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Eiii

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Re: I'mma make a computer.
« Reply #60 on: July 13, 2006, 03:55:45 PM »
Ooh. Wasn't planning on buying until near the end of the month, but that's good to know anyway.
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Eiii

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« Reply #61 on: July 31, 2006, 02:36:55 PM »
I'm going to order the parts today, so I figured that it'd be good to re-check the prices again... and the video card I had chosen seems to have dissappeared.
Ah well. *switches to secondary option*

Also, with the CPU price drop, I might as well get something better. I've got my eye on this... which has a combo deal with this... which looks like a good motherboard.

I also decided not to get the case over newegg, I'll just go to Fry's and save myself the shipping fee.

EDIT: Power supply gone too. Sheesh. Going with this.
CD/DVD also gone... I'mma get this.

EDIT AGAIN: After all that, price down to $985. Anything I should see if I can improve $15 on? ;)
It's now down to $970. Is there anything I have here that's sub-par and I should improve?

(Parts list out of date =D )
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« Reply #62 on: July 31, 2006, 02:45:42 PM »
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Eiii

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« Reply #63 on: July 31, 2006, 02:54:45 PM »
Heh, I needed to bump it.
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« Reply #64 on: July 31, 2006, 03:31:54 PM »
Strange, I looked for 7900GT's, and saw an XFX in the list for about $50 less: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2000380048+1305520548+106790717+1067920129&Submit=ENE&Subcategory=48

Not sure where you found the $300 one.
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Eiii

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« Reply #65 on: July 31, 2006, 04:26:38 PM »
Those two are actually the same price, with the $300 one having a $30 mail in rebate, but yeah. Lol, overall, that one is $5 more. On a side note, I found one that has a one day sale today. And I'm buying it today, soooooo...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150150

Down to $959. Awesome.

EDIT: Parts ordered about 3 hours ago. Yay!
EDIT 2: So, now that the parts are coming I have to get the case. So, should I make sure everything will fit, or will most cases just work?
« Last Edit: August 01, 2006, 06:10:34 PM by eiii »
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Cobo

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« Reply #66 on: August 01, 2006, 08:51:14 PM »
* Cobo reads EDIT 2...
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MaDMaN

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« Reply #67 on: August 02, 2006, 02:05:06 AM »
I would go with the 7950, and probably an AMD athlon 4800+ with 2 gbs of ram, a biostar mb, then 2 500gb sata2 drives...
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Eiii

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« Reply #68 on: August 04, 2006, 11:55:08 PM »
Computer up and running. ;) It' s currently formating the HD so I can install windows. Couldn't have done it without you guys.
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Smokey

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« Reply #69 on: August 05, 2006, 01:03:11 AM »
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Eiii

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« Reply #70 on: August 05, 2006, 01:53:46 AM »
Using new computer to make this post. YAAAAAAAAAY. Drivers installed and everything.

Hope you enjoyed your 12 hours of eiii-freeness, Dpball forums.

EDIT: Runs BF2 (Demo, at least) on highest settings at a smooth rate. TM Nations looks reeeeeally good.
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MaDMaN

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« Reply #71 on: August 05, 2006, 06:08:41 PM »
what all did you get for it? like spec wise?
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Eiii

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« Reply #72 on: August 05, 2006, 11:03:37 PM »
Sexy.

But let's see what I can remember.

160 GB
2GHz Dual Core
2Gigs RAM
256MB Nvidia 7900

Can't think of anything else. Technophilia setting in.
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TinMan

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« Reply #73 on: August 06, 2006, 07:32:40 PM »
Since the topic is back up, in my previous post, that PSU, don't buy it.
P.S.
Spook, you shoulda seen Default get freakin owned by that thing, I saw the blue electricity hit him.
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Eiii

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« Reply #74 on: August 06, 2006, 10:07:55 PM »
Seems to work fine.
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TinMan

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« Reply #75 on: August 06, 2006, 10:26:16 PM »
You bought it? Return it while you can, lol. The wire inside it for the ground melted, so I'm told, which is why it started electricuting people... it was poor quality too, the labels on it were upside down, and the 4 fans in the thing rubbed wires in the PSU case.
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Eiii

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« Reply #76 on: August 07, 2006, 08:10:26 PM »
Google says nothing. Give me some evidence, and I'll consider it. =D
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TinMan

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« Reply #77 on: August 07, 2006, 09:06:10 PM »
Alright, Spook, gonna need you to back me up on this one, you're gonna need to get confirmation from Default that it zapped the excrement outa him.

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Just picked up a 500w Ultra X2-Connect PSU from TigerDirect today, works fine, and nobody gets zapped anymore. There is also no smoke coming out of my machine. The Ultra Lifetime Warranty makes me feel all warm and cozy too.
« Last Edit: August 08, 2006, 05:12:20 PM by TinMan »
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