new cheap comp setup
12-17-2007, 09:19 PM
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Re: new cheap comp setup
Originally Posted by leed
New Egg is selling recertified Raptors for $89 IIRC. Two of those in raid would rip.
$220 for a 8800gtx seems like a really good deal. Where from?
Ive been looking at the 512 8800gt. Toms hardware had a good comp. article, and the price/perf. sweet spot was the 8800GT.
$220 for a 8800gtx seems like a really good deal. Where from?
Ive been looking at the 512 8800gt. Toms hardware had a good comp. article, and the price/perf. sweet spot was the 8800GT.
It all depends how much you're trying to spend, but check it out on tomshardware.
12-18-2007, 07:13 AM
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Re: new cheap comp setup
The 512 8800 GT is next to impossible to find right now according to www.hardocp.com. And when you do find it, it's likely to be priced over MSRP.
I wouldn't know because I swore on everything I'd never buy another nVidia card after the FX series. Basically I got conned into buying probably the worst video card money could buy, for a whole lot of money at Best Buy, 5200 FX ftl. That was before I knew a lot about building computers, but I still have a beef with nVidia.
The card I've got my eye on right now is the 3870 from ATi, close to the same performance as the 8800 GT but not quite - and the price reflects that. Plus they're readily available right now for about 200-250 depending on where you get it.
You can read more on it here
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==
I wouldn't know because I swore on everything I'd never buy another nVidia card after the FX series. Basically I got conned into buying probably the worst video card money could buy, for a whole lot of money at Best Buy, 5200 FX ftl. That was before I knew a lot about building computers, but I still have a beef with nVidia.
The card I've got my eye on right now is the 3870 from ATi, close to the same performance as the 8800 GT but not quite - and the price reflects that. Plus they're readily available right now for about 200-250 depending on where you get it.
You can read more on it here
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==
12-18-2007, 01:46 PM
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Re: new cheap comp setup
Originally Posted by n1ghtm0nkey
I wouldn't know because I swore on everything I'd never buy another nVidia card after the FX series. Basically I got conned into buying probably the worst video card money could buy, for a whole lot of money at Best Buy, 5200 FX ftl. That was before I knew a lot about building computers, but I still have a beef with nVidia.
Budget_SI i love my 8600, couldn't ask for more at the price i got it at.
RS i know. just like the performance
. the + side to raptors is the spead, and the old school 5-year warranty let's you ebay them very cheap and not worry about it. for the money, raid-0 seagate's are better. two 300gb seagates can be had cheaper than one retail 150g raptor, blow the doors off it speed wise, and are still faaaar quieter :\that's the only thing i really hate about raptors... the sound is terrible. WD drives have ALWAYS been noisyier than most other non-proffesional drives. they have very loud head movements. id glady trade the two raptors in my room for a pair of seagates :\
12-18-2007, 03:34 PM
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Re: new cheap comp setup
Originally Posted by Toysrme
you got conned: you were a ------- idiot that didn't research on his own lmao!
Budget_SI i love my 8600, couldn't ask for more at the price i got it at.
RS i know. just like the performance. the + side to raptors is the spead, and the old school 5-year warranty let's you ebay them very cheap and not worry about it. for the money, raid-0 seagate's are better. two 300gb seagates can be had cheaper than one retail 150g raptor, blow the doors off it speed wise, and are still faaaar quieter :\
that's the only thing i really hate about raptors... the sound is terrible. WD drives have ALWAYS been noisyier than most other non-proffesional drives. they have very loud head movements. id glady trade the two raptors in my room for a pair of seagates :\
Budget_SI i love my 8600, couldn't ask for more at the price i got it at.
RS i know. just like the performance
. the + side to raptors is the spead, and the old school 5-year warranty let's you ebay them very cheap and not worry about it. for the money, raid-0 seagate's are better. two 300gb seagates can be had cheaper than one retail 150g raptor, blow the doors off it speed wise, and are still faaaar quieter :\that's the only thing i really hate about raptors... the sound is terrible. WD drives have ALWAYS been noisyier than most other non-proffesional drives. they have very loud head movements. id glady trade the two raptors in my room for a pair of seagates :\
12-18-2007, 08:47 PM
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Re: new cheap comp setup
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12-20-2007, 11:40 PM
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Re: new cheap comp setup
i installed vista ultimate.
i like vista a lot, the look and feel reminds me of fedora
it pisses me off that i can only use 3gig or the 4 gigs of ram because of the stupid allocation bs...
but vista is cool so far. was a pita to install because you can't boot of these msdn disks
so i had to ***** rig it first install xp home, then vista on my new 500gig barracuda 3g/s sata2 hdd (thanks suckah)
i couldn't find our msdn copy of vista 64x
i like vista a lot, the look and feel reminds me of fedora
it pisses me off that i can only use 3gig or the 4 gigs of ram because of the stupid allocation bs...
but vista is cool so far. was a pita to install because you can't boot of these msdn disks
so i had to ***** rig it first install xp home, then vista on my new 500gig barracuda 3g/s sata2 hdd (thanks suckah)
i couldn't find our msdn copy of vista 64x
