This morning i was looking around on the net at the lastest stuff about, and i am sickend by the cost of things now. i can build and play games on a computer that would cost less than corsairs new memory. (yes its high end but come on) for £470 you can purchase this 'Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8888C4 TwinX (2x1GB)' That costs more than this 'EVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 SuperClocked 1024MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DV' @ £400! And this mobo cost £200! 'Asus P5WDG2-WS Professional Intel 975X ' And if you add one of these at £700 'Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800' now lets power this beast for £240 with this 'Tagan TG1100-U95 1100W ATX2.01 Turbojet Quad SLi Silent PSU' just so whe the G80 is out i can run it! this is all before nice water cooling and a case and hard disks etc. but then i could have bought 2 of these! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-A4-1-8-T...93QQihZ017QQcategoryZ9835QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
yeah i know i was looking at doing my self a gaming pc with monitor and it came to 3k i wont be buying that
The 24" is worth it though. Not to mention it's not outdated after 6 months. Always go with the second best though. 95% of the performance for 50% of the cost.
well i would get that monitor if i had the money as it is worth every penny. that would last so many machine upgrades
Ah Men brother. £150 C2D 6400 2.13ghz 2MB o/c'ed to around 2.7ghz (@2.9ghz you almost get £700 X6800 perf) £80 LGA775 mobo based on nF5-SLI (close enough to the £200 Asus) £240 Two 7900GS in SLI (very near perf of £400 7950GX2) £160 2x1GB DDR2-667 (all you'd need even for o/c'ed C2D, £80 if happy with 1GB both cheaper than £470 high-end) £50 Seasonic 430W (or OCZ 520W for £65, no need for £240 1100W) TOTAL £680 Versus: £700 C2D X6800 2.9ghz 4MB £200 Asus superduper 975X £400 7950GX2 £470 2x1GB Corsair overpriced high-end DDR2 £240 Tagan 1100W overkill TOTAL £2010 I severely doubt you'd notice ANY difference between these machines in a 'blind' test. Of course if by some bizarre misfortune that C2D 6400 didn't o/c you could still sell it for over £100 and try again! You could even shave another £110 off by going for a C2D 6300 and 'only' 1GB of RAM, TOTAL £570! Going for X2_3800+ and cheaper 939/AM2 mobo would also save another £70; TOTAL £500. If you drop SLI for a single fast card like 7900GTO/7950GT the mobo and PSU requirements come down saving another £80ish; new tiny TOTAL £420! You could plump for a 26-30" HD Ready HDTV for around £400 saving £300 over that high-end Dell LCD too. Of course I get your point Burnout21 but don't forget Firehed's too.
