Hardware Whats the computer you are currently interested in

[superrob]

This is the setup im currently aiming for:

INTEL QUADCORE Q6600 (8MB CACHE, 2x4MB)
GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD (INTEL G31) GA-G31MX-S2
160GB SATA HARDDRIVE *SILENT FLUID*, 7200rpm
4GB 800/PC6400 (2x2GB)
18x DUALLAYER DVDBURNER (DVD+/DVD-)
CLUB3D 8800GT (512MB GDDR3)
7.1 SOUNDCARD, SURROUND SOUND
NETCARD 10/100/1000Mbit (GIGABIT)
INTEL BOXED CPU-COOLER
550W XILENCEPOWER (550W POWERSUPPLY)
6 USB PORTS I ALT(2 IN FRONT), 1.1 og 2.0 PORTS


Price: 1256.17$

Sounds like a nice price for a pretty powerfull machine.
And im going to buy it in january so maybe the parts would fall abit in price.
And im in Denmark and the tax's on the parts is a abit high.

What do you all think

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Changes made to the system:
Changed Power Supply from 400W to a 550W silence one - Cost me 59.33$ So the price for the PC raised from 1196.84$ to 1256.17$

 

[noONE]

It sounds great,
just wondering if that power supply would be enough..
It sounds to low for those specs, i mean Quadcore GF8800GT 4GB RAM lots of USB and whatnot either way IF it is enough for that, you wont be able to add much..

 

[superrob]

Hmm you are saying something.

 

[Prime]

I'm interested in this:

HP G3001

I'm getting it for my Christmas.

I cant wait!

4 USB 2.0 slots
512MB Ram
Intel Pentium Dual Core 925 (3.0GHz)
15" Monitor
120GB Storage
Windows Vista Home Basic.
Plays & Records CDs and DVDs with Lightscribe technology

 

[nephdj]

Personally I want a laptop

thinking about renting a beast, one with atleast a 7900 video card
seems the easiest, as I would only be stuck with it for 3 years and I would never need to worry about it messing up thanks to rent warranty

 

[sekhu]

This is the setup im currently aiming for:

INTEL QUADCORE Q6600 (8MB CACHE, 2x4MB)
GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD (INTEL G31) GA-G31MX-S2
160GB SATA HARDDRIVE *SILENT FLUID*, 7200rpm
4GB 800/PC6400 (2x2GB)
18x DUALLAYER DVDBURNER (DVD+/DVD-)
CLUB3D 8800GT (512MB GDDR3)
7.1 SOUNDCARD, SURROUND SOUND
NETCARD 10/100/1000Mbit (GIGABIT)
INTEL BOXED CPU-COOLER
400W POWERSUPPLY WITH LOWNOISE 120MM FAN
6 USB PORTS I ALT(2 IN FRONT), 1.1 og 2.0 PORTS


Price: 1196.84$

Sounds like a nice price for a pretty powerfull machine.
And im going to buy it in january so maybe the parts would fall abit in price.
And im in Denmark and the tax's on the parts is a abit high.

What do you all think

?

I would upgrade the PSU to be honest, you got power hungry components

 

[Grimalkin]

400W doesn't even meet the minimum requirements for that card.

I think 450W is the minimum.

EDIT:

 

[Bruinbaard]

This will be mine:
Intel Pentium 2 Duo core E8400(3GHz)
ASUS P5k mobo
ASUS 8800GT 512 mb
LC Power 550 Watt PSU
Kingston 4gb (4x1 gb)
Cooler master cm 690
Seagate 500 gb Sata II
NEC optiarc 7173A

Waiting for the E8400 to be released in January

 

[superrob]

Well where i found the 8800GT it says: 400 Watt..
But anyway i added a 550w XilencePower instead of the 400w

New build:
INTEL QUADCORE Q6600 (8MB CACHE, 2x4MB)
GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD (INTEL G31) GA-G31MX-S2
160GB SATA HARDDRIVE *SILENT FLUID*, 7200rpm
4GB 800/PC6400 (2x2GB)
18x DUALLAYER DVDBURNER (DVD+/DVD-)
CLUB3D 8800GT (512MB GDDR3)
7.1 SOUNDCARD, SURROUND SOUND
NETCARD 10/100/1000Mbit (GIGABIT)
INTEL BOXED CPU-COOLER
550W XILENCEPOWER (550W POWERSUPPLY)
6 USB PORTS I ALT(2 IN FRONT), 1.1 og 2.0 PORTS

 

[ZeWarrior]

This is the setup im currently aiming for:

INTEL QUADCORE Q6600 (8MB CACHE, 2x4MB)
GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD (INTEL G31) GA-G31MX-S2
160GB SATA HARDDRIVE *SILENT FLUID*, 7200rpm
4GB 800/PC6400 (2x2GB)
18x DUALLAYER DVDBURNER (DVD+/DVD-)
CLUB3D 8800GT (512MB GDDR3)
7.1 SOUNDCARD, SURROUND SOUND
NETCARD 10/100/1000Mbit (GIGABIT)
INTEL BOXED CPU-COOLER
400W POWERSUPPLY WITH LOWNOISE 120MM FAN
6 USB PORTS I ALT(2 IN FRONT), 1.1 og 2.0 PORTS


Price: 1196.84$

Sounds like a nice price for a pretty powerfull machine.
And im going to buy it in january so maybe the parts would fall abit in price.
And im in Denmark and the tax's on the parts is a abit high.

