Ok guys help me out here

[entropy1982]

nah i think a regular case would be fine for her

 

[entropy1982]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: entropy1982
I was thinking this:
DFI ultra d
3000+ venice (maybe ill get her to overclock on the phone to like 2.2ghz) that doesnt really even require priming does it? 🙂
either x800xl or 6600gt
2X512mb crucial value or ocz ram
not sure of the case and psu (any suggestions)
some random hdd deal ill find for her
hmm anythign i'm forgetting?

Don't get the DFI. It may take a little tweaking to get it to work properly. Get the Epox NF4 board. The X800XL is a much better card, but I doubt she needs soemnthing that powerful. Some cheaper crucial RAM would be perfect. For Case and PSu just get a Antec case w/ to keep costs down or something. I perfer Seagate for HDD.

which antec case

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: entropy1982
nah i think a regular case would be fine for her

Maybe you should ask her though....

(Not trying to be a jerk, but I know some girls are into these and maybe if she doesn't know anything about components and is trusting you to find stuff for her, you should at least let her know it's an option)

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: entropy1982

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: entropy1982
I was thinking this:
DFI ultra d
3000+ venice (maybe ill get her to overclock on the phone to like 2.2ghz) that doesnt really even require priming does it? 🙂
either x800xl or 6600gt
2X512mb crucial value or ocz ram
not sure of the case and psu (any suggestions)
some random hdd deal ill find for her
hmm anythign i'm forgetting?

Don't get the DFI. It may take a little tweaking to get it to work properly. Get the Epox NF4 board. The X800XL is a much better card, but I doubt she needs soemnthing that powerful. Some cheaper crucial RAM would be perfect. For Case and PSu just get a Antec case w/ to keep costs down or something. I perfer Seagate for HDD.

which antec case

Anything basically. Like a Sonata II or something.

 

[entropy1982]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: entropy1982
nah i think a regular case would be fine for her

Maybe you should ask her though....

(Not trying to be a jerk, but I know some girls are into these and maybe if she doesn't know anything about components and is trusting you to find stuff for her, you should at least let her know it's an option)

true true ... to be quite honest i am just saying that because if she every needs any help... i am just familiar with regular cases way more than the shuttles 🙂 so i just thought it'd be easier to work in hehe... and if i ever get there to OC it for her... i know what i can do with regular mobos... but not the ones the sffs come w .... if any of that makes sense

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: entropy1982

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: entropy1982
nah i think a regular case would be fine for her

Maybe you should ask her though....

(Not trying to be a jerk, but I know some girls are into these and maybe if she doesn't know anything about components and is trusting you to find stuff for her, you should at least let her know it's an option)

true true ... to be quite honest i am just saying that because if she every needs any help... i am just familiar with regular cases way more than the shuttles 🙂 so i just thought it'd be easier to work in hehe... and if i ever get there to OC it for her... i know what i can do with regular mobos... but not the ones the sffs come w .... if any of that makes sense

don't o/c it, you are just asking for troubles and i really doubt it will impress her much, unless you can get a 3000venice to run @ 3.0GHz prime stable for 96hrs on air 😀 hell, that would even impress me 😀

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: entropy1982

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: entropy1982
nah i think a regular case would be fine for her

Maybe you should ask her though....

(Not trying to be a jerk, but I know some girls are into these and maybe if she doesn't know anything about components and is trusting you to find stuff for her, you should at least let her know it's an option)

true true ... to be quite honest i am just saying that because if she every needs any help... i am just familiar with regular cases way more than the shuttles 🙂 so i just thought it'd be easier to work in hehe... and if i ever get there to OC it for her... i know what i can do with regular mobos... but not the ones the sffs come w .... if any of that makes sense

I overclocked my sister's SFF shuttle for a while without any problems, but I understand.

I agree with bob4432 that in general overclocking is probably not a good plan for a computer that's not your own. If something goes wrong, whose fault is it going to be? (Even if a problem is totally unrelated to something you did).

 

[Gadzookie]

Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 Power Supply - Retail 109.00

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor 146.00
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard 95.00
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory 106.00
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200S0 200GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 91.00
NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive 8.49
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A 39.99
Leadtek PX6800GT TDH Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E Video Card 295.00
ENVISION EFT-720 Silver & Black 17" Pure Flat CRT Monitor - Retail 97.00
Total 987.48



And the moral of this story is :

Money before honies

 

[entropy1982]

well... she's not a stranger or anything... she's a good friend so i feel bad makin her sepdn like an extra 100 bux to get those extra 400 megahertz when they can be free 🙂... i mean i've never heard of any 3000+ venices having trouble with 2.2ghz.... is my thinking off?


thanks for everyones help by the way

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: entropy1982
well... she's not a stranger or anything... she's a good friend so i feel bad makin her sepdn like an extra 100 bux to get those extra 400 megahertz when they can be free 🙂... i mean i've never heard of any 3000+ venices having trouble with 2.2ghz.... is my thinking off?


thanks for everyones help by the way

she won't notice the extra 400MHz....

