Ok well im kinda nooby at all thios computer and hardware stuff but i cuztomized a cpu and i was wondering if it was good. If you guys can help me find any better cpus for a lower price let me know, thanks. Edited: Case ( Raidmax Ninja-918 ATX Mid-tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black ) Case Lighting ( Neon Light Blue ) Power Supply ( NZXT PRC-550 550W Power Supply [SLI-Ready] ) Processor ( Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 (2x 2.13GHz/2MB L2 Cache/1066FSB) ) Free Software/Game ( Free Game - [World of Warcraft ] ) Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink ) Motherboard ( Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe nForce4 SLI x 16 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB ) Memory ( 1024MB [512MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair XMS2 Xtreme w/Heat Spreader ) Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 7900GTX 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video ) Hard Drive ( 320 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] ) 2nd Hard Drive ( None ) Raid Configuration ( None ) External Raid Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None ) CD/DVD Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black ) CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black ) Sound Card ( Dolby Digital Surround 7.1 Sound Card ) Speaker System ( None ) Fax Modem ( None ) Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) ) Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Black ) Monitor ( None ) 2nd Monitor ( None ) Keyboard ( None ) Mouse ( None ) Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Black ) Flash Media Reader/Writer ( None ) Operation System ( MS Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition w/ Free Upgrade Coupon for Windows Vista™ Home Premium ) Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( None ) IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( None ) USB Flash Drive ( None ) TV Tuner ( None ) Video Camera ( None ) Headset ( None ) Power Protection ( None ) Printer ( None ) Printer Cable ( None ) Wireless Network Adapter ( [Special !!!] Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps PCI Adapter ) Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support ) Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )
not worth it alienware is a total rip off you could probably save atleast 400-500 if you buy it off of newegg
http://velocitymicro.com -> Gamer's Edge approximately the same price (2958.00 ) but you can config. to your liking. Also much better than the alienware Gaming Computers, Custom Gaming PC Systems, PC Gaming Rigs : Gamers' Edge™ PCX Custom Gaming PC Power Supply 500 Watt Velocity Micro™ Power Supply with Dual Blue Lighted Fans Power Cable Standard Power Cable Case Lights None Motherboard Asus® P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe - NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 SLI MCP, PCI Express Motherboard with DDR2 Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E6600, dual 2.4GHz cores, 4MB L2 Cache (+$120.00) CPU Cooling Arctic Cooling® Freezer 7 Heatsink, Ultra Quiet Fan, Copper Heat Pipes, plus Arctic Silver™ 5 Thermal Compound DDR2 Memory 2048MB Corsair™ XMS2 DDR2-800 Low Latency CL4 Extreme Memory with Heat Spreader (2x1024) (+$190.00) PCX Video 256MB ATI® Radeon™ X1900 XT*, 2 x DVI out, 1 x S-Video out (+$20.00) Video Cooling VideoCool™ Positive Pressure Airflow System - Speed adjustable, with light (+$35.00) Video Tuning Moderate 3D Video Performance Tuning & Optimization (Requires VideoCool™ system) (+$35.00) Physics Processor None Monitor 19" NEC® MultiSync® LCD Display (LCD1970GX), 1280x1024 resolution, Opticlear™ screen surface (+$529.00) 22.00 lbs Audio Creative Labs SoundBlaster® Audigy™ 4, high performance 7.1 channel PCI (+$75.00) Speakers Creative Labs Inspire® P5800 5.1 speaker system, black (+$79.00) Hard Drive 1 320GB Western Digital WD3200KS 7200rpm SATA/300, 16MB Cache (+$80.00) Hard Drive 2 None Optical Drive 1 16x Lite On® DVD+/-RW/CD-RW Dual Layer, Black Bezel Optical Drive 2 16x DVD/48x CD-RW Lite On® Combo Drive, Black Bezel Floppy Drive & Media Reader 1.44MB Floppy Drive, Black Bezel Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000MBps Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter Network Adapter 2 or WiFi Adapter None WiFi Router None Modem None FireWire 2 Integrated IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports, 1 front & 1 rear USB 2.0 Ports 6 USB 2.0 Ports, 2 front & 4 rear Operating System Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home SP2 on original CD (w/coupon for $60 Vista upgrade) Productivity Software None Software Bundle Nero Digital Creation Suite - Capture, Edit, and Author Video with immersive Dolby 