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[mouse]

Do you have any pics, and what was the final price tag?

[TDMVPDPOY]

Do you have any pics, and what was the final price tag?

no pics yet bro,

system cost me about $1800 to put together...shouldve opted for a alternative vid card imo like a 4850 card which were retailing AUS$200 or a 4870 aus$355, instead of buying the 4870x2 AUS$700...then i wouldve had excess money left over and bought a +24inch lcd screen. every week im checking the dell site for any offers, they sometimes have good deals like $100-$150 off retail price + 20% off coupon and if you have car insurance promotions can get a further 10% off.

man you know when i was installing the HSF into the comp, fukn cable management is a when you do everything right like have all the cables run behind the motherboard only to find out fukn cables are either short, or the cables are too thick that you cant screw back on the side case mount, then having to rearrange everything again.

ps. hey i got another problem with another comp....cant seem to install o/s onto the hdd, keeps on getting BSOD during copying files like files missing and ...its lame. i think its either ram or cd-cable thats d up. been trying to fix the bugger for 2 weeks now.

the other systems specs is
p4 D540 3GHZ << you had one of these CPUS that you sold didnt you mouse....
1gb << i think faulty
120gb hdd
6600gt pci vid card << fkn bs now this is stop workin...
asus p5gd2 board

the p4 d SERIES, are a good chip to overclock...but temps are a ...and eats alot of watts

[TDMVPDPOY]

Hey mouse i also forgot

if you look around, maybe there are a few companies out there that upgrade there systems, and sometimes they just wanna get rid of their previous systems....it be good if anyone can get it for free....then bring it home and fix it, resell it << you get alot of these so called setup businesses these days selling refurbish stuff....

[Last Comic Standing]

I thought by you asking the original question you had no idea about computers I was wrong to miss judge you I was way off base!

[TDMVPDPOY]

Alright, I've been doing some research and this is the system I plan to buy:

CPU - Intel Q9400 @ stock 2.6ghz
MOBO - Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i Motherboard
RAM - 2 x 2048 DD2 800 Corsair
GPU - BFG GeForce GTX 280 Video Card - OC Edition, 1GB GDDR3
HardDrive - 2 SATA II 7200 500gb 16mb (Western Digital)
PSU - Silverstone SST-ST70F 700W
CASE - Thermaltake Armor Jr


I figure the CPU + MOBO + GPU will run me around $1000. The RAM will be an extra $120, the two harddrives an extra $140, the Silverstone PSU around $145, and the Thermaltake case around $150. All in all a very acceptable $1555.

i wanna see you run a game on full max settings....bottleneck your video card is going to bottleneck that CPU (cpu under 3ghz wont keep up with the data the video card is transfering) + ur not fully utilizing the 280gtx on a monitor/lcd that doesnt have 1900x1200 resolutions...also check the tempreture on your video card at low and high resolutions, you will see what i mean by 1900x1200....

dude benchmark ur fukn system now with 3DMARK OR 3DMARK VANTAGE.. goto www.futuremark.com and dl the program, range from 400mb-800mb
3dmark is more benchmarking about ur video card and less CPU intensive testing, while the 3dvantage program uses both for testing...

if ur planning to overclock, the stock HSF/cooler can support a 10% overclock...unless you want big margins, than you gotto buy a aftermarket cooler....

PS. I like ur mobo though, thats pretty expensive man....does that accept DDR3 ram?

[mouse]

ps. hey i got another problem with another comp....cant seem to install o/s onto the hdd, keeps on getting BSOD during copying files like files missing and ...its lame. i think its either ram or cd-cable thats d up. been trying to fix the bugger for 2 weeks now.

Dose it do this after it installs a few files first? Does it say setup.DLL file not found and so on?

If it is? then you have to change the RAM. if you have two memory sticks pull out one and try again, then switch the sticks, it's very rare both stick go bad at once.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Dose it do this after it installs a few files first? Does it say setup.DLL file not found and so on?

If it is? then you have to change the RAM. if you have two memory sticks pull out one and try again, then switch the sticks, it's very rare both stick go bad at once.

lol i just tried that for the first time in 2 weeks, guess what...now i cant see on that comps monitor cause the video card is fckd up for some reason, i tested the monitor to see if it works on my system, no problems with it....think i have to check if that comps tower works with the monitor in my room.


yeh it stalls at around 90% and chicaboom .dll missing or boot sector or memory bs...sometimes i can get it pass 100% and into the windows screen where it starts to copy/install files (that 30min screen setup) than boom BSOD

[TDMVPDPOY]

hey mouse have you read about them new intel chips...fukn nice and overclocks well too but they cost like an arm an a leg to purchased....ive seen a few reviews about them....

