how would you spend $2600 on a new rig

[btarunr]

Oh. Alright, here's my $2430 selection that outperforms your $2600 selection. Hope it helps.

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=10727728

edit. why does it ask you to log on to view it? Thought it was a public list (I logged out)

 

[DOM]

Oh. Alright, here's my $2430 selection that outperforms your $2600 selection. Hope it helps.

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=10727728

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[Dano4600]

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worked for me

 

[DOM]

worked for me

I had to log in


also is 2600 max ?

 

[btarunr]

worked for me

Are you able to see it now? (after logging in)

Here's what I did:

Dumped the $550 HD4870 X2, used two GTX 260 cards for $449 instead. Replaced the HX1000W with a TX750W. Used the money saved on a much stronger CPU: Q9550 and a required mobo XFX 780i SLI ($219). 8 GB RAM was useless, replaced with 4GB Corsair. Retail Win Vista Ult was useless, replaced with OEI of the same OS, saved $100+ . Replaced the HDDs with 2x Samsung 750GB w/32M cache. (saved $100 here). Added a $99 SB X-Fi which will insert into the second PCI-E slot. = $2400 of win. This will outperform that $2600 list.

 

[Dano4600]

I had to log in


also is 2600 max ?

well the max i am willing to drop is about $3000

 

[3870x2]

Easy: Raid0x4 SSDs, 2x4850x2, i7 3.2GHZ, 4gb ddr3 ram, 24" 1200p monitor

 

[DOM]

Easy: Raid0x4 SSDs, 2x4850x2, i7 3.2GHZ, 4gb ddr3 ram, 24" 1200p monitor

yeah thats what i was thinking to wait for the new stuff

if he gots that much to spend

Dano whats your current rig ?

 

[Dano4600]

Easy: Raid0x4 SSDs, 2x4850x2, i7 3.2GHZ, 4gb ddr3 ram, 24" 1200p monitor

the DDR3 i've heard is just not worth it at this point, right now i am going to stay away from 2 x2's(i'd get the 4870 as well) the way i've heard two preform is not worth it at the moment

 

[niko084]

XFX 780i board is crap

I picked one up and my P5K-E pissed all over it.

 

[Dano4600]

yeah thats what i was thinking to wait for the new stuff

if he gots that much to spend

Dano whats your current rig ?

my current rig is something i got through school

Dell Latitude d820
intel core 2 duo 2gig
2 gigs of ram
Nvidia Quadro 120m

 

[btarunr]

XFX 780i board is crap

I picked one up and my P5K-E pissed all over it.

Maybe, but here I'm using it solely for being able to run 2x GTX 260. Even without any OC, the Q9550 will own a OC'ed X4 9950, the 2x GTX 260 will outperform a HD4870 X2 that's priced higher than two GTX 260's combined.

 

[niko084]

Maybe, but here I'm using it solely for being able to run 2x GTX 260. Even without any OC, the Q9550 will own a OC'ed X4 9950, the 2x GTX 260 will outperform a HD4870 X2 that's priced higher than two GTX 260's combined.

Fair enough... SLI boards are pretty expensive at a base level.... Kinda sucks

I should take that back, its not a "bad" board, its just not a "great" board.

 

[btarunr]

Fair enough... SLI boards are pretty expensive at a base level.... Kinda sucks

I should take that back, its not a "bad" board, its just not a "great" board.

That's the cheapest retail 780i board I could find. if you add $40, you should be able to get a retail Asus P5N-T Deluxe for the very same price.

 

[niko084]

That's the cheapest retail 780i board I could find. If you add $40, you should be able to get a retail Asus P5N-T

Which one of the new sli boards has all the trouble with sound or something? I thought that maybe the 780i but I might be wrong.

 

[hat]

Intel E8400, 2x2GB high performance DDR2, GTX 260 with 216 shader units, 256mb 8600GT (strictly for physx), Silverstone ST1200, two 640GB drives in RAID 1 (redundancy), And the Biostar Tforce mobo famous for taking an E8400 to 6GHz, RocketFish case. Pretty hardcore build there.

 

[btarunr]

Which one of the new sli boards has all the trouble with sound or something? I thought that maybe the 780i but I might be wrong.

There's a X-Fi Titanium in my list to handle sound.

 

[3870x2]

the DDR3 i've heard is just not worth it at this point, right now i am going to stay away from 2 x2's(i'd get the 4870 as well) the way i've heard two preform is not worth it at the moment

i couldnt agree with you more on that point.
however, you arent looking for right now. If you are looking at right now, you are into the wrong hobby. ask anyone here, ddr3 is a bit overpriced, but it is futureproof.

 

[3870x2]

I know D820s, and 30s, like the back of my hand. Ive deployed 450 of them to group, about 200 or so in iraq, and another ~350 when i got back, repaired about 50 of them, RMAd about 10, fried a few. They have many options, some only come with 1200x800 screens, some come with 1920x1200, big differences.

 

[Dano4600]

I know D820s, and 30s, like the back of my hand. Ive deployed 450 of them to group, about 200 or so in iraq, and another ~350 when i got back, repaired about 50 of them, RMAd about 10, fried a few. They have many options, some only come with 1200x800 screens, some come with 1920x1200, big differences.

mine has 1920x1200

its been a decent computer, but i can afford and want a desktop now

 

[niko084]

I'll toss together a few ideas this evening for ya.

What are your dead must haves?

 

[Dano4600]

I'll toss together a few ideas this evening for ya.

What are your dead must haves?

well i like what i've been seeing about the 4870x2

but nothing really that i HAVE to have, but i am starting with nothing so i need everything

 

[niko084]

Particular to ATI or Nvidia, AMD or Intel?

Or just want something that will fly?

 

[Dano4600]

Particular to ATI or Nvidia, AMD or Intel?

Or just want something that will fly?

fly baby fly

 

[btarunr]

fly baby fly

Then use two GTX 260s in the place of a single 4870 X2. It saves you a 100 bucks and performs better, since you want to "fly baby fly".