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New rig

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aznman

Senior member
Well, time to buy myself a christmas gift....heres what i came out with, please comment if u view this thread.

*already have an 80gig
all from newegg
-antec lan boy 75.00
BenQ 16x dvd burner (double layer) 59.99
Patriot ram-dual channel kit 1gig(2x512)pc3200-got some nice reviews 155.00
MSI K8N neo2 plat. 136.00
AMD athlon 64 3000+939 socket w/ heatsink(retail) 146.00
Ship.20.90
total 529.89

from chumbo
BFG 6800GT OC w/ BFG 550w PSU and Doom 3 449.99
free ship

Total
979.88

o yeah, already got windows xp
 
maybe wait for nf4 or ati new chipset. card is fine you would probably want nf4. i would say get the 3200 better oc. get ocz el plat. rev 2. nec has a nice dvd burned. eww nasty case only 2 fans they are 120mm but still ugly too.

other than that nice rig
 
if you are gonna go out will 1000 dollars why not pay a little more and its w00t with zeros bitch. lol sorry a lil joke hehe
 
That Benq drive is solid. I would get it over Nec 3500A. I prefer +R media and Benq 1620 is one of the best when using +R and Booktype. NEC 3500A has bias towards -R media.
 
Thanks for all the replies guys. I will be sure to look into the NEC drive. keep posting comments!!!!
 
If you are looking to save a some dough, try pricing other sites other than Newegg. You might find other reputable sites that give better deals.

Cheers!
 
Originally posted by: ciwell
If you are looking to save a some dough, try pricing other sites other than Newegg. You might find other reputable sites that give better deals.

Cheers!
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I was really thinking about it. I would trust newegg with my life thats why i dont mind paying a little more for quality service. But do u guys know any good sights for online store reviews? thanks in advance and keep posting!!!
 
With NF4 around the corner I'd be a bit hesitant at building a new rig with your budget. You might as well pick up a Socket754 board and save a few bucks if you are going A64- AGP's death certificate is already written out, any 939 or 754 board available is a dead end product. When your vid card is your bottleneck, which will likely happen long before your processor, you are SOL. Of course, that rig will be very sweet for some time, it's certainly a very nice configuration for the dollar and not bad by any means, I'm simply saying that I would flinch with a major change happening very shortly(NF4 should be shipping in weeks).
 
Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
With NF4 around the corner I'd be a bit hesitant at building a new rig with your budget. You might as well pick up a Socket754 board and save a few bucks if you are going A64- AGP's death certificate is already written out, any 939 or 754 board available is a dead end product. When your vid card is your bottleneck, which will likely happen long before your processor, you are SOL. Of course, that rig will be very sweet for some time, it's certainly a very nice configuration for the dollar and not bad by any means, I'm simply saying that I would flinch with a major change happening very shortly(NF4 should be shipping in weeks).
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Yeah theres lots of big talk about this new chipset. So would it be smarter to wait for a the new NF4? and is that all i need to wait for?
 
Originally posted by: aznman
Originally posted by: ciwell
If you are looking to save a some dough, try pricing other sites other than Newegg. You might find other reputable sites that give better deals.

Cheers!
Click to expand...

I was really thinking about it. I would trust Newegg with my life; that's why I don't mind paying a little more for quality service. But do you guys know any good sites for online store reviews? Thanks in advance and keep posting!
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Fix'd.
😀

Seriously though, Resellerratings is good.
 
Originally posted by: 1336
Originally posted by: aznman
Originally posted by: ciwell
If you are looking to save a some dough, try pricing other sites other than Newegg. You might find other reputable sites that give better deals.

Cheers!
Click to expand...

I was really thinking about it. I would trust Newegg with my life; that's why I don't mind paying a little more for quality service. But do you guys know any good sites for online store reviews? Thanks in advance and keep posting!
Click to expand...
Fix'd.
😀

Seriously though, Resellerratings is good.
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you are an english teacher arent ya. 😀
 
Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: 1336
Originally posted by: aznman
Originally posted by: ciwell
If you are looking to save a some dough, try pricing other sites other than Newegg. You might find other reputable sites that give better deals.

Cheers!
Click to expand...

I was really thinking about it. I would trust Newegg with my life; that's why I don't mind paying a little more for quality service. But do you guys know any good sites for online store reviews? Thanks in advance and keep posting!
Click to expand...
Fix'd.
😀

Seriously though, Resellerratings is good.
Click to expand...


you are an english teacher arent ya. 😀
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I hate english.....Although its one of my better subject....far from math...

EDIT: 1336 Thanks for the sight man!
 
With my price range should I really wait for NF4? I won't be using pci-e and/or SLi. I would find it quite pointless to spend an extra 50-70 dollars for something i won't use. What do you guys think?
 
With my price range should I really wait for NF4? I won't be using pci-e and/or SLi.
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Won't now or won't ever? If you know you never will then don't bother waiting for NF4. Know that you will not have a viable upgrade option if you don't wait however, AGP is quickly being phased out particularly at the high end. If you wait and do go NF4 SLI then you have a wide variety of upgrade options open to you. Pretty much- if you don't plan on upgrading your new rig you can just grab a socket 754 board and save yourself money over the 939 offering, if you do plan on upgrading your new rig then hold out for NF4.
 
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