[Smackie Chan]

hey mouse have you read about them new intel chips...fukn nice and overclocks well too but they cost like an arm an a leg to purchased....ive seen a few reviews about them....

Dude you must live outside the USA all that is cheap. There are Vatos on eBay and Craigslist selling 3ghz cpu's with DVD Burners and 200 gb hd 1 gb ram for 145.00 dollars.

You can use your other cash on the 1,200 dollar Video card you need to really play any real games these days.

why not set up your pc using the video on the motherboard and don't hook up the dvd burners use a generic cd rom to install.

And the RAM you are using was it new or from another system?

[TDMVPDPOY]

Dude you must live outside the USA all that is cheap. There are Vatos on eBay and Craigslist selling 3ghz cpu's with DVD Burners and 200 gb hd 1 gb ram for 145.00 dollars.

You can use your other cash on the 1,200 dollar Video card you need to really play any real games these days.

why not set up your pc using the video on the motherboard and don't hook up the dvd burners use a generic cd rom to install.

And the RAM you are using was it new or from another system?

im convince that the video is dead, since nothin turns onto the monitor....instead of wasting money on a new video card, might as well get them a laptop or maybe i can vouch a system from some teletech company whose restocking there internal systems. i try and persuade my friend to upgrade his video card so i can get his 6800gt card....ummm lets see what happens...

hey is it possible to install o/s onto a hdd on my system, but no drivers, then switch it over to the failed comp and use the hdd as main, would it work with the settings? or it is fail method?

[GoGatos.]

Some guy had a 6800gt video card for 40.00 dollars on Craigslist.

[TDMVPDPOY]

what happens when ur mobo has a fan 4pin header, but the fan only has 3pins only...what cable do i need to connect that fan into the mobos header?

ps. i already got 3pin headers = 4pin molex cables, but they are not plugged into the mobo header;they are directly plugged into the psu molex cables.

[mouse]

http://www.wirelessforums.org/alt-co...ons-34426.html




http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...d+&btnG=Search


http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1159172

[TDMVPDPOY]

apparently if ur mobo has 4pin fan headers, and the fans you got only has 3pins, you can still plug it in......the extra pin does jack apparently if your dont need that function....

[Rack The Trolls!]

Any pics yet?

[DrHouse]

www.anandtech.com

[hater]

I am about to build my pc. it will be a mid to high range. Is around $1500 a good budget for that? Also do I HAVE to install Vista? I really hate Vista, but I also want a powerful PC that will run latest games + software.

[koriwhat]

I am about to build my pc. it will be a mid to high range. Is around $1500 a good budget for that? Also do I HAVE to install Vista? I really hate Vista, but I also want a powerful PC that will run latest games + software.

you can build one of a computer for that money but putting anything but linux on it is a waste of time.

go mac cause in the end it simply works.

[hater]

good point on linux. I will do a dual boot, its just that software and games are made for Micro OS, so windows is a must

mac? what do u mean? buy a mac?

[koriwhat]

good point on linux. I will do a dual boot, its just that software and games are made for Micro OS, so windows is a must

mac? what do u mean? buy a mac?

i did and i couldn't be happier with my decision.

i hear ya about cross platform apps though... if linux were to offer the CS4 package i would've just built myself a new linux box with the highest specs but seeing as linux only offers ty gimp and whatnot i decided it was time to finally invest in the machine i always wanted.

linux is definitely top of the tops though and when application companies realize this the market will skyrocket. cheap computers running at optimal speeds running a free OS and taking advantage of quality professional apps is just around the bend folks and i can't wait.

[I. Hustle]

I say get at least 100 gigaramz.

[koriwhat]

I say get at least 100 gigaramz.

gigaramz... haha.

[DannyT]

I like Ubuntu but what versions do you cats run....I guess its just the easiest for me to use

[Def Rowe]

good point on linux. I will do a dual boot, its just that software and games are made for Micro OS, so windows is a must

mac? what do u mean? buy a mac?

Good idea. That's what I would do.

[baseline bum]

i did and i couldn't be happier with my decision.

i hear ya about cross platform apps though... if linux were to offer the CS4 package i would've just built myself a new linux box with the highest specs but seeing as linux only offers ty gimp and whatnot i decided it was time to finally invest in the machine i always wanted.

linux is definitely top of the tops though and when application companies realize this the market will skyrocket. cheap computers running at optimal speeds running a free OS and taking advantage of quality professional apps is just around the bend folks and i can't wait.

Are you running KDE4? KDE3 crashed on me so often I gave up using it. I've never tried 4 though.