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Spigitty

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Ok here's the scoop. I'm building my own tower finally. I got tired of playing games and doing video editing on my Sony Vaio PCG-K15. But I'm new to the whole tower building process. So please help me. I have $500 limit on parts(per part). The CPU is the only exception. I already have a CM Stacker 830 for the case. I'm going with the AMD SLI format. But i don't know whats out there. I'm hearing of graphics cards that have DDR3, does the motherboard have to be compaible with that. I'm open to any suggestions, including an Pentium/ATI alternative. Again all i have is the case and the next 6 months to buy all the parts needed. If you have any questionsfor me feel free to ask. Thanks in advance
 
Well if you have a spending limit of $500 PER PART I would suggest buying a prebuilt from a place like AlienWare or somewhere rather than buying parts seperate and putting them together yourself as that is usually for discount shoppers.
 
psykedOut said:
Well if you have a spending limit of $500 PER PART I would suggest buying a prebuilt from a place like AlienWare or somewhere rather than buying parts seperate and putting them together yourself as that is usually for discount shoppers.
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wooooooooooooooo hold up. You have your whole statement wrong. Building your own computer compared to pre-built is $300+ cheaper. Build your own. PERIOD.
 
holyjunk125 said:
wooooooooooooooo hold up. You have your whole statement wrong. Building your own computer compared to pre-built is $300+ cheaper. Build your own. PERIOD.
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In that price range you will be looking at like $1000 cheaper.

I would go with either an FX-62 or an X2 5000, SLI 7900GTs or GTXs, or maybe a single 7950 now and another later. 2 500GB HDDs and a 74GB raptor, dual DVD burners, etc. The options are huge, that's just roughly what you will be looking at.

Also, could you give us a more specific budget? Like for the whole computer?
 
Bobo said:
In that price range you will be looking at like $1000 cheaper.

I would go with either an FX-62 or an X2 5000, SLI 7900GTs or GTXs, or maybe a single 7950 now and another later. 2 500GB HDDs and a 74GB raptor, dual DVD burners, etc. The options are huge, that's just roughly what you will be looking at.

Also, could you give us a more specific budget? Like for the whole computer?
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Ya, most defanetly. Though he said pentium options which mean intel now. He should go with core 2 duo. And the new ati card x1950xtx to come out.
 
insaneazian said:
Neh but isn't crossfire not nearly as good as SLi. An wow that is an absurd budget o.O
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I didn't say anything about crossfire or sli. Anyway new benchmarks show that the x1950xtx beat out two 7900gtx's by a healthy margin. How conclusive those benchmarks are I really don't know. We will see though.
 
holyjunk125 said:
wooooooooooooooo hold up. You have your whole statement wrong. Building your own computer compared to pre-built is $300+ cheaper. Build your own. PERIOD.
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Your a ****ing idiot read what I said before correcting me.

I said since his budget is SO BIG he should look into PreBuilt computers or computer sites where you can put it together yourself, because building a computer by yourself buying the parts seperate is usually for DISCOUNT SHOPPERS.
 
psykedOut said:
Your a ****ing idiot read what I said before correcting me.

I said since his budget is SO BIG he should look into PreBuilt computers or computer sites where you can put it together yourself, because building a computer by yourself buying the parts seperate is usually for DISCOUNT SHOPPERS.
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Why is it for discount shoppers? For $250, you are better off getting one of those crappy insanely cheap dells than building one yourself. For $3000, you can save $500-$1000 over Alienware/Dell/HP/whatever.

I think that you are the one who needs to know facts before stating anything.
 
psykedOut said:
Your a ****ing idiot read what I said before correcting me.

I said since his budget is SO BIG he should look into PreBuilt computers or computer sites where you can put it together yourself, because building a computer by yourself buying the parts seperate is usually for DISCOUNT SHOPPERS.
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Building your own isn't for discount shoppers.... When you buy from alienware/dell you are getting cheaper parts for more money. It makes no sense to buy from them even if you have lots and lots of money.
 
what about ibuypower.com, that could work, couldn't it? unless they dont put the best parts in, it seems that they have the largest selection of parts to customize with for a pre built place, but I dont know if theyr prices are super good, although they seem to be.
 
janco said:
what about ibuypower.com, that could work, couldn't it? unless they dont put the best parts in, it seems that they have the largest selection of parts to customize with for a pre built place, but I dont know if theyr prices are super good, although they seem to be.
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Impr3ssiv3 said:
well they would be good but they still have to raise the price in order to make a profit
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Ya, they are a good place. Like impr3ssive3 said though it is going to be a bit more then if you built it but it is going to still be wayyy cheaper then a dell, hp,etc...
 
The reason the buget is so high is because i'm in the Sandbox and that is how much extra my paycheck is every 2 weeks. And i don't need to spend 500 on each part.

whats the difference between SLI and Crossfire?

Case: CM Stacker 830
Motherboard:
CPU:
Graphics Card:
Sound Card:
RAM:

I was thinking of a ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE motherboard with a FX-60 CPU and a GeForce® 7950 GX2 Graphics card. but don't know if is all compatible
 
I dunno if there's any substancial difference but I did read in a lot of places that nvidia's Sli is better setup than ATi's crossfire
 
Spigitty said:
The reason the buget is so high is because i'm in the Sandbox and that is how much extra my paycheck is every 2 weeks. And i don't need to spend 500 on each part.

whats the difference between SLI and Crossfire?

Case: CM Stacker 830
Motherboard:
CPU:
Graphics Card:
Sound Card:
RAM:

I was thinking of a ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE motherboard with a FX-60 CPU and a GeForce® 7950 GX2 Graphics card. but don't know if is all compatible
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PROC: core 2 xtreme x6800
GPU: x1950xtx
 
Oh ok. Crossfire is ATI. I would say $4000 is as much as i would like to spend. but thats for everything. Including the monitor, mouse, keyboard, and programs. whats better Linix or windows. and i'm hearing windows is coming out with a new OS. I also heard AMD sign a contract with ATI. Is this true.
 
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