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Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Is this worth the price?
I don't think that the 2900 would do much to a 600w PSU and heat will not be a problem with a total of three fans cooling it (2 case+1on-board).

EDIT: And since NCIX has free shipping, I threw in the monitor.

Case - 70$
Power Supply - OCZ, 600w, - 90$
Motherboard - Asus P5KC ATX - 170$
DVD/CD Burner - 40$
Processor - 2.4 Ghz, quad core - 290$
Hard Drive - 250 Gb - 80$
RAM - 2 Gb - 110$
Video Card - Diamond Radeon 2900XT, 512Mb DDR3 - 480$
Fan - 120mm - 20$
Noise Reduction - Gaskets X2 - 10$
20-in-1 Panel - 40$
Monitor - 22 in, 5ms Response Time, 3000:1 Contrast - 380$

Total: 1954$ Canadian - Within Budget (barely)! Now to convince them to spring. I would have to convince my computer illiterate mom that it is better than this. It is double the PC for 100$ more.


« Last Edit: September 03, 2007, 04:20:40 pm by colecampbell666 »
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 

Offline BloodEagle

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Re: Is this worth the price?
Just so you know.... I'd never spend $2,000 on one computer, unless it was seven years ahead of its time. Which, by the way, you should only buy a new computer once every seven years.

 

Offline CP5670

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Re: Is this worth the price?
No, that's a bad idea. I end up spending roughly $1200 on computer related stuff every year, but I typically get back about 70% of the money by selling off the hardware before it becomes obsolete.

 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Is this worth the price?
I'm due for an upgrade, with my 2001 PC. Trust me, this will last. This PC I am using is a 1200$ PC and still plays most games today. The only upgrade that has been done was to put a 100$ video card in. An ATI Radeon 9550 Sapphire.
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Offline DeepSpace9er

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Re: Is this worth the price?
Hell i spent $1800 for my comp at Newegg and this was back in January...

CoolerMaster Centurion 5 - $50
EVGA 680i SLI - $252      (UPDATED PRICE $159)
E6600 - $317                  (UPDATED PRICE $230)
BFG 8800GTX - $600       (UPDATED PRICE $529)
Antec Smart2Power 500W -$70
Atech Flash 11 in 1 -$17
Corsair XMS 2GB DDR2 800mhz - $276       (UPDATED PRICE $104)
Sony NEC DVD-ROM - $20
Sony NEC DVD-RW - $30
WinVista Ultimate OEM - $200

The prices have obviously gone down of the meat and potatoes. So with the updated prices you are looking at $1400 without a monitor. ITs a great system.. runs like a dream, and is pretty inexpensive for the power. I know people are saying wtf why did you get the Antec powersupply?! I have had nothing but great performance from every antec supply ive used, it was inexpensive, had decent reviews, and the modular plugs are very nice.

  

Offline Bob-san

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Re: Is this worth the price?
We spent about $500 on my computer almost five years ago... it's lasted me those said five years (though it does suck). I'm looking for an upgrade, now, however--and I'll have $800 to do so.
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