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The (new) Official PC building thread!

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by creaky, Nov 27, 2006.

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  1. eirvine

    eirvine Member

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    sorry, that was an ebay auction, and it was the starting price... :p

    i found it for 165 bucks though.

     
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    It's still going. I would suggest a 8800 GT though.
     
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    or the Veiwsonic VX2235wm • VX2245wm • VX2240w • VX2255wmb are all great also

    http://viewsonic.com/products/lcddisplays/
     
    ZoSoIV, Nov 12, 2007
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    Indeed, Viewsonic make nice monitors too, but the 226BW seems to be in a class of its own.
     
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    Sam whats the respone time/res. on that Samsung
     
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    2ms.
     
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    thats very fast for a LCD nice . some of the Viewsonics are 2ms now also
     
    ZoSoIV, Nov 13, 2007
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    Success. I went back and reread all the books and removed the graphics card; rebooted and got into Bios. Hubby said I looked like the Cheshire Cat, grinning from ear to ear. Still brings a smile to my face. Will read up on Bios to configure the set up and then install all the cds that came with hardware. Should I go back to th original motherboard since it is better than this one, now that I know graphics card was the culprit? Ervine, that would be my tip to you. Don't install graphics card or any other cards until you have been able to access System BIOS. This was my first build and next time, I will just install MB w/ chip, HDD, and optical drive, fans; plug in monitor and KB and mouse and give it a whirl. Obviously, PSU too. Thanx to all who gave advice and encouragement.
     
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    Good stuff, we finally got there! That's a bummer about the graphics card being faulty, not something I've ever experienced.
     
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    thanks belle, ill definitly do that. i wouldnt want to have problems like that.

    yeah abhuzar, ive been looking aroung and the 8800gt seems like a steal of a deal for the performance.
     
    eirvine, Nov 15, 2007
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    ive decided on this rig here, but the price is brutal, over 2k. wont be till after christmas that i can start buying components. All prices are from NCIX.com.

    Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 ATX 9 Drive Bay No PS Top USB2.0 1394 Audio
    -117.02

    BFG GeForce 8800GT OC2 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out DIRECTX10 Video Card
    -299.99

    Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P ATX LGA775 Conroe P35 DDR2 2PCI-E16 Crossfire SATA RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard
    -191.23

    OCZ GameXStream 600W ATX12V 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
    -129.59

    Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail
    -227.36

    OCZ Platinum XTC PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800 CL5-4-4-15 DDR2 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit
    -199.99

    Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive 3 Year MFR Warranty
    x2
    -159.89

    Ideazon Zboard Gaming Keyboard with Gaming Keyset USB
    -59.49

    Samsung SyncMaster 226BW 22IN Widescreen LCD Monitor Black 1680X1050 3000:1 2MS VGA DVI-D HDCP
    -329.99

    Logitech MX518 GAMING-GRADE Optical Mouse 1600-DPI USB SILVER-BLACK
    -57.79

    Samsung SH-S203B Black SATA DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 18X/12X INT DVD Writer OEM W/ Vista SW
    -39.75

    Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI Retail Box Bilingual
    -105.78

    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM
    -26.12

    Verbatim 4X DVD+R 4.7GB Jewel Case 5 Pack
    -0.00

    Total = 1943.99
    (before tax/shipping/insurance...)

    updated the price with 4 gigs of ram and that cpu fan abhuzar found and now its a little more reasonable. still, almost 2k sucks...
    added the 8800gt after realizing i had no graphics card selected.
     
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    8 gigs of RAM? What could you possibly need that much for?
     
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    abuzar1
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    Anyone know what happened?..

    No need for 8 gigs of ram...windows 32 bit can only use 3gigs...

    NCIX's prices seem awful high...


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    Is that not in Canadian dollars?
    As for ABuzar, I've no idea...
     
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    @sam
    Ops...that explains it...I was just wondering why the prices just did not look right to me...

    Off to Hanford...I have a 5 shows in 7 days...Going to be a long week..:)
     
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    Hehe, enjoy! (As best you can, anyway...)
     
    sammorris, Nov 15, 2007
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    eirvine,

    what are you going to use for desktop speakers?
     
    Mort81, Nov 15, 2007
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    I always enjoy my self at shows...its what I live for..:)

    Not really a country music fan but it should be a good show...I will collect another Autograph for the Guitar...and the show is Sold-Out...so it will be a good payday...
     
    Lp531, Nov 15, 2007
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  20. eirvine

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    good call abhuzar.

    vista can only use 3 gigs of ram? thats weak...

    Prices are all in CAD. But considering CAD is now higher than USD, if you cna find a retailed with better prices from the US that would ship to canada, id go through them.

    As for speakers, ill probably use headphones most of the time, so i didnt include any.
     
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    eirvine, Nov 15, 2007
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