2000$ budget rig

n-ster · May 1, 2009

it was supposed to be kind of jk but the guy that's buying this comp has a freaking 2k$ to put in this... I think that either buy your stuff and make him pay less or just buy something better

lilkiduno · May 1, 2009

Do you have a dead line youmust meet to have this build finished? If not a tight deadline why don't you pay mkmods or cyberduird to mod him a custom one of a kind case. And with $2000 I would suggest AMD PII 940 with crossfired 4850's. Teamed up with some good DDR2 1066MHz.

BradleyKZN · May 1, 2009

Wow if i convert that to south african rand, that would be one hell of a pc! Could whack 3 4870x2's in there with an i7 920, the most expensive mobo i could find, a 40'' monitor, everything else, and probably have enough left over to buy another one identical to it :eek:

n-ster · May 1, 2009

BradleyKZN said:
Wow if i convert that to south african rand, that would be one hell of a pc! Could whack 3 4870x2's in there with an i7 920, the most expensive mobo i could find, a 40'' monitor, everything else, and probably have enough left over to buy another one identical to it

I'm moving to Africa tomorow... that's it!

I think I messed up my link b4

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=9964885

phanbuey · May 1, 2009

3870x2 said:
you have 2k to work with and aren't going i7? ddr2 800? ripping this guy off!

go with some 1066 which can be gotten for less than you 800.
Go I7, grab him 4890 or 4870x2, and since this guy is sort of a noob, get him a real pretty shiny case so that he can show his friends, and youll get more business.

+1. Also nice to see that someone points out the n00b fascination with shiny cases... (i love my shiny case)

BradleyKZN · May 1, 2009

Cool man, ill pick you up from the airport. K i made a mistake. You could only get one for that price.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

I'll swim their so it's cheaper... then swim back with the comp in some waterproof box that I'll drag

see you in 7 years!

Oh hopefully there'll be new stuff out when I get there... Oh fuck there'll be new stuff when I get back... Fine I'll take the plane back -_-

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

n-ster said:
I don't understand your fear of i7... If you ever had a problem with PII, you'll never buy PII again?

Just don't get DFI DK and you RMA rate will be less... BloodRage has such a low RMA rate...

I've already said that I lost a customer due to a plethora of problems concerning X58 boards and RAM, I really don't want to get technical with it. I already know the AM2 platform is mature and 100% solid. I have 3 AM2 platforms and an AM3 platform in my house and they're all very good at what they're built for. So yes, I do fear the X58 motherboards. They are NOT for beginners.

On more lighter note, he's gonna pay me tonight so I'm gonna order tonight. Tweaked it some more.

He said he wants to keep his old sound card that's in his alienware right now. I'll take a look at it when I go and get it tomorrow.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

2 7200.12 500gb will probably perform better than the velociraptor and is cheaper and will have 1 tb

getting a cheaper but nicer looking case would be wiser

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

You don't like the HAF :eek:

Imo it's the best looking case for the price.. I have one, I know it's badass

and I'm not so sure about RAID. I've never set it up before and I doubt he knows how to if it ever fails. Like I said, I reeeealy need to keep it simpleish.

h3llb3nd4 · May 1, 2009

When I saw the title, I was like, 'awesome I bet you this thread was started by u2k' then I reread then I was like 'oh F***! you call $2000 budget!! I thought it was $200!!'

ShiBDiB · May 1, 2009

a 300gb hd will b filled in 2 months

BababooeyHTJ · May 1, 2009

h3llb3nd4 said:
When I saw the title, I was like, 'awesome I bet you this thread was started by u2k' then I reread then I was like 'oh F***! you call $2000 budget!! I thought it was $200!!'

$2000 would buy you a budget Mac.

h3llb3nd4 · May 1, 2009

oh yeah, true :ohwell:

n-ster · May 1, 2009

RAID isn't complicated at all

http://www.overclock.net/faqs/48758-info-raid-0-beginners-guide.html

I set it up without instructions or help.... and I don't even have a rig yet

The HAF to us may look good, but a RAIDMAX Tornado may look amazing to him

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

Oh nice. I'll probably switch to a couple of Seagate 7200.12's then.. I could probably do that.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

How about the case? a nice NZXT could do some good too!

phanbuey · May 1, 2009

n-ster said:
How about the case? a nice NZXT could do some good too!

I think he's got his heart set on the HAF.

Although you could just gut the alienware case, and put the old rig in like a $20 Cooler Master Elite, and then just use the alienware one. Spiff it out with some cooler lighting. The use the remaing moneys on something else.

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

I think he's gonna sell it.. but reusing parts would be kinda lame. The only one he wants to reuse is the sound card which is a XFi so. Reusing the alienware case is a pretty good idea I should ask him about that later.

phanbuey · May 1, 2009

also +1 for the raid - i have used the 7200.12's 250gB in a triple stripe array for a friend - and his rig boots vista almost instantly. Theyre really fast drives. Each cost something like $50 and smokes any other HDD config I've built.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

This is awesome

It looks good AND cools well (though probably not like HAFs)

phanbuey · May 1, 2009

n-ster said:
This is awesome

It looks good AND cools well (though probably not like HAFs)

Ive had that case... it looks great from a distance, but it has really cheap plastic on the top and the front. At least one of the clips holding the front bezel on is guaranteed to come broken from the egg.

farlex85 · May 1, 2009

n-ster said:
This is awesome

It looks good AND cools well (though probably not like HAFs)

Yeah that's a pretty nice case (I have it

). A good compromise b/t sound and air movement, good for this guy probably. Plenty of room and fans at stock, needs to be tweaked to really shine though.

phanbuey said:
Ive had that case... it looks great from a distance, but it has really cheap plastic on the top and the front. At least one of the clips holding the front bezel on is guaranteed to come broken from the egg.

I didn't have any problems w/ that, although yeah those clips are flimsy. The rest is sturdy though, I haven't had anything break what so ever. I didn't get mine from egg though (local).

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

Yea those cheap cases are ass for cable management. I see no opportunity from the newegg innards shots.

farlex85 · May 1, 2009

ShadowFold said:
Yea those cheap cases are ass for cable management. I see no opportunity from the newegg innards shots.

There's plenty of room in the tempest. It isn't the best for cable management, but it certainly isn't bad. The hdds mount vertically which saves a bunch of space, there are routes to run wires behind the mb tray (the only ones that don't rest back there are the molex plugs, everything else can be put back there), and unless you have tons of hdds and 5.25 devices you can stuff the excess in the bay slots. It won't look super pretty, but it doesn't look bad and I pretty easily kept it from bothering airflow. It's not exactly a cheap case, though not as nice as the haf.

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