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cuchulainn wrote:Check out http://www.newegg.com for prices too, I found they often had the same parts cheaper than tigerdirect.

BlackFox898 wrote:a computer like that i'd dual boot. Vista and XP, Vista for dx10 games and XP for everything else.

cuchulainn wrote:

BlackFox898 wrote:a computer like that i'd dual boot. Vista and XP, Vista for dx10 games and XP for everything else.

From what I've seen on the internet, it looks like some kid programmer has engineered dx10 to be able to work with XP, but not too sure.

Also, I'm 99% sure you can get Newegg in Canada. A friend on WoW helped me out a lot with building my system and he, along with another guy who builds comps and recommended Newegg, are candadian.

Does Newegg.com ship internationally?

Newegg.com does not currently ship internationally; we only deliver to locations within the United States and to Puerto Rico.

phulshof wrote:Seems fine to me, though I'm putting some question marks with a case + 800W power supply for that price. The reviews on the website appear good though, so perhaps it'll work out. What OS do you play to run with this, because I wonder how much of that 4 GB RAM you will actually be able to use. I also notice you didn't include an OS in your order...

cuchulainn wrote:

phulshof wrote:Seems fine to me, though I'm putting some question marks with a case + 800W power supply for that price. The reviews on the website appear good though, so perhaps it'll work out. What OS do you play to run with this, because I wonder how much of that 4 GB RAM you will actually be able to use. I also notice you didn't include an OS in your order...

XP Professional will recognize up to 4 GB of RAM so that shouldn't be an issue.

also /wave pinnokio

cuchulainn wrote:

phulshof wrote:Seems fine to me, though I'm putting some question marks with a case + 800W power supply for that price. The reviews on the website appear good though, so perhaps it'll work out. What OS do you play to run with this, because I wonder how much of that 4 GB RAM you will actually be able to use. I also notice you didn't include an OS in your order...

XP Professional will recognize up to 4 GB of RAM so that shouldn't be an issue.

also /wave pinnokio

cuchulainn wrote:

phulshof wrote:Seems fine to me, though I'm putting some question marks with a case + 800W power supply for that price. The reviews on the website appear good though, so perhaps it'll work out. What OS do you play to run with this, because I wonder how much of that 4 GB RAM you will actually be able to use. I also notice you didn't include an OS in your order...

XP Professional will recognize up to 4 GB of RAM so that shouldn't be an issue.

also /wave pinnokio

PeaInAPod wrote:Taking into reason some of your choices dytopia I have compiled a complete machine on newegg.com let me know what you think.

For the motherboard and videocard I went with eVGA for both. The reason being that there products are of exceptionally high quality and both the motherboard and videocard are covered by a full lifetime warranty if you register the products with eVGA. And considering you want are going to do some heavy gaming the fact that this board supports SLI is a plus and this motherboard is reckoned to be one of the best mobo's for overclocking! And the videocard is brand spanking new and hands down the fastest product on the market. The motherboard is $260 and the videocard is $540.
eVGA 780i SLI mobo (2 time winner of neweggs customer choice award)
eVGA GTX 280 videocard

At first I was going to go with one of the new intel quad-core cpu's (teh Q9300 2.5Ghz @ $250)but I opted to go with a higher clocked dual core as you net more performance now and don't rely on the ability to overclock the quad core for higher speeds. So for $190 your getting a easy overclockable Intel E8400 thats already @ 3.0Ghz.
CPU Specs

PC Power and Cooling is easily the best PSU company. For $160 your getting a 750 watt PSU capable of driving four graphics cards and still has a 80 percent efficiency rating. It is a very capable PSU and I have had a similar model for 6 years and have had zero problems. If your not sure about this company reputation/quality quality consider in one of the leading PC magazines(Maximum PC)they annualy build a "Dream Machine" and the PSU company of choice for all there top end equipment? PC Power and Cooling.
PSU Specs.

For memory I went with Corsair. The sticks linked to below are DDR2 800 speed, $75, and are on the eVGA certified memory list for this motherboard.
Memory Specs.

For the case I opted for a Antec Nine Hundred @ $119. It is a very capable case and one of if not the best case for use with air-cooled systems.
Case Specs.

For the rest I spec'ed out a 500 GB SeaGate SATA harddrive for $80 w/ a 5 year warranty, two LG IDE DVD Burners for $24 each;went with 2 because it is a really handy to have 2 drives, and a $6 tube of Artic Silver 5 thermal paste.

This PC is compromised of the latest and greatest parts on the market, and includes everything you need to get started for $1,477.91 and thats before any mail in rebates. In a earlier post you asked about the IDE ports on a motherboard, there is one IDE port on this board which supports up to two devices, which would be the dual dvd burners. IDE harddrives are old and pretty much defunct, SATA is the new connection for harddrives. It is MUCH fast and prices for SATA harddrives are no different then IDE drives, if anything there cheaper. This board has 6 SATA ports, so you could connect up to 6 HD's.

I didn't include the Thermalright 120-Extreme heatsink because I couldn't find it but expect to spend another $50-70 for it.

Dystopia wrote:I've done some modifications on the parts im getting in the end I have two machines

For the case I opted for a Antec Nine Hundred @ $119. It is a very capable case and one of if not the best case for use with air-cooled systems.
Case Specs.

cuchulainn wrote:also /wave pinnokio

Vandango wrote:Quad Core Sucks! And i mean it.
The L1 Cache on the q6600 is shit (36k x4 ofc). the bus speed is shit (1800).

The Cache is very important Processor speeds arent becomming much of a proplem these days. Intels are known for very crappy L1 Caches But extremely good L2 Ones. L1 Cahce is the first cache it goes though so it must be good.


if you aiming for games i STRONGLY RECCOMEND YOU To go for an AMD

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143263

This is what im getting for my new PC

its an AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition
Now the specs matches to your 6600 but on the specs it dosent list it has a 512k and a bus speed of 3600!!!!

(Specs from PC World)
Physical + Memory Specifications
Number of Processor Cores 4
L1 Cache Size 512 kB
L3 Cache Size 2 MB
Processor Socket AMD Socket AM2+
Included Fan Type ATX
L2 Cache Size 2 MB

Dystopia wrote:Okay, im not gonna lie here.

I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about, never done this before.I know barley anything about computer parts and hardware. But, im planning to get this built by 2009. I need the time to get the money, know the parts, practice on my computer etc.

phulshof wrote:

Dystopia wrote:Okay, im not gonna lie here.

I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about, never done this before.I know barley anything about computer parts and hardware. But, im planning to get this built by 2009. I need the time to get the money, know the parts, practice on my computer etc.

Hmm, then I hope you pay the extra money to let THEM put it together, before you ruin everything with ESD or impatience.