5.1 Surround, plus Photo Editing Suite Benchmark Software NEW - FutureMark® 3DMark06® Velocity Micro Basic Edition - gaming performance benchmark software Security Software None Recovery Disk Custom DVD Restore Disk, returns your system hard drive to the original factory installation Internal Cables Standard Premium Ribbon IDE and Floppy Cables Keyboard Velocity Micro™ Deluxe Multimedia & Internet Keyboard with volume control, custom made by Creative Labs - Black Mouse Genuine Microsoft® USB Optical Wheel Mouse - Black Network Cable None Printers None Printer Cable None Game Control 1 None Game Control 2 None Power Protection None T-Shirt FREE Velocity Micro™ Limited Edition T-shirt in Blue, size XL Assembly Immaculate custom hand wiring for ultimate air flow, assembled in Richmond, Virginia, USA Quality Assurance Individual custom testing for complete system functionality, signed by the system builder and QA inspector Documentation Owner's Portfolio with Velocity Micro manual, driver disks, and accessory pack Installation None Warranty** 1 Yr Standard Parts & Labor Ltd Warranty, 1 Yr Regular Business Hours Support, and Depot Repair Service Upgrade Plan Velocity Micro Lifetime Upgrade Plan allows you to return your system for maintenance, discounted upgrades, and tuning Gift Card $25 Best Buy Gift Card by mail with purchase of this system - Hurry, limited time offer!
let em link you to this first and be forewarned - it's a dell(or atleast produced by a division of Dell) http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7113 same system too... FYI if you build + overclock you could easily get a system with around 30% mroe CPU performance and tripple the graphics performance for around 1500$ (i note you dont' have the money up front though) my advice is this - and ti will come as a shocker(since this is me after all) check if dell's inspiraon lien has PCI-e x16 ports if they do get one with an e6400 and get 2GB ram for it, add in a 7900GS. shouldn't come out to more than 1200 and woudl offer a much better gaming experience.(I highly suggest a fresh install of windows ASAP though and make sure you get the OS disc and the drivers disc)
Ok well most of what everyone said i didnt understand lol ok well id really appreciate it if somebody could help me with this one on one and maybe in exchange i can provide some of my gfx help... msn- [email protected] aim- highretard101 Merged Post: Ok i tweaked it up a bit marforce heres mine: Case LX-W Silver - Velocity Micro Signature Case - Pure Aluminum with side window, easily removable front door (+$10.00) LX Wheel Kit None Power Supply 500 Watt Velocity Micro™ Power Supply with Dual Blue Lighted Fans Case Lights Double Blue Cold Cathode Chassis Light Kit (+$50.00) Motherboard Genuine Intel® P965 Chipset Motherboard with DDR2, PCI Express Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E6300, dual 1.86GHz cores, 2MB L2 Cache CPU Cooling Arctic Cooling® Freezer 7 Heatsink, Ultra Quiet Fan, Copper Heat Pipes, plus Arctic Silver™ 5 Thermal Compound DDR2 Memory 2048MB Corsair™ DDR2 PC5300 DDR667 (2x1024) (+$100.00) PCX Video 256MB ATI® Radeon™ X1900 XT*, 2 x DVI out, 1 x S-Video out (+$190.00) Video Cooling VideoCool™ Positive Pressure Airflow System - Speed adjustable, with light (+$35.00) Video Tuning Moderate 3D Video Performance Tuning & Optimization (Requires VideoCool™ system) (+$35.00) TV Tuner None Monitor None Audio On-Board Integrated Intel® High Definition 7.1 Channel Sound Speakers None Hard Drive 1 320GB Western Digital WD3200JD 7200rpm SATA/150, 8MB Cache (+$50.00) Hard Drive 2 None Optical Drive 1 16x Lite On® DVD+/-RW/CD-RW Dual Layer, Black Bezel Optical Drive 2 16x DVD/48x CD-RW Lite On® Combo Drive, Black Bezel Floppy Drive & Media Reader 1.44MB Floppy Drive, Black Bezel Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000MBps Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter Network Adapter 2 or WiFi Adapter None WiFi Router None Modem None FireWire 2 Integrated IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports, 1 front & 1 rear USB 2.0 Ports 6 USB 2.0 Ports, 2 front & 4 rear Operating System Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home SP2 on original CD (w/coupon for $60 Vista upgrade) Productivity Software None Software Bundle Nero Digital Creation Suite - Capture, Edit, and Author Video with immersive Dolby 5.1 Surround, plus Photo Editing Suite Security Software None Recovery Disk Custom DVD Restore Disk, returns your system hard drive to the original factory installation Internal Cables Standard Premium Ribbon IDE and Floppy Cables Keyboard Velocity Micro™ Deluxe Multimedia & Internet Keyboard with volume control, custom made by Creative Labs - Black Mouse Genuine Microsoft® USB Optical Wheel Mouse - Black