another anoyin rate my pc ;)

[SpeedEng66]

1 building a rig for my wife (xmas kinda I just hate her dell rdram pos)
she's plays games(light games like sim 2, black and white), web surfs, adobe , flash and photoshop, and burns alot of dvd's

2 $500 is my budget (330 out of 500 is used)

3 I picked up most of the main items (newegg anandtech trades zzf)
foxconn p35a ($50)
E6550 ($130)
hp 2 x 1gb 667 ($20)
zalman 7000 ($25)
Vista prem oem ($45)
ATI x800xl (traded ps2)
might reuse her old ide dvd burner
antec 500 watt earth ($60)
old ugly black ultra case (free)

I might dab alittle into the O/Cing this system (but I need it to be stable)
so no more than 400fsb (2.8 ghz)

whats a good HD for her? I usually give her hand me down ide hds
but since this is a new fancy system for her can you help with a hd brand
SATA drive

and how's the set up looking so far?

 

[Nole7]

Where are you getting a gig of RAM for $10? and vista premium oem for $45?

 

[chuckm]

This was just given to me;
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5296757

 

[SpeedEng66]

Originally posted by: Nole7
Where are you getting a gig of RAM for $10? and vista premium oem for $45?

hp ram deal ($10 after rebate) that was going on for a good few months

and the vista is from last year (buy xp get vista deal) I just never had anything to instal vista onto so it just collected dust

 

[SpeedEng66]

Originally posted by: chuckm
This was just given to me;
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5296757

wow 5 Year warranty!

Is it any good?
quiet too?

 

[chuckm]

Originally posted by: SpeedEng66

Originally posted by: chuckm
This was just given to me;
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5296757

wow 5 Year warranty!

Is it any good?
quiet too?

I don't know yet, still lookin. Had to get some sleep, now i'm goin' to work.

 

[chuckm]

I haven't found out anything on this drive. Doesn't even show up on their website.?????

 

[Roguestar]

Seems overkill for web-browsing and three-year-old games. I'd have bought something for $500 from the dell outlet for the warranty and display it comes with.

Hard drive suggestions: Your choice of size of Seagate 7200.10, Western Digital KS series.

 

[SpeedEng66]

Originally posted by: Roguestar
Seems overkill for web-browsing and three-year-old games. I'd have bought something for $500 from the dell outlet for the warranty and display it comes with.

Hard drive suggestions: Your choice of size of Seagate 7200.10, Western Digital KS series.

it might be,
the pos dell is 6 years old now (dell is going to be my new mame box)
I just want to give her enough head room until the next pc I build

im thinking raptor (36gb) is it overrated?

 

[Roguestar]

The Raptor is really only for people who see their hard drive as the bottleneck in their otherwise cutting-edge PC. The $/GB is also pretty bad, compared to the performance gain for what you're using it for. You really don't need a raptor for a web-browsing standard family PC. Or even headroom for a few years - old games and web-browsing don't increase in processing demands . What you've bought now is more than enough :thumbsup:.

 

[SpeedEng66]

I just want her to have a kick a$$ system (she's going to be working at home next year)
she does other things on it (other stuff I have no clue about that runs really slow on her dell for work)

I ordered that sata 320gb that chuckm posted
& im going to reuse a ide hd 320gb (for her other media stuff)

so I should forgetabout the 36gb raptor (for os and programs)
cause it's not worth it right? (if money/gb is not a issue)


(last one I promise)
Thanks

 

[chuckm]

Let me know when you get the segate drive. I've got a few questions.

Thanks
Chuck

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: SpeedEng66
so I should forgetabout the 36gb raptor?

Yeah, just go with a large storage drive instead. I'm a gamer and I wouldn't buy a Raptor.