My New PC

Xaphod · April 8th, 2006, 09:23 AM

My old PC is dead..
LONG LIVE THE NEW PC!!

This is the spec I have worked out at the mo:

MSI RD480 Neo2-FI SKT939 2xPCI-E Crossfire support DDR400 8channel audio LAN ATX £59.56

AMD (Venice) Athlon 64Bit 3000+ Socket 939pin 512k L2cache 90nm Retail Boxed Processor £68.08

Sapphire X800GTO² 256mb GDDR3 PCI-E VGA/DVI/TV-out Lite Retail £97.86

Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM £61.98

Kingston 2GB Kit 400mhz DDR PC3200 Dimm £102.91

Shipping Band: £4.79
Shipping Surcharge: £4.90
SubTotal: £451.08
VAT: £78.97
Total: £530.05

(I hate VAT!)

CanOKickAss · April 10th, 2006, 05:01 PM

I just built a new rig myself.

Tiger Direct:

Powerup Blue 2525 Case with dual 120mm fans
$35.00 - * after $20.00 REBATE

Seagate 160GB Serial ATA w/NCQ 7200/8MB/SATA-3G
$44.00 - * after $40.00 REBATE and $15.00 bonus cash.

ZipZoomFly for the following:

eVGA e-GeForce 7600 GT CO PCI Express 256MB GDDR3 Video Card w/DVI-I Retail
$190.00

Vantec ION 2 460W Power Supply Retail
$67.00

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 Retail
$212.00 Benchmark tool for CPU's

OCZ OCZ4002048ELGEGXT-K 2GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Edition Dual Channel Memory Retail
$165.00 - *after $40 REBATE

MSI K8N SLI-F nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/64 X2 Dual-Core Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA 2 Retail
$103.50

Total $816.00 + tax $60 and shipping $9.00 for 2nd Day

(AMD XP 1.5 Mhz, 1024 MB (cheapo)RAM, 80Gb IDE HD & 64Mb generic Videocard) = paper weight.

Xaphod · April 12th, 2006, 04:52 AM

Now I'm at the "installing and hitting windows over the head" stage

I dawdled last night so ended up going to sleep before it was finished.. and now I'm at work and just want to get it finished!

I've named it Mephistopheles.

NTRabbit · April 14th, 2006, 07:39 AM

I just upgraded my machine in December/January/February (damnable product shortages at AMD Australia)

AMD Opteron 146 @ 2.6 (2.0 stock)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 pro HSF
MSI K8N Neo4-FI
Gigabyte 6800GS 256mb PCI-E
1x 1024mb Hynix DDR400 (in addition to a 512mb stick from the old machine)
Antec Truepower 2.0 480w PSU

Hoping to get the same HDD as Xaphod in the not too distant future, it actually dropped $40 in price the week after I decided to wait a little longer before buying

April 8th, 2006, 09:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Xaphod Pirate Fishy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain Posts: 69	My New PC My old PC is dead.. LONG LIVE THE NEW PC!! This is the spec I have worked out at the mo: MSI RD480 Neo2-FI SKT939 2xPCI-E Crossfire support DDR400 8channel audio LAN ATX £59.56 AMD (Venice) Athlon 64Bit 3000+ Socket 939pin 512k L2cache 90nm Retail Boxed Processor £68.08 Sapphire X800GTO² 256mb GDDR3 PCI-E VGA/DVI/TV-out Lite Retail £97.86 Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM £61.98 Kingston 2GB Kit 400mhz DDR PC3200 Dimm £102.91 Shipping Band: £4.79 Shipping Surcharge: £4.90 SubTotal: £451.08 VAT: £78.97 Total: £530.05 (I hate VAT!) __________________

April 10th, 2006, 05:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
CanOKickAss Luke warm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central California Posts: 7	That looks like a great system for the price! I just built a new rig myself. Tiger Direct: Powerup Blue 2525 Case with dual 120mm fans $35.00 - * after $20.00 REBATE Seagate 160GB Serial ATA w/NCQ 7200/8MB/SATA-3G $44.00 - * after $40.00 REBATE and $15.00 bonus cash. ZipZoomFly for the following: eVGA e-GeForce 7600 GT CO PCI Express 256MB GDDR3 Video Card w/DVI-I Retail $190.00 Vantec ION 2 460W Power Supply Retail $67.00 AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 Retail $212.00 Benchmark tool for CPU's OCZ OCZ4002048ELGEGXT-K 2GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Edition Dual Channel Memory Retail $165.00 - after $40 REBATE MSI K8N SLI-F nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/64 X2 Dual-Core Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA 2 Retail $103.50 Total $816.00 + tax $60 and shipping $9.00 for 2nd Day (AMD XP 1.5 Mhz, 1024 MB (cheapo)RAM, 80Gb IDE HD & 64Mb generic Videocard) = paper weight. __________________ The Loose Cannons Pirates beyond redemption Website: The Loose Canons Forum: Message Boards ____________________________ "Easy on the goods darling" Last edited by CanOKickAss : April 10th, 2006 at 05:07 PM.*

April 12th, 2006, 04:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
Xaphod Pirate Fishy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain Posts: 69	Now I'm at the "installing and hitting windows over the head" stage I dawdled last night so ended up going to sleep before it was finished.. and now I'm at work and just want to get it finished! I've named it Mephistopheles. __________________ Last edited by Xaphod : April 12th, 2006 at 08:23 AM.

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April 14th, 2006, 07:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
NTRabbit Room temp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 26	I just upgraded my machine in December/January/February (damnable product shortages at AMD Australia) AMD Opteron 146 @ 2.6 (2.0 stock) Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 pro HSF MSI K8N Neo4-FI Gigabyte 6800GS 256mb PCI-E 1x 1024mb Hynix DDR400 (in addition to a 512mb stick from the old machine) Antec Truepower 2.0 480w PSU Hoping to get the same HDD as Xaphod in the not too distant future, it actually dropped $40 in price the week after I decided to wait a little longer before buying

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