What do you all think

?


I would upgrade the PSU to be honest, you got power hungry components

Don't give suggestions if you have no idea what your talking about, 550 Watts is MORE than enough for those parts.

 

[sekhu]

This is the setup im currently aiming for:

INTEL QUADCORE Q6600 (8MB CACHE, 2x4MB)
GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD (INTEL G31) GA-G31MX-S2
160GB SATA HARDDRIVE *SILENT FLUID*, 7200rpm
4GB 800/PC6400 (2x2GB)
18x DUALLAYER DVDBURNER (DVD+/DVD-)
CLUB3D 8800GT (512MB GDDR3)
7.1 SOUNDCARD, SURROUND SOUND
NETCARD 10/100/1000Mbit (GIGABIT)
INTEL BOXED CPU-COOLER
400W POWERSUPPLY WITH LOWNOISE 120MM FAN
6 USB PORTS I ALT(2 IN FRONT), 1.1 og 2.0 PORTS


Price: 1196.84$

Sounds like a nice price for a pretty powerfull machine.
And im going to buy it in january so maybe the parts would fall abit in price.
And im in Denmark and the tax's on the parts is a abit high.

What do you all think

?


I would upgrade the PSU to be honest, you got power hungry components

Don't give suggestions if you have no idea what your talking about, 550 Watts is MORE than enough for those parts.

he was going to stick a 400w PSU in there, learn to read all the posts before you comment

 

[Jiggah]

400 watt is minimum. You never get power supplies at minimum. This isn't even including the power draw that the quad core will pull along with the other attachments like the DVD drive + a bunch of stuff you'll hook up on the USB. You risk a lot by putting in a minimum power supply...fried motherboard, fried graphics card, possible hard disk failure. This becomes even more important when you want to run a game like Crysis, which will tax every part of the system like HDD for texture loading, graphics card, CPU, etc.

No need for the network card really. The motherboard should have that standard. Also, I'd recommend a cheap floppy drive ($5). Trust me on that one, people cry all the time when they realized they've f'd up their computer and don't have a floppy drive to help recover. Oh and if you're running 32-bit OS, about 1 GB is wasted out of the 4 GB, so make sure you're installing a 64-bit OS.

 

[superrob]

Changes power supply again.
Found out that the 520W only did cost 5$ more than the 400W

And i made a bootdisk out of my USB disk.

 

[enigmaindex]

My dad runs a 1000 watt PSU.

Some Gigabyte MB
Quad Core Processor
4gb RAM
2x Radeon 2900 XT in SLI
Terrabyte HDD

(Dont know the exact specs though)

He needs the 1000 watt for over clocking apparently, i think it's a bit over the top but eh, hes paying for the energy bills.

But as everyone said, PSU is vital, especially with taxing games like Crysis and CoD 4 and for over clocking and then cooling comes into play and what not.

 

[xJonny]

Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache - OEM
Pst700-it1 Thermal Compound Silver Grease Injection Tube
CD-R25 With 25 Pcs Cake Box
Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors - Retail Boxed
Samsung 18x DVD±RW/RAM DL Int Drive Black - OEM
EVGA 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTVOut PCI-E Graphics Card
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-12) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Energy Efficient 95W edition Socket 775 (2.40GHz) G0 Stepping L2 8MB Cache OEM Processor
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler
19" TFT Monitor Widescreen 1440x900 500:1 300cd/m2 8ms VGA/DVI Silver/Black MultiMedia 3 Years Warranty
Value 80mm Internal Case Fan - 3pin
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Coolermaster CM690 Dominator Black Mid Tower Case - No PSU

£700.03

How does that sound? I'm not gonna be buying this (unless £700 comes through the post) but i'm interested at the moment.

 

[Darkforce]

I'm currently interested in the Asus eeePC... I don't need one but they look really awesome! Just holding out to see if the 8G comes in a 10" option.

 

[bladetears]

2x Radeon 2900 XT in SLI

ATI cards are Crossfire, NVIDIA cards are SLI.

 

[enigmaindex]

2x Radeon 2900 XT in SLI

ATI cards are Crossfire, NVIDIA cards are SLI.

Oh yeah right, sorry was thinking about NVIDIA i was reading this article about Quad SLI at the time i was posting.

 

[Urza]

Mac Mini.