I'm Gonna Make A Custom Computer

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  1. DiabloDj1

    DiabloDj1 Well-Known Member

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    NVM about this..sry

    I'm gonna make a computer myself instead

    Just a note for myself here(was $930):
     
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    What's your budget for your system?
     
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    What price you going for if $930 is too much i think thats reasonable in UK price at around £465
     
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    well im not from UK :P

    j.k...

    anyway, Im gonna go *beg* my dad for a price..

    he doesnt believe in spending this much money on something like a computer..but I really want to do this.
     
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    MSI 915P COMBO-F Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 915P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $88.00

    Intel Pentium 4 640 Prescott 800MHz FSB 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 EM64T Processor - Retail $215.50

    OCZ 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) $109.93

    GIGABYTE GV-NX66T128D Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card $144.00

    Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24bit 70SB041000000 Sound Card - Retail $39.99

    Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $109.50

    SONY Black IDE Combo Drive Model CRX320EE/B2S - OEM $28.99

    NZXT NEMESIS Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail $80.00

    = $815.91

    My stuff come out as that - I live in Uk so duno the prices around US :(
     
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    Not bad -=DarkStar. Good job man. I wouldn't have choosen another system to make. Mabye just a little tweak with some parts here & there, but that's a good work with that price.
     
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    Allright thanks..

    my maximum is about 800 dollars by the way..

    anyway, are those all from the site?

    and when you do post them post the full detail one..just cuz I like to read it all..it doesnt matter that u didnt include it Darkstar, u told me all the good stuff anyway :D


    EDIT: btw, how much cheaper would it be if I got all the same specs from Ibuypower but I built the computer myself.
     
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    I would suggest -

    AMD 3500+
    6600GT
    MSI Neo4-Platinum
     
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    If you can buy the parts and NOT A PC ASSEMBLED - It works out cheaper coz the company adds labour costs on top of that :D

    Im going to make one myself as well gona order the parts from different sites and it works out around £530 for a good decent spec thats without monitor (monitor makes it too expensive) and I got the processor and GFX card that soari posted :D

    thx for creds anyways ;)
     
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    Allright thanks guys...

    since I'm makin my computer..any good sites for parts that are reliable, good, and cheap other then Newegg and Tigerdirect?

    btw, I read somewhere its better to get 2 sticks of 512 mb ram rather then one gig of RAM..this true?
     
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    Probably because Dual Chennel works between the 2 - If you get 2 x 1GB sticks it works together faster in other words - Might be might not be not sure but im sure that 2 sticks once the same perform better because pf dual channel

    I was $15 off :D not bad when you said $800 ;)
     
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    yes that's true about the 2x512mb sticks of ram.

    also i think you should choose amd, not intel, but that's your preference i guess
     
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    I'll probly get an AMD 64 bit but idk which one yet..it seems like those are most popular..

    I want a system with at least 2.7-2.8 GHz up to 3. whatever..whats the cheapest I can find something for 2.8GHz?

    EDIT: and thanks for answering my other question
    I'm givin ya some creds for the help.
    and dont try to just help me for a few creds either..well, not if u dont know what ur talkin bout XP
     
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    that looks good for the price, but you could get something twice as good for an extra $20, thats whats weird about computer hardware.
     

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