still trying to get cash from my mom, i would prefer it all ship from newegg, so if i get cash when newegg starts selling it, then ill buy it from newegg, if not, then ill go with TD.
You said $100 bucks for keyboard and mouse. My mouse Suggestion is one of the Gx mice from logitech. I have the wireless G7 (I wanted a wireless setup), which is absolutely amazing. Great fit in my hand, the buttons and scroll wheel are easy to click, but not to a point where you start accidentally clicking. Albeit, you will have to swap your battery every 10 hours of usage (it gives you two and it only takes a second), and some people do find this annoying (I don't have any problem with it, battery has died mid-game though). The price is hefty however, around $70. Review You can opt for the G5 though, which is basically the corded version of the G7. Review (10/10) Hope that helps.
Corded (for gaming) is ftw. Most of the time, at least. You can almost always count on a corded mouse//keyboard to have a faster responce rate compared to a wireless mouse//keyboard of the same price range. I use a Microsoft Optical mouse, and it works fine. With all the punishment i have given it (throwing it into a wall, etc), it is good. And keyboard is fine. Who gives a ---- about keyboards?
i was going to go with a microsoft keyboard and mouse, corded optical mouse, and yeah, its proven that the response time is better on corded than wireless, which is why i dont use my wavebird controllers on my gamecube for RE4. im not a huge gamer, just want something that fits nicely in my hands, is dependable, and ive used before, so im getting microsofts bundle.
The G7 has such a low response time you wouldnt know its cordless (from my experience at least). (It uses the 2.4 GHZ band, I think that makes some sort of different but not sure). Edit: Courtesy ExtremeTech
i already have a wireless, and it pisses me off, i have to replace the batteries atleast once a week.
If you hate changing batteries, go G5 (corded). With the G7, if your on a good portion of the day, you'll be swapping the batteries every day (G7 comes with a usb recharger and two rechargable batteries, as well as having a little button on both mouse and charger that ejects the battery so you can switch them with very little effort). I must sound like I get paid by Logitch. You cant lose with the G5 though, and its only like 40 bucks. (Check out the review on it.) I'm not even a heavy gamer and I love my G7 mouse, which is supposedly worse than the G5. I just like the cordless aspect because I can sit on my bed and turn my computer towards me and watch movies and such .
bang/$ the 6600 looses to the 6400(which costs 2/3rds as much) I'm the type of guy to go a little cheaper on the motherboard, say the 150 Biostar board http://anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2797&p=7
only one problem i see with that: 1xPCI-Ex16 slot As I said, I want this computer to last me ATLEAST 5 years with minimal upgrades, and those upgrades I dont want to have to go out and buy a new mobo, processor, memory, video cards, etc. i mean, in the least, i could expand to a 512 crossfire setup in another couple of years and that would last me (im sure 2x256 cards is probably cheaper than the new technology which isnt 100% perfected right now 512MB cards). The expandability of the computer is really want im looking for.
peoplE said that about the 6600GT... so you spent 300$ then... and another $110 now... for 410 and currently a 7900GT kills two of those in SLi... at this time you'd be best off to sell the current card and to buy a new oen entirely. again, give up on future proofing, it isn't going to happen. You could ahve spend 10k on that Pentium Pro system in 97, but it just wont' cut it anymore unless you effectively swapped everything out. and there is no guarantee that xFIRE will work between x1k cards and newer x2K cards, thy have fairly diferet architectures and support diferent technologies software and hardware wise. you can still just sell the 'old' card and buy a new one YOUR MONEY THOUGH...
For the last time, its not xfire, its crossfire... I'd say if you have the money go for the E6600, its more future proof then the 6400 because of the cache....
not that much(see my post average performance increase is 3.5% per clock)... the 100$ would be better spent towards the next sytem or on something else... only reason I can see for it is for the higher multiplier.
Well for the applications we have now, but for the applications we'll have next year might just like the 4mb cache so.... its your pC not mine
okay, so if i went for your motherboard, where could I find that particular one? The ones that were listed under "find the cheapest prices" were the board I already picked, the $250 one. Also, what would you recommend then? The x1800xt or the 7900GT? Im with apoc in a way, what may come next year are applications and games that will need a larger cache potentially, although I honestly dont game that much and most traditional programs wouldnt require a huge cache. I suppose the cheapest we can get this build to host this current builds graphics and tasking capabilities is the next step, as the cheaper the build gets, the mroe likely I am to get the money (such as downgrading the current mobo to another one that just houses what we have now, as apparently "future-proofing" is impossible ). I will OC it once the warranties expire, so the parts I get I would like to be capable of OCing when the time comes, yet still be good without being OC'd until that time comes.
