What do you think?

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  1. CandyMan

    CandyMan What's a Dremel?

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    What do you think? Or should i go Quad Core? Price came out to about $2000.00.


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  2. Austin

    Austin Minimodder

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    :confused: The pics don't quite display properly for me, they either scale illegibly or bits are missing under the ads. Anyway I'd personally buy something slower than the 6850 3.0ghz 1333FSB 4MB and simply overclock it in a decent mobo. I'd also avoid 1333FSB CPUs as they're more likely to hit o/c bottlenecks and gain virtually nothing from the increased FSB. Certainly no need to pay extra for an o/c'ing service, it's easy to do on your own and you may do a better job (just take care). The RAM is probably faster than you need too, 800mhz PC2-6400 is more than enough IMHO, be careful how much extra you're paying. The 8800GTS_512MB is superb but it's only a smidge faster than 8800GT yet a fair bit more expensive. Integrated sound may be okay but I'd plump for an Audigy2 or X-Fi Gamer (not the bad joke X-Fi Audio). I don't see the point in going for a 320GB HD, it will fill up and 500GB costs very little extra. Everyone has their brand preferences, I'd suggest WD or Samsung over Seagate myself.

    :worried: The floppy drive is pretty redundant now, you may want to drop it. AFAIK LiteON DVDRW are fine but most prefer Pioneer (great readers) or Samsung (very quiet and good all-rounders). The Antec P180 is a popular choice. You may want to upgrade the stock fans, I'd suggest whisper quiet or adjustable ones where possible. OCZ is a fine maker of PSUs but almost everyone would point you to Seasonic, 700W is surely needless overkill too, perhaps 500W-ish is more reasonable? I would go for XP myself too, esp if you go for a sound card or like the highest frame rates when gaming. As you seem to intend, add Antivirus software yourself; AVG Free or if you're happy to pay Steganos / Kaspersky. All just my opinion as ever.
     

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