Network Cable None Printers None Printer Cable None Power Protection None T-Shirt FREE Velocity Micro™ Limited Edition T-shirt in Blue, size XL Assembly Careful custom hand wiring for maximum air flow, assembled in Richmond, Virginia, USA Quality Assurance Individual custom testing for complete system functionality, signed by the system builder and QA inspector Documentation Owner's Portfolio with Velocity Micro manual, driver disks, and accessory pack Installation None Warranty** 1 Yr Standard Parts & Labor Ltd Warranty, 1 Yr Regular Business Hours Support, and Depot Repair Service Upgrade Plan Velocity Micro Lifetime Upgrade Plan allows you to return your system for maintenance, discounted upgrades, and tuning Gift Card $25 Best Buy Gift Card by mail with purchase of this system - Hurry, limited time offer!
alienware is overpriced, don't even bother with them if you're getting your new build form velocity micro, then they're probably somewhat better priced, btu I'm nto entirely sure. if you want better bang/$ try http://ibuypower.com pick and choose(get a better PSU though)
by the way, CPU stands for Central Processing Unit. What you're looking to get is an entire computer. The CPU is just one part in the computer. When you want a car, you don't go around saying "I need an engine." And yeah, I can be like everybody else and suggest you a site to build a somewhat craptastic computer, or I can encourage you to buy all the parts seprate, and follow this little guide on assembling a computer: 1. Screw the parts in the only humanly possible way. 2. Plug all the cords in the only possible way they can fit into the ports. 3. Install windows by following a foolproof sequence of pressing like 6 buttons. 4. Install drivers by placing the Motherboard's Drive disc into the CD-ROM, and press "Install" when given the menu. Whoa, that is really not hard. With a $2900 build, you should be getting a Geforce 8800GTX (will be released tomorrow, the 7th), an E'6600 (as mentioned in the builds), an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard, 2x 1GB of Team memory (like the best memory around), and a lot of other fancy gizmos. If you feel so intrigued to save money, have a better system, and don't mind devoting like 2-3 hours towards a cool computer, then ask me and other members to provide links to parts, and then all you have to do is click the link, press Add to Cart, and check out.
I have found the best cpu ever :| i am amazed and only for Total: USD $1,568.00 including shipping... now if only i an persuade my dad to buy it!! Info Case ( Raidmax Ninja-918 ATX Mid-tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black ) Case Lighting ( Neon Light Green ) Power Supply ( Standard Case Power Supply ) Processor ( [Socket-775] Intel® Pentium-D Processor 940 [3.2GHz, Dual-Core, 2x2MB Cache, 800MHz FSB, 64-Bit] ) Free Software/Game ( Free Game - [World of Warcraft ] ) Processor Cooling ( [New !!!] iBUYPOWER Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit --- [for INTEL CPU] ) Motherboard ( ** iBUYPOWER Recommended ** [DDR2] ECS C19-A SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0 Dual PCI-E MB ) Memory ( [Req.DDR2 MainBoard] 1024MB (512MB x2) DDR2-667 PC5300 Memory Corsair XMS2 Xtreme w/Heat Spreader ) Video Card ( 2x NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video ) Hard Drive ( 320 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] ) 2nd Hard Drive ( None ) Raid Configuration ( None ) External Raid Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None ) CD/DVD Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black ) CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black ) Sound Card ( Dolby Digital Surround 7.1 Sound Card ) Speaker System ( 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System ) Fax Modem ( None ) Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) ) Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Black ) Monitor ( None ) 2nd Monitor ( None ) Keyboard ( None ) Mouse ( None ) Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Blue ) Flash Media Reader/Writer ( None ) Operation System ( [==NEW==] MS Windows XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 2 & $49 Upgrade Coupon for Windows Vista™ Home Basic ) Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( None ) IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( None ) USB Flash Drive ( None ) TV Tuner ( None ) Video Camera ( None ) Headset ( None ) Power Protection ( None ) Printer ( None ) Printer Cable ( None ) Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support ) Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )
lets just see about that horrible PSU horrible CPU, compared to today's standards horrible motherboard bad memory crap graphics subsytem crappy sound card even crappier speakers hope you got a monitor and keyboard and mice and surge protector
