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[fire400]

I tried to convince my brother not to purchase this crap.... but he did it anyway:

MB GGABYTE|GA-8I945P-G i945P RET - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$102.00)
CPU THERMPASTE|ARCTIC SILVER5 3.5G% - OEM (Qty=1,Price=$5.99)
CASE ASPIRE|XDREAMER BK WNDW 420W - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$46.00)
DVD BURNER LITE-ON SOHW-1693S BG % - OEM (Qty=1,Price=$37.99)
MNTR ROSEWILL|19"LCD R911E 12ms RET - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$265.00)
VGA LEADTEK | PX6800 GS TDH EXTREME - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$205.00)
CPU INTEL|PENTIUM D 820 775 2X1M R - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$245.00)

total ~1K USD

Someone please tell me that this system is going to eat itself alive?

 

[xanis]

Pentium D? Might as well have gotten an X2 chip. Motherboard? Craptacular. Everything else is fine though... He could have built a better-performing AMD rig with better quality components for that price...

 

[nick1985]

1k? For that crap?

I hope that is not a gaming rig.

I give it a 1/10. The only thing he did right was the videocard, its decent. He should have looked at some reviews and benchmarks before buying that junk.

show him this thread, he will appreciate his purchase.

 

[Abix]

You can make computers these days without hard drives or RAM?

Also, LGA775? Might as well shoot yourself in the foot.

 

[Crism]

Tell your brother he's an idiot. Nuff said.

 

[Corporate Thug]

crap

 

[Compuzen]

Step over to AMD and for around $100 more he could get a 7800GT.

 

[xanis]

This is what he COULD have gotten for $1000:

Chaintech VNF4 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice
Corsair ValueSelect 2GB RAM
WD Caviar SE 250GB SATA HDD
EVGA GeForce 7800GT PCI-E
CoolerMaster Centurion 5 Case
Antec TruePower II 550W PSU

All of that comes to $970, which is less than the $1000 he paid, and it's a much better system. Your brother is an idiot.