 8 satas so you can put some pretty awesome storage in there. I've also discovered that having everything on the low speed setting still runs VERY cool and VERY silent...I mean extremely silent. I walked back in my room in the morning and thought I didn't turn it on so I wound up pushing the power button and turning it off. Most amazing jew boots  |
Member 2988 Level 25.67 Mar 2006
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Here's what I ended up going with.
Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg Stuff just came in the mail today too. I hope I don't run into any serious problems... How ya doing, buddy?
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Member 23132 Level 28.40 Mar 2006
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You got ripped hard on the processor. You could have gotten the superior Wolfdale for close to $200.
The motherboard is also a little insane. I personally would have gotten a Wolfdale and an ASUS closer to $200, and spent the rest on Corsair Dominators (RAM). Newegg.com - Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - Thermal Compound / Grease Wow, this is scary...putting eye drops on your CPU? Is this normal. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?  |
Member 2988 Level 25.67 Mar 2006
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Well, we're going to be using thermal paste on the top of the processor. Figure I might as well have added that in there. The Wolfdale processor sold out while we were in the middle of checking out. I didn't really want to go under a 3.0 ghz so I went with that.
I was speaking idiomatically.
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Member 23132 Level 28.40 Mar 2006
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Luckily, the fan I ordered (Arctic Cooling) came with the thermal paste already embedded onto it's base. Otherwise, I wouldn't know what the hell to do with it.
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Member 2988 Level 25.67 Mar 2006
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I feel ya. The only direction I've been getting is from a very trusted friend of mine. We're gonna build it tomorrow.
FELIPE NO
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Member 647 Level 33.65 Mar 2006
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My Zalman CPU cooler came with thermal grease that could be applied with a brush..it was EXTREMELY nice
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Member 570 Level 40.69 Mar 2006
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The CPU is factory overclocked. Why pay more for a dual core when you can get a quad and OC it to the same speed, I will never know.
Q6600, please. Jam it back in, in the dark. 
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Member 2988 Level 25.67 Mar 2006
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According to the research we did, Dual Core is currently better for gaming than quad core since there still isn't any PC games that fully utilize thread lining.
So the PC is built and runs like a dream. My mobo came with Stalker so I ran it on max settings. Very impressive! There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Manny Biggz; Apr 12, 2008 at 05:51 PM.
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