crappy CPU. Pentium Ds are just plain bad. example given - a 1.86GHz Core 2 duo outperforms a 3.73GHz Pentium Extreme edition in many things, CORE 2 DUO > ATHLON 64 X2/FX > PENTIUM XE/D/4 athlon 64s do about 70% mroe work per clock cycle than a Pentium 4(so a 1.8GHz Athlon 64 slightly outperforms a 3.0GHz Pentium 4 overall) Core 2 duos are about 90% more powerful per clock than Pentium Ds (so a 2.13GHz Core 2 duo out slightly performs a 4GHz Pentium D in most scenarios) http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/c...hootout_12.html Intel stopped mainstreme development on the Pentiums 4/ds a long time ago, Core 2 has been their concentration for a while. THEY NO LONGER EVEN PRODUCE THEM obsolete and expensive to make. now this might seem weird,the pentiums clearly have more Ghz. Note though that the rate at which transistors change isn't even a measurement of performance, it's just an isolated thing by which models of a certain processor type were compared by(which is entirely innacurate when comparing two diferent things) do you beleive me when i say a Pentium III running at 100mhz can outperform a 150mhz Pentium 1 in almost any scenario? well scale this to current terms - a Pentium 4 which was designed for high GHz at moderate performance performance GHz is out performed by a chip designed for high performance per GHz and the new chip runs at almsot the same GHz as the old(with air cooling you could run a Core 2 at 3.8GHz and a Pentium 4 at 4.5 to put it in perspective) ========================== go off of this http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=191 swap to the e6400 swap psu tot he enermax PSU get a single 7900GT for the GFX card and the rest you can do as you please.
Ok bro thanks ill try it now, and here's my current systems specs atm let me know if they're good or real ----ty. ========================================= CPU You Have: 2 processors running - Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz ========================================= ========================================= CPU Speed You Have: 3.19 GHz Performance Rated at 4.79 GHz ========================================= ========================================= System RAM You Have: 511.4 MB ========================================= ========================================= Operating System You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) ========================================= ========================================= Video Card RADEON 9200 (RADEON 9200 AGP (0x5961)) ========================================= Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 128.0 MB Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes Vertex Shader Ver.:1.1 Pixel Shader Ver.:1.4 ========================================= ========================================= Video Card Driver Version (DirectX) Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.6396 ========================================= ========================================= DirectX Version You Have: 9.0c ========================================= ========================================= Sound Card You Have: Sony MPEG RealTime encoder board ========================================= ========================================= Sound Card Driver Version Your driver version number is: 1.1.4.2250 ========================================= ========================================= Free Disk Space You Have: 204.7 GB ========================================= ========================================= DVD You Have: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082B ========================================= ^_^
Alienware is a rip off. Dont bother, especially now that they were bought by Dell. If you have 3k, buy somethink like a Falcon Mach
Your Doing Graphics Design off of 512 mb of RAM? goodluck getting your comp to even liquify something bro cause that ---- is garbage!!lol
I noted that you'de be paying monthly - again don't waste money just to waste money cut where needed. spending the little extra ehre and there to future proof your system is stupid for the most part. ESPECIALLY if you don't have the money to spend.(wiser to buy a moderate PC twice as often and have good bang/$ and the capacitry to sell the old system than to pay twice as much half as often for diminishing returns) youre current system has a decent base could just tolerate some more RAM and a enw graphics card(and potentialy a new power supply to compensate for that) if you just wanted to extend the life of the system and not break the bank(while still having a decent gaming experience) get another gig of RAM, a radeon x1650 --- AGP and possibly a new power supply to acomadate this new stuff
