Ku-sama

For my computer:
XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P4 650W ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail

AMD Opteron 170 Denmark 2.0GHz Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model OSA170CDBOX - Retail

eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail


For Michelle's computer:
eVGA 131-K8-NF44-AX Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

she'll be getting my 4000+ and my 6800GS, reason for the SLI mobo is cause I might just get her another 6800GS for SLI cause they are cheap now, also she will be getting my 450W Cooler Master PSU

MY Rig:
eVGA 8800GTX 768-P2-N831-AR 768MB DDR3
2.0GHz AMD Opteron 64 170 Denmark
XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P4 650W
250 Western Digital SATAII 7,200RPM
DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert
1GB Patriot PC3200 Dual Channel
Thermalright XP-120, Artic Silver 5
UV Blue Acrylic Case by Logisys
8 UV CCLFBs by Logisys

Her's
XFX 6800GS XXX Edition 256MB GDDR3
2.4GHz AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Cooler Master Real Power 450W
200GB Western Digital SATA 7200RPM
eVGA 131-K80NF44-AX SLI nForce 4
512MB DDR400 (to be upgraded)
Gigabyte 3D cooler with AS5
some generic windowed case
4 Green CCFLBs by Logisys

EDIT:

OR I'll just buy a new system and give Michelle mine... would this perform better?

XFX PV-T71G-UDF7 Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P4 650W ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

SirKenin

I would be tempted to be happy for you if you first considered all the people on this board you owe money and trades to.

[-0MEGA-]

Are you just trying to beat my computer spec wise?

I thought you had to sell all your parts to get money for something...


EDIT: Also, a C2D would smoke that Opteron.

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Desktop // Laptop
Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz
Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965
ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI
4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC
750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM
Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty
SilverStone 750W +12V@60A
3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

Ku-sama

care to name "all the people"?


if you want i'll still send you the 3 peices of the 1GHz P3

last time I checked, im not in any debt now? if Bebopin wasn't satisfied with the trade, he should speak up, if he wants something else, then i'll send him something else

I started a trade with someone else, they received the items faulty (USPS store was out of stock of boxes and such, so I had to hope for the best when I shipped it out. I'm awaiting him sending the items back and I will replace them and pack them properly in my own box this time instead of trusting USPS's stuff..

now, any more problems you want to address?

Ku-sama

I know, but I cant afford the DDR2 kit

i had to refund RMA my stuff i previously ordered because of Black friday, but i got the money back so it's ordering time

[-0MEGA-]

If you dont have money to afford a C2D and DDR2, dont spend $700 on a GPU, just buy the 8800GTS or X1950

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Desktop // Laptop
Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz
Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965
ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI
4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC
750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM
Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty
SilverStone 750W +12V@60A
3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

Ku-sama

but the 170 is still sufficient enough for most of the games I play, if not all

Saurian

You will not reach the potential of the GTX with anything less then a Core 2 Duo. They are CPU-bottlenecking with the G80 series. So, by that account you have wasted your money in a sense, when you could have gotten better components otherwise. Then again, with 1GB that is currently going to be your system's bottleneck above and beyond the processor.

Otherwise, great choice on the Xclio PSU.

Also, with the E6600 I would recommend going for something other then a (by all means) budget board. The DS3 is a budget board that does well with the E6300/E6400. With the higher multiplier, you really should be looking at boards that cost ~170 and up, or 975x boards.

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Intel 3.2Ghz P4
MSI PM8M3-V
GF FX5900XT 128MB
512 MB CXMS
Dell 20.1" Widescreen LCD

Need...upgrades....:)

Ku-sama

spec me a computer for $1000, I dont need a HDD, DVD drive, case or any other cooling, my XP-120 works on 775

Saurian

C2D E6300 - 180
Gigabyte DS3 - 150
2GB DDR2 800Mhz ram that will overclock - ~250 bucks
Or you can get this DDR2 1000Mhz Ballistix for 300 and 35 MIR Linky

Overclock the E6300 up to ~3Ghz easily with little if any vcore bump, maybe a MCH bump - but that should give you enough computer to take advantage of the GTX. You can sell that board and recoup some cost, as well as return the CPU you just bought and take the restocking fee. And/or return the motherboar for her computer, and just transfer yours over to hers, let her have the DFI.

After this, you'd have a C2D running 3Ghz+ with DDR2 ram running at or above 1000Mhz and a GTX producing mad frame rates pounding through your P965 chipset-clad DS3.

Either way, keep the GTX even if you don't want to go C2D. Eventually you'll either sell that graphics card (and the GTX will hold more value) or you'll upgrade your CPU later on and then you'll at least have more power. But for now, you're going to bottleneck on that 1GB of ram and that relatively weak cpu. I say relatively weak, in comparison to the GTX. Anything but a C2D and FX62 look weak next to it, though.

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Intel 3.2Ghz P4
MSI PM8M3-V
GF FX5900XT 128MB
512 MB CXMS
Dell 20.1" Widescreen LCD

Need...upgrades....:)