----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:30 am Final Verdict (Gaming Computer) ----------------------------------- I have decided on the final list for the computer now CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 Ghz\1MB Cache\Socket 939\Duel-Core (Manchester0\Processeer with Fan MOBO: Asus A8N SLI Deluxe nVidia Socket 939 MotherBoard\PCI Express\Duel GigaBit Lan\Serial ATA\Duel Raid\USB 2.0 & Firewire Video Card: 2 eVGA GeForce 6800\256MB DDR\PCI-Express\SLI\DVI\VGA\HDTV\Video Card Hard Drive: Maxtor\DiamondMax 10\250GB\7200\16MB\SATA-150\OEM\RoHS Compliant\Hard Drive Power: Xion\600-Watt\ATX\140mm\SATA-Ready\SLI-Ready\20/24 Pin\Power Supply RAM: 2 Corsair Dual Channel\ 1024MB\PC3200 DDR 400Mhz Memory (2x512) Case: Asprie Black/Black X-Plorer ATX Mid_Tower Case with Clear Side, Fan Controller, Front USB and Firewire Port Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA-4400 Black 5-Piece Surround SOund Speaker System DVD\CD ROM Drive: LG GDR-8163B\16x DVD-ROM\52x CD-ROM\Black\DVD-ROM Drive Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS PCI SOund Card Mouse: Diablo Black PS/2 Optical Mouse withy Illuminated Scroll Wheel Keyboard: Diablo Illuminated PS/2 Keyboard (black) Monitor: NEC LCD1970GX / 19" / 8ms / SXGA / 1280x1024 / Black / LCD Monitor Refurbished Extra's: Case Fans: 2 Aerocool UV Led (Blue/Blue) 80MM Case Fan Surge Protector: Newpoint Wallhugger\7-Oulet\1500 Joules\Surge Protector Cyber Acoustics Neckband Style Headset and Microphone / Silver The Total Price of everything here is $3,462.88 CND as of today from tigerdirect.ca Edit: Added a Poll. ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:55 am ----------------------------------- hm wow that is a nice system.. but if i were u, i'd invest in an extra 150 and get two gigs of ram.. but then again, 1 gig should be plenty for now but yea that is pretty kick ass ----------------------------------- codemage Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:01 pm ----------------------------------- More than I'd spend on a rig; I noticed you bumped your spending allowance... I agree with the RAM; if you're not going to spring for the 2 GB, leave room - that'll be your first upgrade. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:45 pm ----------------------------------- I would buy the cheaper CPU, slight performance loss, larger cost decrease. Amazing computer, all in all. ----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:29 pm ----------------------------------- There are 2 gB's of Ram, there is a 2 inform of the RAM section and then in the back (2x512) The processer is duel core and that is the way of the future. Well lets just say I came into the light about spending, if I am going to get the best, I might as well. ----------------------------------- Martin Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:51 pm ----------------------------------- I'd wait a few months and get an XBox 360 and a 42" Panasonic plasma HDTV and use the money that you'd save to buy a few games. Actually, I'd wait a bit longer and get a Nintendo Revolution, but yeah, you get the point. XBox 360 does look pretty cool too though. Or if you already have a decent HDTV, get an XBox360, PS3, Nintendo Revolution, 10 games and an iMac for about the same cost. You following me here? ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:28 am ----------------------------------- Martin makes an excellent point. How long will your computer remain "the best"? On the other hand your xbox360/ps3/revolution will remain the best until... well next gen. And you can still do all of your work on that shiny new Mac :wink: ----------------------------------- codemage Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:52 am ----------------------------------- For that price, you wouldn't have anything left over for a console system or games if you bought a shiny new power mac of equivalent power. (Well over $4000). Oh... and nobody knows how long we'll be waiting for the nextgen Nintendo yet. My money is on PS3 to win the nextgen marketshare, again. ----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:12 am ----------------------------------- It really doesn't matter how long my computer will last, becasue i can just upgrade it, piece by piece as it requires. Yes I could by a Xbox 360 and I probaly will but this is my computer plan not wyas I could spend money else were. I know there are lots of things I could buy and most likely will buy aleats Xbox 360 and Nitendo revolution. ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:04 am ----------------------------------- I know there are lots of things I could buy and most likely will Maybe you could like.. donate some of that towards compsci's hosting. ----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:18 am ----------------------------------- Maybe I could!!!, now there's an idea :?: I could think about that. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:23 pm ----------------------------------- Martin makes an excellent point. How long will your computer remain "the best"? On the other hand your xbox360/ps3/revolution will remain the best until... well next gen. And you can still do all of your work on that shiny new Mac :wink: Yeah, but xbox360 and all that will be outdated when the 'next gen' comes, a computer still has it's uses for a very long time. Sure you could play the same games over and over, but for how long? I am sure he will not solely use this computer for gaming. Besides, why would you get a xbox360? ps3 is much better :). ----------------------------------- Martin Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:54 pm ----------------------------------- "]Martin makes an excellent point. How long will your computer remain "the best"? On the other hand your xbox360/ps3/revolution will remain the best until... well next gen. And you can still do all of your work on that shiny new Mac :wink: Yeah, but xbox360 and all that will be outdated when