What tech did you buy today?

[saltynay]

80+ squid on a graphical calculator quite an investment I just use my laptop ofcourse can't bring that into exams .

 

[ricanflow]

lol i ordered almost everything:

Newegg.com - XFX GX295NHHFF GeForce GTX 295 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - Foxconn Destroyer AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards

Newegg.com - SILVERSTONE ST70F 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - OCZ Reaper HPC 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120mm "Core Contact Freezer" CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks

 

[Nagasama]

daaaaaaang rican thats a monster

 

[Kharn]

Rican is just gona ****ing own with that rig.

 

[ricanflow]

Yup...been saving for a while guys.

Im gonna use my current 22" lcd and my asus lightscribe burners, as well as my x-fi xtrememusic and one of the 400gb drives i have already for storage, the 640gb will be my main os/programs drive.

The last thing im gonna order is this:

Newegg.com - SILVERSTONE TJ09-BW Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

 

[synergy]

Wow...nice rig!

Are 640GB drives the cheapest (GB/$) value right now, cuz I see a lot of people ordering them.

 

[ricanflow]

Yeah and theyre also single platter = fast.

 

[saltynay]

Wow...nice rig!

Are 640GB drives the cheapest (GB/$) value right now, cuz I see a lot of people ordering them.

No the cheapest is the 1.5tb and in that kinda area the 500 or750gb drives are a bit better gb/$ however the 640gb is a bit faster.

 

[Hussein19891]

Rican why not get a nice 4GB Dual Channel set?

You COULD also wait for the AM3 chips and maybe pick up an AM3 board instead.

 

[Jorsoft]

Rican why not get a nice 4GB Dual Channel set?

You COULD also wait for the AM3 chips and maybe pick up an AM3 board instead.

He could do lots of tings. Got to bite the bullet and buy some time.