[Stoenr]

This post mostly for the somewhat computer savey(geeks we may have upon us)

After 5 years it time to upgrade the beast. My Secondary pc took a dump finally, so the main pc moves down to the secondary.

Dead pc xp2400 mobile cpu, over clocked 500 mhz, featuring an anccient
Gforce 4 4600 video card, with 1G ram

Will be replaced by main rig, Athlon 64 3200+, Gforce 5950 ultra video card, and 2g ram. Slightly overclocked.

Now on the new system, I cut as many corners as I could. Not trying to get the best system out there, but more bang for the buck.


PSU ANTEC|NEOPOWER 650 RT - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$99.99)

CPU INTEL|C2D E6750 2.66G 65N 4M R - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$189.99)

CASECOOLERMAS|CAC-T05-UW BLK RT - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$39.99)

DVD BURN LITE-ON|LH-20A1L-05 LS % - OEM (Qty=1, Price=$31.99)

HD 250G|ST 7K 16M SATA2 ST3250410AS - OEM (Qty=1, Price=$69.99)

MB GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L P35+ICH9 - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$99.99)

VGA EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR 8800GT 512M - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$239.99)

MEM 1Gx2|G.SK F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ R - Retail (Qty=2, Price=$93.98)

S/W MS WIN VISTA 64BT ULT 1P DVD% - OEM (Qty=1, Price=$189.99)

DISCOUNT FOR PREFERRED ACCOUNT (Qty=1, Price=$-2.99)

Extended Warranty Fee: 0
Subtotal: 1052.91
TAX: 0.00
Shipping and Handling Charge**: 23.82

Total: 1076.73

[SlowRollin']

safe to assume you're putting this together yourself?

Did you purchase locally or through a nationwide vendor?

Looks sweet.

[JudisStang]

Congratulations and enjoy... I guess you won't be running Leopard on that? LMAO!

[myltlpny]

After doing quite a few component mods, I just built my first computer from scratch. It really wasn't all that difficult and I saved a bundle.

[Vandil]

Looks like a nice rig, enjoy!

[Snackmaster]

New computers are always fun. I'm glad you got a great deal. It sounds like this will keep you current for a while.

[Denver cobra]

Looks great! I would scratch the Vista and load a copy of XP. Or better yet one of the newer Linux OS like Umbuntu. IMHO Vista is a real mess, here's a cool vid of a Linux desktop.

YouTube - Compiz Fusion Development

[Vandil]

Vista has DirectX 10.

I doubt he would have dropped the coin for an 8800GT without wanting to use it.

[pete 5.0]

Originally Posted by Denver cobra

Looks great! I would scratch the Vista and load a copy of XP. Or better yet one of the newer Linux OS like Umbuntu. IMHO Vista is a real mess, here's a cool vid of a Linux desktop.

looks like a bunch of useless crap. Wow, you can make all the windows do crazy stuff. make the programs and stuff easier to install and use, and linux is much more tempting. I gave Linux a chance a couple of months back and gave up and installed XP instead.

But, back to the topic, that looks like it would be a nice set-up. I have built a couple of computers and prefer building to buying.

[Stoenr]

Thanks all. I purchased from Newegg. 12 months same as cash.
Yes, I build my own rigs all the time. Easy way to save money for the stang!

I may do a dual boot with XP and Vista.

[Denver cobra]

Originally Posted by Vandil

Vista has DirectX 10.

I doubt he would have dropped the coin for an 8800GT without wanting to use it.

Dual boot, the best of both worlds.

[pcfrisch]

Nice system, BTW Vista 64 does not yet have all hardware drivers available.

[Snackmaster]

I'm a huge fan of Newegg. I've always had great service from them and they have great prices. I'm not sold on Vista either but I guess that have to start somewhere. Definately do a dual boot.

[Gary Paul]

Originally Posted by Denver cobra

Dual boot: the best of both worlds.

You live in Denver. If you came out to your Cobra and found dual Denver boots on it, you wouldn't think it was the best.

[napalmbomb]

should have bought a MAC. You dont have to build a thing, just take it out of the box and plug it in and go!