E8400 -- I got one!
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JohnJSal
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JohnJSal
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What motherboard are you going with?
Antec P182
GA-EX38-DS4
EVGA 8800GT
Seagate 500GB HDD
Xtremegamer card
Corsair 620HX PSU
Those are the big things I think. Then of course other stuff like RAM (Kingston), speakers, Samsung LCD, etc. It took me forever to finalize this list. At this point, I could keep changing my mind but I've decided until I actually *use* this stuff, any changes of mind at this point would only be pointless and theoretical.
edit: was gonna go with the 8800GTS(G92) but i decided to save $60 and help defray the other costs...i know the GT will be perfect for me anyway
JohnJSal
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No, don't throw a wrench in my plans!!!
At first I was going to go with the P35 because I didn't plan to do a dual GPU setup anyway, but the prices were close enough to a few of the X38 boards that I just decided to go with one of them instead. So it was more a choice of which mobo, instead of which GPU. I knew all along I'd want the nVidia card.
I don't plan to have dual GPUs, but if I do it will be so far down the road that I'd probably need to upgrade whatever I buy now anyway.
Is it possible for an existing Intel chipset to run SLI in the future, through a BIOS upgrade or something? Or is it a hardware change that would require a new chipset altogether?
You realize, of course, that Samsung started putting "S" stickers on C and A panels after they found out customers were on to their scam, right?
There's also a lot with no letter at all, and then you'll look like an ass for the salesperson when you say it's there and it's not.
Why not just get a monitor from a good company?
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Oh, yeah, and you know the secret menu you reach by turning down the brightness and contrast to 0, and holding set for 5 seconds that tells you the makers of the panel? Yeah, they disabled that too.
I don't know about the sticker on the panel itself that you have to void your warranty to get to, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got to that too, not that the store would let you open up the bezel of their monitor anyway.
You could get a monitor from Chi Mei very cheap, why get a Chi Mei monitor from Samsung and pay another 1 or 2 hundred dollars just because it's in a different bezel that says Samsung (lie) on it?
There's also a lot with no letter at all, and then you'll look like an ass for the salesperson when you say it's there and it's not.
Why not just get a monitor from a good company?
edit:
Oh, yeah, and you know the secret menu you reach by turning down the brightness and contrast to 0, and holding set for 5 seconds that tells you the makers of the panel? Yeah, they disabled that too.
I don't know about the sticker on the panel itself that you have to void your warranty to get to, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got to that too, not that the store would let you open up the bezel of their monitor anyway.
You could get a monitor from Chi Mei very cheap, why get a Chi Mei monitor from Samsung and pay another 1 or 2 hundred dollars just because it's in a different bezel that says Samsung (lie) on it?
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JohnJSal
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There's a particular combination of keys you can press to bring up a little window that shows the type of panel it is, so I'm hoping they will actually let me plug it in and try it out.
ThatGuy16
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No, don't throw a wrench in my plans!!!
At first I was going to go with the P35 because I didn't plan to do a dual GPU setup anyway, but the prices were close enough to a few of the X38 boards that I just decided to go with one of them instead. So it was more a choice of which mobo, instead of which GPU. I knew all along I'd want the nVidia card.
I don't plan to have dual GPUs, but if I do it will be so far down the road that I'd probably need to upgrade whatever I buy now anyway.
Is it possible for an existing Intel chipset to run SLI in the future, through a BIOS upgrade or something? Or is it a hardware change that would require a new chipset altogether?
intel chipsets won't run SLI, only the $600 "skulltrail" board will
But the x38-ds4 is an awesome board, should be perfect for a single card settup too for the price.
I hate nvidia chipsets, they are poor overclockers
JohnJSal
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::sigh:: Always something! Any recommendations? The highest rated on Newegg are the Samsungs, then Acer it seems.
The people who rate monitors on Newegg usually also bought their monitors on Newegg - where you need 7 dead pixels to count as "defective."
Anyone willing to order a monitor online probably doesn't have a very high standard of quality for their display. I've read the reviews too. A lot of them talk about how nice it looks, i.e. the monitor as a whole (it's shiny), others just say things that are plain false, like "fastest."
Here's the facts: Samsung's current line of monitors are rated at 5ms, not 2ms. Even 5ms is optimistic - it's noticably slower than Acer's P series. Their contrast ratio is also 800:1, not 2000/3000:1, but that doesn't really matter. Their backlights bleed, and most of them are made by Chi Mei.
Such a mediocre monitor should cost about $150, but it costs nearly twice that because it has a Samsung label on it.
Here you go: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824252008
Same panel as the Samsungs. You could write "SAMSUNG" on it with a sharpie and it'd be the same product.
JohnJSal
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But is it a good brand? I thought this was sort of considered a "lesser" brand?
MosIncredible
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dznutz
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still less than 200 @ microcenter
JohnJSal
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But it says it's no longer available there.
JohnJSal
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Hmm, this one of that brand actually has a lot of good ratings:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16824252008