the 'next gen' comes, a computer still has it's uses for a very long time. Sure you could play the same games over and over, but for how long? I am sure he will not solely use this computer for gaming. Besides, why would you get a xbox360? ps3 01s much better :). You're clearly missing the point. Didn't you see the post where I said you could get ALL 3 next gen consoles, 5 games AND a computer? For $3500. And the consoles'd last you about 5 years, the computer probably 2.5. Besides, I only mentioned the XBox 360 because it's going to come out first. As for being outdated, yeah, near the end of the line it will be. But I mean, the Xbox holds its own fairly well even now in terms of graphics. In any case, spending $3500 on a gaming computer is one of the worst investments you could make. ----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:07 pm ----------------------------------- Thank you for your opinion, but your wrong, plain and simple, not everyone plays console games, besides the ocassional xbox live game of halo 2 I don't use consoles. So form were i am yes I could buy the next 5 consoles but they would gather dust in my basement. I am a computer person, not console. Maybe you should come back when you come up with constructive critizim instead of how you would spend my money. ----------------------------------- md Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:10 pm ----------------------------------- I built a decent computer for someone last week and the total cost was under $1000; p4@3 (overclocked), good mobo, 1gb ram, decent video card, and 200gb drive. Sure he used an old dvd burner, and it's certainly not top of the line... but his system will perform almost as well as yours and he paid 1/3 as much for it. ----------------------------------- Martin Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:19 pm ----------------------------------- You're buy shitty video cards. nVidia 6800's are junk, even in SLI. Get a 7800 GTX instead. If you want performance, get two hard drives instead of one and set up RAID. What are the timings on the RAM? And buy a warrenty on the ram. Don't get a refurbished LCD. It'll have dead pixels. And don't give me lip or I'll ban you. Cornflake's right though. Spend $1500 now, $1000 in a year on upgrades, $1000 in another year and in the end you'll have a better computer than your $3500 one, and you'll be able to play your games the whole way through. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:25 pm ----------------------------------- Monitor? What video card was it? *edit* nVidia 6800's are junk hey... hey! Go for a good computer, but don't get everything "best" for 3x the cost. ----------------------------------- Martin Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:41 pm ----------------------------------- What I meant was that you can get better performance for your dollar elsewhere. One 7800 GTX'll give you better output than two 6800's. ----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:12 am ----------------------------------- As well as mine, :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: One 7800 will not give you better prefromance, I did my reasearch, you think I would just up and spend 3500 dollars, lol! I have checked and doubled check and even triple checked. I have revisied and revisied, endlessly. I have taken a look at many reviews. ----------------------------------- apomb Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:33 pm ----------------------------------- how i wish i could have a computer like that :drool: however, im quite content with the rig i describe in [url=http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=91877#91877]this thread... its a BEAST, can multitask (xcept limewire, its pissing me off) like anything ive seen or experienced. let me just put it this way: youll feel so much better if you have the money left over from comparabe components, maybe save yourself about 2000 bucks and get a blistering fast computer that you can have the joy of upgrading when the next PCI express Video card comes out or a new dual core AMD, trust me, youll be kicking yourself if you buy this, something better wil come out a month later, but you wont have the money to buy it, youll feel like you wasted your money. if you get a little cheaper component, youll have the money to upgrade quickly. sure you could upgrade in 2.5 years, but youll already be WAY behind, upgrade with the tech, dont try going ahead of it. ----------------------------------- 1of42 Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:36 pm ----------------------------------- frankly, i wouldn't call that blistering fast. sorry. ----------------------------------- StarGateSG-1 Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:04 pm ----------------------------------- I do plan for the future, I just got a nice stiff job, I get 8.50 and hour and soon i will get 21 hours a week, I am roling in dough for buying a beats and university, I have planed this out to the last detail barring the fact that my list will change by feb. when they release a DDR2 RAm compat motherboard with SLI! arg we need a druel Emoticon! ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:06 pm ----------------------------------- Save your money. Seriously. College = Money ----------------------------------- apomb Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:26 pm ----------------------------------- 1 of 42 ... what are you refering to? the fact that you can get a very good computer for under $3000 ? im sorry, but yes you can, i have one, now go single post without support somewhere else. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:51 pm ----------------------------------- You shouldn't care that you have an amazing computer, just as long as it does what you want it to do at the speed you want. My overclocked P4 has lasted me perfectly for all these years (what, has it been 3/4 now?) with RAM/Video Card upgraded. Also, I got an amazing Athlon for