How much did you spend on your C2D system?

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I spent about $1450 (system alone)

Core 2 Duo E6300
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB
MSI NX7900GT-VT2D256E-HD
Lian-Li PC-V1000 Plus II
FSP AX-500a PSU
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
NEC ND-3550A
Seagate Barracuda 7200 320gb Perpendicular
 
Aerocool AeroEngine II - $75
Foxconn 975X7AB - $210
Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 OEM - $360
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - $25
AS5 - $6
Ati Radeon x1900xt - $300
Zalman VF900 - $34
Hiper 580W Modular PSU - $100
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 5-5-512 - $ 198
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb 16mb - $100
Samsung 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe - $38
2 x Bluegears 120mm Fans - $25

Total: $1471 &
~$1500 Shipped
 
$614.28

Im only getting the E6400, a DS3 mobo and 2GB of Corsair DDR2 Ram. I am harvesting everything else from the previous system, including my x800XL which I will upgrade after DX10 cards hit the market.

My old mobo NB chip fried and it is in RMA right now, when I get it back I am upgrading the parent in laws PC with that mobo, proc and RAM and a cheapy PCIe card. Basically it looks like I am getting into the C2D goodness on the cheap.
 
E6400 = $300
DS3 = $180
2Gb Giel DDR2 800 HZ = $240
OCZ PowerXstream 700w = $180
ATI X1900XT = $350
Accerlo X2 GPU Cooler = $30
Coolermaster Stacker 830 = $125
Big Typhoon = $40
Case Fans = $50
Seagate 320 7200.10 = $90

= $1585

I overpaid for much of it, but I got almost all of it locally and quick.
 
Well, I already have everything except motherboard & CPU.

$359 for e6600
$145 for DS3
so $500

Now if you count everything else that I already had:
Lian-Li PC60, 7900GTX, 2x1gb PQI Turbo DDR2-667, DVD, WD 74Gb Raptor, etc...
that about another $1200 worth of stuff.


So $1700 total.
 
E6400 $240
Intel D975XBX $210
Corsair XMS2 2gig DDR2 800 $180
Antec P180B Black $110
ATI X1900XT $300
VF900 $34
Ninja Scythe $40
Seagate SATA 3Gb/s 320gig X 2 $200
Pioneer 16x DVD Burner $35
Lite ON DVD drive $20
Samsung 19in 940BW Widescreen X 2 $360
600W PSU $80
Logitec MX310 $40

$1849 + shipping
 
Board: $250
CPU: $375
Cooler: $50
HD: $65
Video card: $70
RAM: $200
PSU: $70

total: about 1100 + shipping.

I already had the DVDRW, case, floppy drive , sound card and fan controller. Price for all that is around $125
 
Well i haven't bought it yet but it but probaly
E6300-230 $
MSI 975x mobo-199
MSI X1900XT-289.99 after 100 $ mail in rebate
WD 250 GB HDD-79.99
Coolermaster Centurion-49.99 $
Antec 550 watt PSU-84.99 $
G Skill 2 gb ram-170 $
Nec CD Drive-30 $


total-1,242 $
 
$742 to upgrade from my existing A8N-SLI S-939 FX-55 system (not too shabby considering I paid $850 for the just the FX-55 CPU in 2005!.....)

E6600 OEM From Tiger Direct $359
P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe from ewiz $211
2GB DDR2 800 Corsair XMS from newegg $172 (after $40 MIR)


Lian Li V1000B
E6600 w/ Zalman CNPS9500
2GB Corsair XMS DDR2 800
7900GTX SLI
Creative X-fi
(2) WD 74gb Raptor RAID0
NEC 3540A DVD/RW
Enermax Liberty 620W PSU
NEC 20GWMGX2
Kipsch Promedia 5.1
 
More than I had planned to......way more :eek:
about 2,300 and if an x6800 comes in before my preordered 6700 does, it could be more.

I just can't help it ;)
 
$1800 including a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and speaker setup.

Antec P180 - $129.99
Seasonic S12-430 - $75.50
Asus P5B Deluxe - $199.99
Core 2 Duo E6400 - $256.00
Scythe Ninja, 6 Yate Loon D12SL-12 Fans, Arctic Silver, ArctiClean - $62.89
Corsair XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 5-5-5-12 - $198.00
GIGABYTE GV-NX76T256D-RH Silent-Pipe II Geforce 7600GT (free copy of Civilization IV) - $174.99
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic - $81.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB - $79.99
Benq DW1655 DVD Burner - $33.99
Viewsonic VX2025WM Widescreen Monitor - $314.95
Logitech Ultra X - $21.99
Free mouse - $0.00 >_>
Insignia NS-B2111 Bookshelf Speakers (pair) - $39.99
Sonic Impact T-Amp - $29.99
T-Amp AC Adapter - $17.99
Roll of 14 AWG Speaker Cable - $8.99

