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ride3k

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Ok so summers starting up and I will be heading off to college in the fall. I am being bought a laptop for my graduation present but i want to have a nice desktop rig as well and i ahve allways wanted to build my own, so why not now? I just need some input and a few suggestions.

HARDWARE:
Case - Xion Onyx XON-303
PSU - Xion Supernova XON-600FF14R 600w
MoBoCHANGE - Gigabyte GA-965p-s3
CPUCHANGE - Intel Core2Duo E4400
GPUCHANGE - GeForce 8600GT 256mb
RAMCHANGE - G.Skill 2GB(2 x 1Gb) 4-4-4-12 DDR2 800mhz
HDD - Segate Baracuda 400Gb 7200RPM 3gb/s
IDE - Lite-on 20x DVD + R


Ok so i changed a few things around, and went from Amd ------> Intel; notched off the sound card for a later date;but kept my case/psu/CD/DVD rom drive. Anything else you guys think i could tweak? or would this be a nice system?

BTW; all off of newegg it costs $829 + shipping + tax. With $70 in mail in rebates this look pretty good for a decent rig or think i can shop around for cheaper?
 
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firsttimebuilder said:
also get a 8600GT/GTS if you can
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I agree with that, get a better GPU rather and 2 which u will SLI, you will be able to save on the PSU and the mobo and will have a better result.

You can also save on the sound card, as the mobos come with sound already, only buy a sound card if you want more once you bought ur comp, but usually it should do.

As for the PSU, I don't know them and too lazy to check on them now, so I won't comment.
 
firsttimebuilder said:
get a core 2 duo e4400 or e6320 and a gigabyte DS3
opps also get a 8600GT/GTS if you can
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why should i go core duo? ive been screamed at "gaming = AMD, mulitprocessing/work = intel"

and i also looked at going SLI b/c the two 7600's are cheaper than one 86/8800, is it more worth the bump in price to go with the higher end single GPU?

and the sound card was more a splurge item, plus i love my music so i figured spend now would be the same as spending later, but yeah, i might scratch it out to save the 70ish bucks.

thanks so much guys, really helping out
 
ride3k said:
why should i go core duo? ive been screamed at "gaming = AMD, mulitprocessing/work = intel"

and i also looked at going SLI b/c the two 7600's are cheaper than one 86/8800, is it more worth the bump in price to go with the higher end single GPU?

and the sound card was more a splurge item, plus i love my music so i figured spend now would be the same as spending later, but yeah, i might scratch it out to save the 70ish bucks.

thanks so much guys, really helping out
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7600s are not DX 10 and will be useless in future games no matter how many you have core 2 duo is better for gaming and i have graphs to prove it
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
 
The only way i would go with amd would be with the 5200+, 5600+, 6000+ in benchmarks the 5600+ is neck to neck with the e6600. The reason i went with amd is because of my budget...
 
For an $800 budget get:
Core 2 Duo E4300/4400
8600GTS
Gigabyte 965P DS3

7600gs is not a gaming card at all and two of those I don't even think would compare to the 8600 series.
 
For an $800 budget get:
Core 2 Duo E4300/4400
8600GTS
Gigabyte 965P DS3
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is the price difference between a e4400 and a e6600 worth the cost? I dont know much about processors so I am trying to figure it out, thanks
 
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