A Holiday Gift for all types of Gamers : BYO

[Ridlyn]

Ridlyn, i'm add it now. What site are those prices from? So I may add them. Please list all that apply.

Have a question about this configuration? Private Message gaara

www.newegg.com

 

[HAVOC]

ok... lol please remove that PM link. That was an example... lol

 

[003]

Here is a really killer PC for the lucky few with a $3000 budget:

Case - Lian Li PC-65B Black Aluminum Case - $125:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112040

Motherboard - ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe - $229:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568

Video card - BFG Tech Geforce 7800GTX 512MB - $749:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143044

Sound card - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS - $270:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102189

CPU - AMD Opteron 180 Denmark - $775:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103581

CPU Cooler - Thermaltake CL-P0114 - $65.99:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106061

RAM - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM - $259:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231034

Hard drive (x2) - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS - $261:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

Optical drive - Plextor 8M Cache SATA CD/DVD Burner - $118.99:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131351

Power supply - PCP&C Turbo-Cool 510 Express / SLI - $219.99:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703001

Total cost - $3072.97

I'm just posting builds here that I have individually helped other people with.

 

[vaderpro]

Optical drive - Plextor 8M Cache SATA CD/DVD Burner - $118.99:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131351

Whats the deal with this? Why is this so great and so freakin expensive?

 

[HAVOC]

I think it has to do with the 8M cache. That's really the only difference from any other drive. I have (2) of the Plextor PX-716AL/SW drives. They are slot loading with 8M caches. The first one I bought was $139 and the other was $119. I know, I know... why spend that much money on optical drives? Well, I love the slot loading feature. After I bought one, I thought why not have dual drives? It's a waste of money, but oh well. I work for a living and buy whatever I want.

 

[003]

Whats the deal with this? Why is this so great and so freakin expensive?

Because it has 8MB of cache, and it's the only SATA optical drive. A plus if you don't want any of those big bulky and ugly ribbon cables in your PC.