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friend wants to build a PC...

he has these picked out already...

[/url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103603[url]

[/url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130529

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814140069

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148008[url]

[/url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068[url]

[/url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135076[url]

I can't get them to commit on price...but around 700.00.

He still needs OS and some little stuff.[/url]

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:40 am Post subject:

Might need to review the tags on your post Smile

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:49 am Post subject:

Trying to find the URLs in your tags, I was with you until the Radeon X800XT. I would not purchase a new video card that lacked pixel shader 3.0 at this point. How about GeForce 7900GT or Radeon X1800XT instead? The 512MB version looks appealing.

I'm not a big fan of Aspire power supplies. I do like Seasonic. For about the same price as that Aspire, how about this 400-watt unit from Fortron Source? This inexpensive 400-watt PSU will get the job done, but its 80mm fans will be noisier than the 120mm fans in the other power supplies.

I would not bother with the combo optical drive. Get a DVD burner to do everything.
$36 Samsung SH-S162A DVD burner
$47 LiteOn SHM-165H6S DVD burner with LightScribe

I assume that your friend is planning to use this system for gaming? Did he consider the Athlon64 X2 3800+ ?

If you are looking for a pre-assembled system, Hewlett-Packard builds some nice Athlon64-based PCs that lack only a decent PCI-Express graphics card.

There are ways to make the BBCode tags easier, if you need them.

Should this thread really be in the Mods & Ends section?

Mutt Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 121 Location: USA

Yes i agree with Engineer.

That AMD X2 3800+ is nice. I am only running a regular 3800+ and it runs great.

I would not go with the X800XL either as i used to own one of these cards. I would go with the new revisions out to get the most up to date features.

The cards he mentioned are all great cards.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:12 pm Post subject:

This post is what happens when you are trying to post while 3 people are talking to you about two different subjects and then your wife comes and asks you what you want on pizza and do I want a beer.

Mutt Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 121 Location: USA

Well did you at least get beer with your pizza? If you did than you got the most important part right.

ROFL

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject:

FatherBean wrote:
This post is what happens when you are trying to post while 3 people are talking to you about two different subjects and then your wife comes and asks you what you want on pizza and do I want a beer.

"Just a moment... Just a moment... Don't you know me well enough by now to know what I want on a pizza? and Hell yes, I want a beer!"

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

JustAnEngineer wrote:
FatherBean wrote:
This post is what happens when you are trying to post while 3 people are talking to you about two different subjects and then your wife comes and asks you what you want on pizza and do I want a beer.
"Just a moment, Just a moment, Don't you know me well enough by now to know what I want on a pizza? and Hell yes, I want a beer!"

Pretty much what I said but with a look...to which I got..."are you looking for a flicking?"

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject:

$315AR Radeon X1800XT 512MB