Subtotal: $1722.23
Shipping: $35.86
Tax: $128.86
Total Rebate: -$95.00
Total: $1791.91
 
E6600 Retail 369
Antec P180 $65 (sold Lanboy for $50)
WD Raptor 74gb $89
Seagate 7200.10 320gb 3GB/S $94
Radeon X1900 XTX$250
Asus P5W DH $260
Scythe Mine $35
2 Gigs of OCZ High Performance $165 after $40 MIR
16x Dual Layer Lightscribe samsung dvd burner $30
Already owned Antec Neo 480w PSU
Total $1357
 
About 2300, but then again, I didn't own anything beforehand. I bought monitor, case, fans, etc. along with everything else
 
bigwilliestyle711 said:
E6600 $340
Intel D975XBX $210
Corsair XMS2 2gig DDR2 800 $180
Antec P180B Black $110
ATI X1900XT $300
VF900 $34
Ninja Scythe $40
Seagate SATA 3Gb/s 320gig X 2 $200
Pioneer 16x DVD Burner $35
Lite ON DVD drive $20
Samsung 19in 940BW Widescreen X 2 $360
600W PSU $80
Logitec MX310 $40

$1849 + shipping
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Sweet, fixed now that E6600 is in stock. Now i have a 6400 and a 6600 coming to my house. Anyone wanna buy a 6400 OEM for $245 shipped
 
  • Intel E6600 Conroe 2.40GHz/4MB L2/1066MHz $350.00
  • ASUS P5W DH Deluxe i975X Retail $260.00
  • CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $204.00
  • WD Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10k RPM $162.00
  • WD Caviar WD2500JD 250GB 7200rpm $0
  • NEC 3550A DVD-RW BLACK $34.99
  • NEC 3550A DVD-RW BLACK $34.99
  • PNY 7900GT 256MB DDR3 PCI-E $244.99
  • Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music $0
  • OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W $129.00
  • Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS Black Aluminum Full Tower $155.00
  • Dell 24" Widescreen LCD 2407FPW $650.00

After all the free shipping and rebates it came to just about 1950.
 
E6400 250$
P5W DH - 239$
Lian Li V1000BW II Plus - 200$
AeroCool Gatewatch - $50 (suuucks, but looks awesome!)
2x 1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 - 200$
Zalman CNPS9500LED $50
X1900XT - 350$
320GB SATA Seagate - $100
Kingwin 600MA1 - $120
=1559$ish

Had DVD-drive, and another hard drive.
 
Jonesboy21 said:
More than I had planned to......way more :eek:
about 2,300 and if an x6800 comes in before my preordered 6700 does, it could be more.

I just can't help it ;)
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lol i did the same thing i ordered the 6700 and the 6800 whichever ships first is the one ill keep :p
 
Striph said:
WD Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10k RPM $162.00


Dell 24" Widescreen LCD 2407FPW $650.00


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Beg your pardon, but how in the hell did you get these two for those prices?



I've never seen the 150GB for less than $210. I've been watching the price on that monitor for the past month and it's never been less than $750.




Where are you buying this stuff??!
 
DefBringer said:
Beg your pardon, but how in the hell did you get these two for those prices?



I've never seen the 150GB for less than $210. I've been watching the price on that monitor for the past month and it's never been less than $750.




Where are you buying this stuff??!
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The 2407 is around that price right now (w/o tax)
 
CASE: Antec P180 $123.99 (free ship)
CPU: E6400 $249 (free ship)
HEATSINK: Scythe Ninja with Fan, $31.99
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 $149.99
RAM: Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 5-5-5-12 $218 -$40 rebate
VIDEO: POWERCOLOR X1600PRO 256MB Dual DVI $109
PSU: Already owned, but Enermax Noisetaker 480W about $79.99
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) $95
HDD: Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM $169.99
ROM: LITEON 16X16 DBL LYR DVD+/-RW W/B $34.99
TV TUNER: POWERCOLOR T55E-P03 PCI-E x1 TV tuner $69

Since I owned the PSU already, total without PSU after rebate is $1210, plus taxes and various shipping.

I didn't need a fancy video card as I plan to do Photoshop things, just made sure it was dual dvi, plus I need a reserve money to get my 360 repaired.
 
DefBringer said:
Beg your pardon, but how in the hell did you get these two for those prices?



I've never seen the 150GB for less than $210. I've been watching the price on that monitor for the past month and it's never been less than $750.




