Need help building a new cpu

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paratwa

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oscaryu1

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Well the first one may be 64bit...

OEM = Lose all support from MS and if you need help, it's like $5x an email...
 
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tyl2704

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So I have been looking around and I have come to some conclusions. Now the price point may change but for now I'm looking to spend $1500 MAX on my new computer. Using the outlines of what I wanted to begin with (3d modeling, rendering, animating, and preferably being able to play games such as crysis almost perfect)....hopefully this is doable. I would prefer 4 gigs of RAM but 2 is fine. I would like to have a data hard drive for my OS and programs like paratwa listed earlier. And a large hard drive for files as well. I would do this myself except for the fact that I wouldn't know where to begin and would most likely ruin it. Thank you so much in advance!
 
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tyl2704

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oh, sorry I left that out. No, after reading up on it and hearing your opinion I would rather just have one very good graphics card instead of wasting money on two decent ones.

***Also I was thinking about quad core over dual core....from what I've read it will drastically increase render times for 3d modeling***


.........unless you really think a dual core will do fine.
 
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paratwa

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Buying a system that is already built, and with what you want in it, and for the price you can afford is going to be hard. Almost all of them I have already looked at are $2000+.

But I will look around and see what I can find.
 
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tyl2704

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thanks so much for all the help so far.

yea I thought it might be difficult. From what you said earlier I've decided to build my own system so I can get more power for my dollar. You think it could be done if I put it together?
 
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tyl2704

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well at the moment I'm leaning towards Xp, I've heard that vista is a RAM hog...though if my system had 4 gigs of RAM maybe vista would be fine (not sure though). So I guess I'd have to go with Xp for now.
 
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paratwa

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Ok, check back in a couple of hours and I will see what I can put together. I have to do a few errands, but I will get back to you.

Also, anyone else out there please list a system for tyl2704.
 
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paratwa

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Ok here are my suggestions for a new build. I went $23 over your budget, sorry.

The video card is not in stock at the moment, as none of the 8800gt are, but they should have them soon.

It has (1) 150gb 10,000 rpm drive for the OS and programs, and (1) 500gb 7400rpm drive for files.

The case can probably be found on some other site for cheaper, I think I saw someone said they saw it listed for around $75 on the forums somewhere, so search around. But if you do not like the case (I don't, but others swear by it) then you can choose the one you like and add it to the list.

The motherboard has IE1394 (firewire) so that you can transfer video files easily, but I don't know if you need it or not. If you do not need it, then you can find a cheaper motherboard. Just let me know if you do not need it and I will change my selection.


Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811129021


GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128064


EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP


http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130303



OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817341010



Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115017



CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145034



Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136012



Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148136




SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151153




Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16832116059

Subtotal: $1,522.91 Not including shipping.
 
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tyl2704

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awesome! thanks a lot, I'm gonna take a look at this and hopefully purchase soon. If anything changes I'll let ya know.
 
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tyl2704

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oh quick question. A friend of mine just had a computer made for him through cyberpower for $1300 (which is a shame now that we know how much more powerful it could have been if he built it himself). Anywho...he has a 3.2 Ghz AMD dual core. There's a website systemrequirementslab.com (which will scan your computer to see if games can run properly). The site says that his AMD dual core is being read at 9.0Ghz or something....what does that mean?? What would my quad core 2.4 be "read" at?


oh yea, and which would be better? the 3.2 dual...or the 2.4 quad?
 
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paratwa

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I have no idea what those readings are. 9ghz? It's beyond me. I have used that site before, and it usually works pretty well, but I have no idea how it could have come up with 9ghz. Thats faster than any system in the world, as far as I know at least.

I just ran it again on my system, and While my cpu is a amd 64 x2 4200, it says it runs at 2.25 and it's
Performance Rated at 6.30 GHz

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I have no idea what that 6.30 means.
 
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tyl2704 said:
oh quick question. A friend of mine just had a computer made for him through cyberpower for $1300 (which is a shame now that we know how much more powerful it could have been if he built it himself). Anywho...he has a 3.2 Ghz AMD dual core. There's a website systemrequirementslab.com (which will scan your computer to see if games can run properly). The site says that his AMD dual core is being read at 9.0Ghz or something....what does that mean?? What would my quad core 2.4 be "read" at?


oh yea, and which would be better? the 3.2 dual...or the 2.4 quad?
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the 2.4 quad is better because it has a higher cache and it would only read as watever it says the cpu speed is unless you overclock and btw that site is soooooooooooo messed up it says I have vista professional lol

edit I would get this quad instead because its better http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A1938452 and this 900 http://www.securemart.com/cgi-bin/f...id=b7FkUBYr&mv_pc=64&mv_specials=2&mv_stock=y
 
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tyl2704

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is that really the same case? it's much cheaper. That quad core is the same isn't it? or is it becuase it's G0 and not B3.
 
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paratwa

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I agree with the update to your system. Like I said at the beginning of my list, I knew the case was cheaper somewhere else, but I was not sure where. And yes that Q6600 G0 chip is better. So get those instead.

With the reduction in price, you are now under your budget. With Newegg it is a crap shoot on weather you get the G0 chip instead of the older one. Since that place advertises it as a G0 chip, get that one. And it's a couple of bucks cheaper, Score!
 
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tyl2704

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that friend of mine also has a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB video card, how much better is the video card that you listed paratwa...if any. I thought the GTS' were better than the GT's.
 
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