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  1. Canada Eh895

    Canada Eh895 Well-Known Member

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    CPU e4300 -150 (or that $160 e6550 you spoke of...)
    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...nufacture=Intel
    RAM - $80 AR
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...7&Sku=O261-7054
    card - $160 AR
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...CatId=1560drive
    drive - $130(FYI I'd personally buy a small drive and just buy another if I ever run out of space...)
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/sea...p?EdpNo=2273393
    case - $43
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...7021&CatId=1845
    (if the PSU is what I think it is then it's good enough. Not great, good enough. It's not one of those units I'd try maxing out but for what you're doing it should be "good enough" worst case scenario you can always just buy another PSU)
    burner - $37
    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...facture=Samsung
    heatsink - $30
    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...rctic%20Cooling

    a few things to note - the e6550s should have be of the G0 stepping. these can be run at lower voltages and are supposedly more resistant to heat. Willing to bet you can run it at around 3.0Ghz @ around 1.2V or so. That would put it at the point where it runs cooler than stock e6600s and the like.
    the case/PSU combo I listed is fiarly decent. I'm not entirely sure of the SPU though, i believe it's a 500W ultra x-finity(the folling is only true if my assumption is correct). those are decent PSUs and aren't absolute crap. they're only of average quality. it should be fine though.
    you can cut on the video card if you want. In a lot of cases it would offer performance similar to that of the PS3(as a reference mark) post overclocking(which is allowed under warranty for that card FYI)
    heatsink isn't "top of the line" but would be more than acceptable for a moderate overclock. If you want top of the line for the HSF just say so and I can dig something up.
    RAM included isn't overclocking RAM per se. It will run reasonably well and isn't bad, better than what's in a lot of OEM systems, but don't expect insane overclocking out of it.

    as for the difference between card, the one you found is somewhat better. it's higher binned and comes with a factory overclock and is warrantied for it.


    tell me if all that fits within your budget.
    preshipping and tax but after MIR it's around $630CAD
     
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    That is insanely sexy.

    $888 with tax and shipping.

    I wonder if the "Total" is with or without the rebates?

    Thanks a tonne for all your help, I'll order it whenever I get paid, probably next week or the week after that, because I don't really want to have to borrow money from my parents because it hurts me deeply when I have to pay it back lol.
     
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    usually total's are without rebates.

    if you wanted, you could later put the rebate money towards a better PSU should the one included prove insufficient... or you could save it for more important things like enjoying life...
     
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    Ok thanks.

    Was that heatsink only there if I got the e6650 OEM? i might as well get it, considering it's only like $10 more
     
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    yeh go for it I'd say. more l2 cache and CPU virtualization should you desire. not as easy of a chip to overclock(as in it requires more tweeking on the motherboard side to get the most out of it) but you're not going for anything insane.

    I can help you OC if you need, you SHOULD be able to basically just pop the CPU into your board, set the FSB to 400 and set the RAM to the 667(1:1) divider leave most of everything on auto and viola nice 20% performance boost.(do that after installing windows though you need to test for stability and you don't want a corrupted OS isntall)
     
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    ok sounds good

    i'm not planning on buying vista for this.. i'm going to stick with XP for a bit longer. i have an XP home disk that came with my now obsolete Dell and after I install it I'll probably upgrade to media center

    would there be any problems using my xp disk?
     
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    well activating may or may not be an issue though you'de be abel to use the system for 30 days during which you can buy or download(eg. linux bsd etc.) another OS.

    I think you should be fine getting a proper OS if the dell CD doesn't work quite well.

    few things to note though, uninstall any drivers installed on the disc. uninstall random crap.(only applicable if it's a recovery disc and not a fresh windows isntall disc though)
     
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    k i installed it on an older computer of mine and activated with no problem
     
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    Just figured out why that last build you told me was so cheap.. there wasn't a mobo :(

    I don't think i'm going to be able to get a conroe in my price range.. I mean, they're way better, but, I'm only 16 and saving for uni, and I don't want to borrow from my parents. I guess either a Pentium D or AMD is the only way to go..

    This is what I think I've settled on, as long as I can get it and get the rebate in before Aug 15th, I'm good.

    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18453&promoid=0
    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=22731
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...5&sku=E145-7892
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...&sku=TSD-500AS2
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...21&sku=ULT31795
    http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...7&sku=O261-7054
    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=24407

    $969.10 without rebate

    -$20 gfx card (expires 31 aug)
    = 949.1

    -$40 ram (expires 15 aug)
    = 909.1

    total w s/h+tax = $909.10

    Is it all compatible?
     
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    ever buy a Pentium THERE crap, and that will do u wonders
     
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    Ok thx.

    Is that processor better than the one you first suggested Ohms? It was 159 on Tigerdirect and I looked on NCIX and I found a 5200 for 158, which I assume is better because the one you suggested was (I think) a 4800 and common sense tells me that the higher the number the better..
     
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    umm dont always go with what you think is common sence. alot of times with computers its backwards, luckily 5200>4800 in the case of amd processors
     
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    That is kinda true, the 5200+ will be fine its faster then the 4800+

    good luck on the build :)
     
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    ok i'm dumb heh. I blame it on sleep deprivaation.

    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...anufacture=eVGA
    relatively decent board for the cost(cost being of primary importance)

    should put it within 10 CAD (after MIR) of going the athlon route, but with a hell of a lot more scalability.


    if you do go the athlon route though, don't bother paying for more expensive models. They're basically all the same asside from the multiplier. Same place of assembly etc. you can save some cash by buying a lower tiered athlon and just overclocking the difference. got a 50% overclock on my opteron 165 a year ago and since then manufacturing on the athlons has improved a bit.


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    if you mean "never" well that depends...

    Pentium Ms are pretty good(comparable to an athlon 64 but WAY more overclockable, atleast for the time)
    Pentium 4s - dead on right there biggest F' up in intel's history
    Pentium Ds - see above
    Pentium Dual Core - more powerful per clock than athlon x2s and they overclock better.

    limiting yourself to one company is stupidity. If you live in a capitalist country or one affected by capitalism to some degree there is no reason why EVERY consumer shouldn't be able to benefit from free market capitalism through then purchase of the best product at the best price point.
     

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