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Have you gone through each item's combo deals and made sure none of them linked up? That'd suck if you bought all the stuff and realized you could have saved $50 by buying a couple things in a combo.
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you could probably save some money if you change the Corsair to a Xigmatek 750/650 Watt Power Supply. Xigmatek is made by the same manufacturer Channelwell but the parts are OEM but they are modular which may save you a little grief in the Antec 900 also the stock fans on the Antec 900 are not very good the case is still too high at $99 you might want to look at a Cooler Master 590, Antec 300 or Lancool PC-K7B. the more money you can save the more you can spend on accessories and cooling like fans, fan controller, thermal paste, isopropyl/isopropanol, compressed air, mouse etc.
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Changed it around a little bolded the changes. One is just a combo of the memory and and hard drive, but the other is the graphics card and a different case
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That case looks pretty good! And you'll love that S1284EE, my 720BE @ 3.6ghz 1.4v never sees temps higher than 52c
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If you wanted to, you may be able to squeeze an i7 build here... If you work at Wal-mart or anything that sells computers or something, you might be able to get the i7 920 for 129$!
With that, a 170$ after MIR ECS X58 and 78$ Crucial ddr3 6gb of RAM would total 377$ Rest would be same except cooler would be S1283V at 42$ at the egg...If you have a friend that works at a store (list can be found here) or something of the sort, this is totally worth it o.O It'll be better than PII for everything else then gaming... at gaming they'll be pretty equal (i7 slight advantage in multi-GPU setups)... BUT i7 will probably play games better when we'll need more power from the CPU (atm games are WAY more GPU dependent)
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NZXT Whisper, NZXT Tempest, NZXT Beta, NZXT Panzerbox, NZXT Khaos and NZXT Rogue are the only decent cases they make everything else falls under the old era of "flashy looking cases with bad cooling"
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Ok the 940 is overkill for a gaming rig. A 720 is more than enough. As for the RAM I would go with Patriot "Viper" 8200. Its cheaper and I have yet to find something with better latency.
As for your GPU its over priced. 180 for a 4870? Thats insane. Get two 4850s for less than 200. Also I agree with a legit version of an OS. Not only is it the right thing to do but it will also cause you a lot less headache in the long run. FYI. Check www.tigerdirect.com they have good prices too. RAM: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...447&CatId=2531 GPU: (Buy two) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121272 Two 4850s are cheaper than one 4870. Proof above. 168 after rebates. Last edited by TheMailMan78; May 31, 2009 at 03:56 PM. |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811156191 how about this one?
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Best budget case IMO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119137 If you want to spend more for the ulimate case, get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119160 |
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New build. All links in first post
NZXT TEMPEST - $90 or Cooler master $75 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119137) Corsair TX 650W - $75 AMD Phenom II X4 940 and Asus M4A79 Deluxe - $335 Sapphire Radeon 4870 1GB - $180 WD Caviar 1TB & 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-1066 $133 LG Sata DVD Burner - $24 XIGMATEK HDT-S1284EE 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler $40 or AC 64 pro $30 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185125) ASUS 21.5' 1920-1080 moniter $150 Logitech Internet 350 Black 104 Normal Keys 8 Function Keys USB Standard Desktop - OEM $16 Total $1043 Last edited by Lalindo; May 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM. |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.190738
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-...3802838&sr=8-1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127430 Will save you more than a 100$ o.O Also, don't forget shipping costs! Tos hip a case is like 25$, hence why the Amazon deal is good (free ship)
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I don't know if this combo was already mentioned by one of you, but as far as I can tell the motherboard is about the same as the ASUS one, but a lot cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.190732 any thoughts on it? |
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For $4 more you can get the Xigmatek Dark Knight. It uses ball bearings in the fan instead of the rifle. Plus it looks cooler.
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Okay sounds fine. Can I get away with 650W? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005
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Definitely, but make sure you get a decent case cause those corsair's have a ton of cables!
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this is the case i currently have picked out http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146047
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This might be a little better for the price, I don't see any holes where the cables would go on that case..
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NZXT TEMPEST - $90 or Cooler master $75 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119137)
Corsair TX 650W - $75 AMD Phenom II X4 940 and Asus M4A79 Deluxe - $335 Sapphire Radeon 4870 1GB - $180 WD Caviar 1TB & 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-1066 $133 LG Sata DVD Burner - $24 XIGMATEK HDT-S1284EE 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler $40 ASUS 21.5' 1920-1080 moniter $150 Logitech Internet 350 Black 104 Normal Keys 8 Function Keys USB Standard Desktop - OEM $16 Total $1043 How about now? Pick between the two options unless you don't like either of them then link me something else. What else needs to be changed? |
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