Where are you buying this stuff??!
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It's $703.20 right now:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4335

Don't know about that $650 price. I'd finally be tempted at that price because $703 is still a bit high when there is tax for added on and I already own a 20inch. More practical to get a 2nd 20inch.
 
Replaced a X2 4400+, A8N32-SLI, and Corsair PC4000 with...

$358 - E6600 Oem
$270 - 2GB OCZ PC28000 Gold
$230 - Asus P5N32-SLI SE

$858

I like to play with and learn new things!
 
E6600 - $360
P5W DH Deluxe - $230
X1900XT - $350
2GB Corsair DDR2-800 $200
Zalman 9500 - $50
Zalman VF-900 - $40
Seagate 320GB 16mb cache - $100
Case- $120
Logitech g7 mouse- $60
LG L204WT 20.1" Widescreen LCD - $319

Total - approx. $1829
 
DefBringer said:
Beg your pardon, but how in the hell did you get these two for those prices?

I've never seen the 150GB for less than $210. I've been watching the price on that monitor for the past month and it's never been less than $750.

Where are you buying this stuff??!
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The 150GB Raptor was a price mistake from Dell awhile back, got in on that deal through a Slickdeals post, was 162 with free shipping.

And the 2407FPW was when they were at 703 towards the beginning of july and I had a concession coupon from a damaged laptop I ordered. No tax here in oregon, so thats always a plus. :)
 
I only needed to buy the new platform gear.

E6600. $360
Asus P5W DH deluxe $220
Gskill 2Gb DDr2 HZ stuff $240

x1900XT with CF edition, and X-Fi will stay in the stacker 830. :D

About the only thing i don't have is nice raptors. Just normal WD Drives. Otherwise I have no desire to switch anything from my rig.
 
p5w dh deluxe $245 about 6 weeks ago from zzf
2 gb gskill HZ $240 about 6 weeks ago newegg
e6600 retail, pre order from monarch around 2 or 3 weeks ago, $345
805d (to screw around with while waiting for my c2d and to flash bios on p5w) around $100 from newegg 6 weeks ago.

so including the 805d, around $930. but after i sell the 805d and my amd stuff and ddr, it will end up costing me around $300 - $400. so i hope its worth it, and it should be from what i am seeing/reading.
 
I'm running about 1650 for the build. This build see's my first new case in about three computers.

Of course, I'm also heading out of town just as the parts arrive. Oh well, they'll be here when I get back.
 
e6400 = $250 (hardforums)
msi 975x platinum v2 = $190 (mwave.com)
2gb ocz 6400 platinum = $220 - $50mir = $170 (outpost.com)
1gb mushkin 5300 green = $60 (hardforums)
Mushkin 550w PSU = $55 (hardforums)
Sapphire 256mb x850xt = $125 (newegg.com)
Thermaltake Armor VA8000S = $80 (ebay.com)
Samsung 940bw = $249 - $50 bestbuy/officemax PM - $60 mir = $139 (fry's)
Noctua NH-U9, 2x92mm fans (zalman, panaflo), 3x120mm yateloons = $53

new total = $1282 - $110mir - $50pm = $1122

previously owned.
80gb western digital 8mb pata = $80 (fry's 2003)
250gb seagate 16mb pata = $89 - $17mir = $72 (fry's)
logitech g5 = $35 (justdeals.com)
logitech access keyboard = $15
dvdrom = $30 (fry's 2002)
= $232
total = $1354

cost a little more than i planned on spending... originally was to do an e6300 + ds3 build with 1gb ram and keep old 17" crt monitor (died last week). original estimate was under $800. i dont think i really need 3gb of ram... might get rid of the 2gb kit... depends on how far the 1gb stick OC's. i got really lucky on good deals with the 1gb ram, psu, case, and monitor. i think i overpaid for everything else, but hey... you win some, you lose some.
 
I went all out and I couldn't be happier:

- Coolermaster ATC-410-SX1 -$220
- PC Power and Cooling 510 ASL - $243
- ATi X1900XTX - $239
- E6600 CPU - $369
- 2GB Corsair DDR2 PC6400-C4 - $250
- 1x74gb Raptor, 2x500gb WD - $0

Still need a GOOD motherboard :(
 
Wompa164 said:
I went all out and I couldn't be happier:

- Coolermaster ATC-410-SX1 -$220
- PC Power and Cooling 510 ASL - $243
- ATi X1900XTX - $239
- E6600 CPU - $369
- 2GB Corsair DDR2 PC6400-C4 - $250
- 1x74gb Raptor, 2x500gb WD - $0

Still need a GOOD motherboard :(
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lol. good luck.
 
Wompa164 said:
- ATi X1900XTX - $239
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Where did you x1900xtx for $239? :eek: Did you pay that price or are you just counting the cost of upgrading after selling another card?
 
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