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mash

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First gaming rig, I ended up spending a lot more than originally planned. But, the way I see it, the extra couple hundred $ will prevent upgrade-time coming around sooner.

AMD Opteron 165 (dual core)
eVGA Geforce 7800GT
eVGA nforce4 SLI mobo
2x512mb Corsair XMS
Western Digital 200GB SATA2 HDD

All wrapped in a thermaltake tsunami/450W FSP psu. I think I'll be very pleased :). I ordered everything from newegg but the processor, which I ordered from ZZF.

-mash
 
Not bad, not bad. Of course, if you're like most of the other people on this forum, you'll be upgrading in no time. :) Keeping up with tech is so hard sometimes...
 
Too bad you ordered the HDD from NewEgg, unless they've stopped the wrap it in bubble wrap packed in peanuts crap recently..Just don't tell WD you got it from them if you ever need to RMA it ;).

 
kush said:
Too bad you ordered the HDD from NewEgg, unless they've stopped the wrap it in bubble wrap packed in peanuts crap recently..Just don't tell WD you got it from them if you ever need to RMA it ;).

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Why? I ordered 2x maxtor Dm 10s from them and that is how they came. no problems for over like 9 months alraedy
 
kush said:
Too bad you ordered the HDD from NewEgg, unless they've stopped the wrap it in bubble wrap packed in peanuts crap recently..Just don't tell WD you got it from them if you ever need to RMA it ;).

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I've ordered dozens of drives from newegg, never had a problem. No DOA's, yet :)

Their packaging is excellent.
 
Sieravor said:
Not bad, not bad. Of course, if you're like most of the other people on this forum, you'll be upgrading in no time. :) Keeping up with tech is so hard sometimes...
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Tell me about it.
I bought my main rig in september and already just upgraded it to a SLI mobo and added a second GTX.
 
I would've gone for a 250/300 gig Maxtor (best bang for the buck, and the most reliable drives in my experience), and from ZZF (Newegg is fine usually... but there are a lot more reported HD failures from them than ZZF).

I am assuming you already have a sound card and optical drives? IF you are using onboard, spend the $50 and pick up an Audigy2 at least, way better than any onboard solution out tthere.
 
NulloModo said:
I would've gone for a 250/300 gig Maxtor (best bang for the buck, and the most reliable drives in my experience), and from ZZF (Newegg is fine usually... but there are a lot more reported HD failures from them than ZZF).

I am assuming you already have a sound card and optical drives? IF you are using onboard, spend the $50 and pick up an Audigy2 at least, way better than any onboard solution out tthere.
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prolly because there are more HDDs sold at newegg..
dua...
 
ChingChang said:
I've ordered dozens of drives from newegg, never had a problem. No DOA's, yet :)

Their packaging is excellent.
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Wow OLD thread, cause my stance on neweggs packaging is now the opposite...

Although I haven't had a DOA drive from newegg, I don't support the way they ship them. I still order from them though, just wish they'd improve their shipping methods.
 
Wow, up from the grave :eek:. Anyway, since I posted this I've sold the rig and given up PC gaming for now. It was great while it lasted, but I'm trying to make gaming a lower priority in my schedule.
 
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