Looking for a new Desktop computer..

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    You're right.OEM means you don't get the snazzy packaging, manuals and extra bonus stuff. It's fine to go OEM for:
    Hard disk drives
    DVD drives
    RAM

    But for the rest (especially the motherboard and the CPU) go Retail.
    As for the sound card, the audio onboard the P35C-DS3R is good. Not great for gaming, but for music/video it's fine. If you want decent quality audio in games though, I'd recommend something like this. It doesn't need to be expensive, but as long as it's a dedicated card made by a decent company, you're fine.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102002
    If you're going to do the job right (fast PC, big monitor) you may want to save up for some decent speakers, it makes a huge difference.
     
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    You realize you're paying 70 dollars more for the side fan that doesn't even help that much? Just get the normal Armor case without the sidefan for a hundred.

    For everything else just go with what Sam said.
     
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    70 dollars, omg, I didn't notice that. The side fan is a bonus, but not a $70 bonus. Fifty at the most.
     
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    Maybe he wants a RAID setup?
     
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    I was thinking that I could use a drive just for movies. But your saying thats a bad thing? Ok so on the thermaltake case how do I buy it without the sidepanel to save the 70 bucks? I dont think I would really need that right?

    Also about the video card you described that gecube sucks? Any info to back this up because I dont see anything diffrent in specification besides that the Memory Clock is 2250MHz on the gecube to the SAPPHIREs 2250MHz? Oh have the gecube is still cheaper.. explain if you could..

    Does this HDD have a retail version I would like to stick to the retails for my first time at least. I dont want to be missing and manuals or cords. :)
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136113&Tpk=WD2500AAJS
     
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    He means that the GeCube is bad because their products are usually bad. ATI just makes the basic design and GeCube is responsible for it's own manufacturing process and can pump out crappy products even though it looks the same.
     
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    Ok sounds good. Dont want faulty products..

    Here is my updated list do all these work together? Any other thought?

    Monitor-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3187754&body=MAIN

    Computer-

    psu
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004&Tpk=550VX

    cpu
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115029

    MB
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128048

    Hard Drive
    2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136037

    Video Card
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102713&Tpk=Sapphire+HD3870

    cd dvd drive
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118001

    Ram
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145

    Case
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154


    Any other recommendations appreciated. You guys have been tons of help! Any Idea which items I should get the warranty's on? I don't want them to die and leave me hanging but also I don't think I will have enough to cover all of them.
     
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  13. sammorris

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    As Abuzar says, it's not the spec, it's the quality. ATI only design the boards and make the core chips, it's up to companies like Gecube to manufacture the boards, and they often seem to mess it up. Avoid Gecube, powercolor and Connect3D for this reason.
    As for retail hard drives, not necessary. Your power supply comes with the power cables required and the motherboard comes with the S-ATA data cable you need. All you need to know is how to install it, and that could't be easier. A couple of screws (or not in the case of some cases) plug in two wires and off you go. S-ATA drives have one-way connectors, so if it doesn't fit, it isn't right!
    Updated component list:
    Monitor: Good
    PSU: Excellent
    CPU: Excellent
    mobo: excellent
    HDDs: Out of stock, and a waste. Save $30 by getting two of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136113
    The Motherboard and PSU come with the cables you require.
    GPU: Excellent
    DVD drive: Excellent
    RAM: Good
    Case: Excellent

    Krij: S-ATA DVD drives are still in their infancy and don't seem to perform any better than IDE drives, and on numerous occasions seem to be reported as noisy. The Armor case is absolutely hench, so there should be no issues fitting a single IDE cable in it whatsoever.
     
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