build or buy part 2

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

Case of your choice ~$60
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W $90
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ s939 processor $322
MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 ~$85
Rosewill 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 ~$195
eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB $279
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812AS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA ~$95
Floppy Drive ~$15
NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner ~$42
Cables and Beautifying (UV lights or LED fans) ~$50

Total : $1233 SHIPPED

Ryan

 

[003]

There you go. I wouldn't get rosewill RAM however. Also invest in an X-fi XtremeMusic as well. That will come out to about the price of what you are currently looking at.

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

I have rosewill ram... as I have a rosewill power supply. I buy rosewill parts consistantly. The quality is there. I knew I should have put a dislaimer on there. *do not criticize the RAM. Thank you. Cram it*

Ryan

 

[003]

All Rosewill products suck, they are newegg's own brand and if you intend to do any overclocking at all, they won't do it.

 

[midrangeG]

"Total : $1233 SHIPPED"

you forgot the OS $150 and a few other things

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

my bad. XP home 85 dollars. I don't know what you mean by 'other things' It's a complete system. Besides, I threw in an extra 50 for 'beautifying.' He has a buffer...

Ryan

 

[003]

"Total : $1233 SHIPPED"

you forgot the OS $150 and a few other things

What you are failing to understand is that if you build that system, it will totally destroy the one you are looking at now due to the video card alone. Even if you have to pay an extra $150, it's well worth it. I don't think you realize just how much more powerful the 7800gt is over the 6600 vanilla. The 6600 vanilla has a 300MHz core clock speed with 8 pixel pipelines. The 7800GT has a 470MHz clock speed with 20 pixel pipelines. The 6600 vanilla has 128MB/256MB of 128-bit DDR RAM clocked at 500MHz. The 7800GT has 256MB of 256-bit GDDR3 RAM clocked at 1.1GHz. It would totally annihilate TWO 6600 vanilla's in SLI. There is no contest. The 7800GT utterly destroys the pitiful 6600 vanilla, and if you can have a system that has it for a measly $150 more, it is WELL worth it.

 

[Ste]

ya, I knew that any built rig would pwn that one.

even if you pay say 50 more bucks, it still 300% better.

 

[midrangeG]

you all fail to do better .....ie replacing windows xp pro with home thats not what I want that is all............. later

 

[003]

Lol, you actually buy your copy of windows............. later

Here you go, win XP pro OEM for $79, if you really must pay for it:
http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_sales_getprod.php?masterid=520485&lot_id=456834