CTskifreak Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 In this case. (I own it! ) Silver one with window!!! What do you guys all think?? I'm going for a mid-to-high end system, and I'm putting in 3 GBs of RAM, because 32 bit Windows XP Pro won't see more than that - I'm keeping it in dual channel by using all 4 slots. I want the headroom of a quad core, so I went with the Q6600, which I know rocks. The other items I more or less went for what I thought was a good deal between price and performance. Note, 2 8800 GT's, for SLI goodness, a decent sized monitor, a modest harddrive, a basic DVD burner, a quality power supply, a good mouse and keyboard, and all for under $2000. This is all from TigerDirect.com. So....any suggestions? Is EPP memory fine with this board? AJ EDIT- I changed to a $30 Samsung burner, because the one in my list is PATA, and I want to use SATA, which is very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Looks like a "killer" machine but I would go for 4 sticks of 1gb ram but only run 2 gb which is plenty, and keep the other 2 gb in case I decided to try out a 64 bit system. Don't like mixing different sized ram here.Not that it will cause any probs, just a personal preference. The 22 inch lcd seems a bargain as this Samsung 22 inch with very similar specs was near on 500 au bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 Yeah...I'm going to go with your suggestion with the RAM when I buy it ---hopefully soon! And ironically it will be cheaper. The GFX card is no longer in stock...I'll have to move to the EVGA $299.99 "Superclocked" edition. Only a few less mhz on the RAM clockings and such, and it saves me about $40. I also threw in that fancy Zalman CPU cooler for $59.99. It's that good circular one with an LED. So it comes in around $1850+, then the shipping brings it to $1900 something or other. Any other suggestions are appreciated! AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I love it! The only thing I would add is a second 500 gb hd, otherwise its my dream system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Subtotal = $1,860.89 S&H = $54.57 Total = $1,915.46 Found a deal on the motherboard and processor - comes with RAM. So I changed it...and had to change from the Zalman cooler, cause they don't carry it any more. What do you guys think??? Wanna chip in...considering I got to buy my laptop for RPI !! Cost = $1950 for a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 with a lot of stuff on it. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGO Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I think it looks decent, though I'd change two things, I'd get a SATA-interface optical drive, and I wouldn't waste my money on Ballistix memory, unless I was planning to overclock. Have fun though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 JAGO...I don't think you saw the post before yours, because I change RAM and the optical drive beforehand. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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