Ok, i could've sworn a couple of months ago i saw the dell employee discount for a little less 30% off...so about 2 week ago i checked the dell site employess and businesses and it said 12% Im abandoning pre-built all together, and also dell hasnt dropped prices on the Q6600 yet So i made this build on newegg I would like suggestions and comments And i need to know what other stuff i need for my mom to build it http://secure.newegg.com/Newversion/Shoppi...asp?submit=view 2,236.84 w/o shipping The shipping was about 77bucks Ok the budget is 3000dollars(including the monitor) I was wondering if i should upgrade those speakers i chose I'm not certain about that motherboard (i wanna be sure i can add another GTX like 2-3years from now when their cheap) And these are my top choices for monitors (i dont want to go under 22inches) and no viewsonics they appear kinda bulky http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824005097 $350 22"...nice stats and i think it looks sexy http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824014139 $280 22" cheaper than above http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/product...19&sku=320-5647 $680 24" im still tempted to buy something 1920x1200 especially this Dell ultrasharp but im worried that on games like Crysis or future high demanding games on near high settings a single GTX might not be able to keep up But then again in mid 2008 i could connect my ps3 and enjoy Final Fantasy and blu-ray movies on a 24inch screen and avoid investing in an HDTV Also...what is the reccomended viewing distance for a 24"? Any other monitor suggestions welcomes thanks///
might want to tell us the parts since your link gives nothing FYI. at your budget I'd get something like q6600 2GB RAM dual 8800GTS 640s dual 7200.10s and then if you want WC i'd have to dig up a list. when are you buying though? FYI don't bother with SLi in 2-3 years, then a GTX might be say $80 and you might be abel to sell a current for around that. or you could jsut buy a midrange card for 150 which would work both over by a large margin. GFX cards double in power around once every 12 months or so. also another thing to consider, G9x is supposed to be launched in november basically twice as powerful as a 8800GTX uses less power and is well godly... just it's 4 months out there...
Did you try going here if ur an employee? http://premier.dell.com/portal/standardcon...eep&cs=RC977947
Ok on the link i had COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case Real Power --- 1000W Power Supply 400$ LITE-ON Black LightScribe Technology 33$ TWO Seagate Barracuda 7200 320 gb 160$ Modem 14$ Nvidia 8800 GTX EVGA 516$ Sony DVD ROM 18$ Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts RMS 5.1 Speaker 130$ Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 84$ Logitech G5 (newer blue one) 60$ Media Card Reader 20$ Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 160$ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 320$ GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard 230$ And i was considering Recertified: Fujitsu MAS336RNC 36GB 15,000 RPM for 80$ I already have OS which will be XP ok sorry about the link I am planning to purchase this late august before school 4months is too far away...(but maybe something to tide me over until then?) And the employee site i went to is dell.com/epp/flyer where i type in my moms Member ID and get 12% off certain products
looks decent. Don't see anything too bad though I'll look it over some more a bit later as I need to leave soon. only thing I can say is swap the mouse. G5 is decent but marketed to death. when it comes to precision old optical mice tend to trump the newer laser mice(but laser mice are marketed to death due to the typically higher profit margins) in terms of mice 1 Razer DeathAdder 2 Logitech MX500(if you OC the USB port) 3 Logitech MX518 though the above is only on the performance aspect, there is more to mice than sheer accuracy and tracking. Personal preference comes into play a bit(shape, resistance of buttons scroll wheel etc.). If you click with your fingertips go for the death adder, if you use your whole finger, I'd go for the MX518(the MX500 is almost impossible to find, probably not even in production anymore) I'm using an MX518 and I'll say I'm happy with it. best mouse I've ever used. do some research on that if you want, check some gaming forums.
i have a deathadder now its a greatmouse, some of my friends said they liked it better than the logi G5, only problem i have is that MOUSE 3, 4, 5 stop working when you switch users on windows xp, thats at least what happened to me because i share a computer
