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Specs for my new Pute

Below are the Specifications For My New Computer:

CPU            INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600
MOBO          ASUS P5QC
GPU            Sapphire HD4870
RAM           2 x 2 GB sticks
HDD           2 x Western Digital 640 gig
CASE          THERMALTAKE M9 or ANTEC NINE HUNDRED
OS             Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit
OPTICAL DRIVE        Pioneer 216bk

Still got some double checking of reviews to go but so far this is the current Spec.

Jademonkee: My bad, the GPU is worth $349
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  1. JadeMonkeeOctober 16, 2008 at 9:11 AM

    My bad, too. It wasn't a Sapphire 4870 I saw for $299, but rather a Palit.
    Are you really getting 8GB RAM. Holy cow... crazy sauce. Photoshop heaven.
    Looks pretty tight... you've really got me considering a quad core now... I think it could really help with ripping, encoding and tagging (all at once) all my CDs.
    And a tasty FSB overclock to 1600MHz on a Q9550 would be, well, tasty.
    But then there are fan noise/heat dissipation problems, not to mention the primary concern; budget.
    Sigh.
    I do enjoy these types of dilemmas, however.
    My latest incarnation (or should I say dream?) goes something like this (prices from Umart):
    Antec p182 case: $193
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 $523 ($432 from MSY)
    2x 1GB G-Skill 1600Mhz CL7 DDR3 $189
    Gigabyte GA-EP45T-DS3R MoBo $179 ($169 from MSY)
    Samsung or Pioneer drive (haven't decided yet) $26-$32
    Vista Home Premium 64 Bit OEM $159
    For a total of $1269 (from UMart) or $1168 (with MSY parts, although this stuffs up buying an OEM copy of Windows, so I dunno).
    Of course, I will be sticking in it my Seagate 500GB HD Drive, my MSI NX8500GT video card, my Corsair HX620w PSU, and my Leadtek PXDVR3200H Video Capture Card - all of which are currently sitting under my desk.
    Oh, and I was hoping to add some cooling from CoolPC), too.
    CPU Cooler: Thermalrite HR-01 Plus $61
    Case Fan and/or CPU Fan: Noctua NF-S12-1200 $26
    GPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 rev 2 $37
    This cooling will probably come later... when I want to overclock, or if the PC is still too loud, and when budget allows.
    Speaking of budget, I would also like a Logitech Dinovo Edge, but the $170 price tag kinda scares me away.
    Now that I am considering overclocking a Quad core, I will probably have to re-research the CPU cooler fan combo.
    But I like doing that, so I don't mind.

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