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
My gf (and most girls that see it) like her SFF pc. I don't know if she would be interested in that, but it seems to appeal to most girls I know.
I hope I'm not being too sexist here, but you might want to let her know it's an option.

They do look really sweet. One of my computer graphics professors has one sitting in his office and he carries it in to lecture sometimes if he needs to show a demo. I've thought about getting one before, but I just know that I can't live with only 1 or 2 5.25" bays.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Gadzookie
Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 Power Supply - Retail 109.00

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor 146.00
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard 95.00
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory 106.00
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200S0 200GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 91.00
NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive 8.49
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A 39.99
Leadtek PX6800GT TDH Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E Video Card 295.00
ENVISION EFT-720 Silver & Black 17" Pure Flat CRT Monitor - Retail 97.00
Total 987.48



And the moral of this story is :

Money before honies

nice build :thumbsup:

 

[Gadzookie]

thank you bob 🙂

 

[entropy1982]

Originally posted by: Gadzookie
Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 Power Supply - Retail 109.00

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor 146.00
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard 95.00
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory 106.00
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200S0 200GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 91.00
NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive 8.49
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A 39.99
Leadtek PX6800GT TDH Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E Video Card 295.00
ENVISION EFT-720 Silver & Black 17" Pure Flat CRT Monitor - Retail 97.00
Total 987.48



And the moral of this story is :

Money before honies

thanks man 🙂

 

[SonicIce]

pic of said girl? 😀

 

[Gadzookie]

later on when dual cores are cheaper you can upgrade to one and you can add another stick of 1 gb ram thats why i went with one stick of 1 gig ram instead of 2 512mb of ram in dual channel i think it will be more future proof this way

she should be good for games for awhile with a 6800 gt i think the only game that will tax that card out would be the next unreal

 

[entropy1982]

gadzookie whered you get those prices .... lol no i'm not giving out any pics (how did i know that was going to come up 🙂)

 

[Gadzookie]

all those i got from www.newegg.com if you look aroudn you can probably get it cheap another good site is www.zipzoomfly.com

there is one problem with my build though that sonata case is ugly 😛 but athestics arent really important when your trying to save money 😛 it is actually a very good solid case !

(make sure you do not plug in the fron blue led lights on the case you will thank me later !)

 

[entropy1982]

i think 2X512 would be better because they would run in dual channel as opposed to single channel (1X1gb) and also i kinda have a thing against corsair .... do you think if i buy 2 seperate sticks of crucial ram it would run in dual channel or do they have to come in the same set?

 

[Bona Fide]

Dell. See if you can still get in on the "free LCD monitor" deal.

Also, this way you don't have to provide lifetime tech support. Dell will.

 

[Gadzookie]

2 512 mb of ram in dual channel will run better then the 1 gig stick but im thinking about the future it will be easier to pop in another 1 gig stick then run them in dual channel then to get another 2 512 mb of ram for a total of 4 512mb of ram sticks in dual channel

and if she is not a hardcore gamer she wont notice the performance differnce at all i strongly suggest you stick with the one gig stick and later on upgrade to 2 gig and if you dont like crosair crucial is good too 🙂

as long as there the same brand they should be ok just rember th emodel number and later on buy another stick

 

[Gadzookie]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146545 you can buy one of these sticks now and later on buy another stick

more and more games are going to start using more then 1 gig of ram even if they dont say it on the box

 

[Hacp]

:camera: ?

AMD Venice 3400+ (205 shipped) 754
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103484

Chaintech Nforce3 250 (64 shipped)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813152043

PQI Turbo Ram (89 after MIR shipped)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141154

Toshiba Combo drive (30 shipped)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827130029

HItachi HD (1 year warrenty, 40 with tax AR)
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=314482&pfp=srch1

6600GT AGP (135 shipped AR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137
ALTERNATIVE
Chaintech 6800LE (130 shipped)
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=323278

LCD- 8ms LCD 17 inch (240 shipped)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824179015

Case- Cooler master case- 60 dollars shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068

Forton Power supply- (47 shipped)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104953

Keyboard/speakers- Logitech speakers with keyboard that is RF- 34 dollars shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126131

Mouse- MX1000 (45 dollars AR)
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Logitech...sm/oid/98320/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do


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[Gadzookie]

939 boards arent really that more expensive then socket 754 boards :-( i just cant see anyone going socket 754 anymore on a new computer

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: Gadzookie
939 boards arent really that more expensive then socket 754 boards :-( i just cant see anyone going socket 754 anymore on a new computer

3500+ with cheap Nforce 4 ultra board is around 25-30 bucks more. Not everyone upgrades you know. Not everyone overclocks either. Why spend more money on performance that is Nil.

Edit: Actually, if we go with your suggestion of a single 1GB stick, why spend more money on less performance?