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Jeremy "UncleHoot" Praay wrote:
> A month ago, I knew almost nothing about the state of affairs regarding the
> new crop of processors and such, but now I've familiarized myself quite a
> bit with what is out there. Bang for the buck, this would probably be the
> best system I could build, especially if overclocked:
>
> Intel Core i7-860 (2.8GHz, very overclockable)
> A case and PSU (600W - 700W)
> 1156, P55 chipset mobo (haven't decided which brand/model)
> Western Digital 1TB hard drive.
> 4GB RAM
> Windows 7 Home
> Nvidia G-Force GTS 250 video card
> (I'll use my current DVD drive)
>
> I'm also looking to buy the Prolimatech Megahalems (Rev. B) cpu-cooler
> ($70). I read a few reviews and benchmarks, and it sounds like that cooler
> does almost as good as liquid cooling. And a wireless mouse and keyboard
> would be cool ($35).
>
> Yep, it would be a pretty expensive build (about $1,100-$1,200 USD), but I'm
> also hoping that it would keep me happy for another few years. I plan to
> overclock, and it sounds like the 860's normally OC to at least 3.6GHz with
> decent cooling. Regardless, this should be a brazillion times faster than
> my old Athlon system. And I could run all of the newer games, although I
> don't play computer games as much as I used to.
Interestingly enough, I myself am in the market for a new desktop. I
priced out parts and (since I'm not a heavy gamer and can wait on a
video card until March when the new crop is released and bumps down the
prices on everything else a notch, and can use onboard video) figured
the following:
$ 400 i7-940
$ 110 motherboard
$ 280 8 GB DDR3-1333
$ 140 2x 1 TB HD
$ 200 PSU (700W, iirc)
$ 50 case (probably a high estimate)
$ 20 DVD/CD drive
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$1200
...hadn't figured in the price for Win 7 or cooling tho. Already have
keyboard/mouse and monitor. The 4 GB DDR3 modules are still pretty
uncommon and expensive as heck, and I can probably squeeze some money
out of that here and there depending...original budget was $1500 (was
planning on getting this back at Thanksgiving), and the monitor I got
then was $220, so I'm only under budget now if I don't pay for the OS.
*coughcough*
But even then, that's not all that bad a price for such a system. $1500
is not 'an expensive build'. $3000-$5000 is an expensive build. Just
put in an i7-975 (nearly $1000) and 16 GB RAM ($540) and a high-end
video card ($500+?)...
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Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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