New $1500 Quad-core PC

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Cr@zZy

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LIAN LI PC-7B plus II Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
$79.99

EVGA 122-CK-NF66-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$114.99

EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
$279.99

CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply - Retail
$124.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 -
$547.00

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
104.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$79.99

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model
$38.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
$89.99

Subtotal: $1,460.92

There will be no over clocking because this is for a non-techy friend who wants to spend 2000 on a new computer. My only concern is the PSU, however I don't think it will be a problem because I am not over clocking. The rest on the money goes to a 24 inch monitor.
Your thoughts?
 
Looks good to me. You did your research well. What will your friend be doing with this new rig?
 
That power supply will not give you any problems with the hardware you are running.
 
The PSU shouldn't concern you. Its more than adequate. X-FI and Vista don't play well together, in case he was planning on vista. 88GTS320 for a 24" eh? Hm... thats a tough one.
 
Make sure you budget for an OEM Windows license, $120 at the 'egg. Because there's no feeling like when your customer calls and tells you that when they tried to do Windows Update they were told their license is invalid.
 
Buckus said:
Make sure you budget for an OEM Windows license, $120 at the 'egg. Because there's no feeling like when your customer calls and tells you that when they tried to do Windows Update they were told their license is invalid.
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He can get vista business through his college for free so its covered there.
 
Danny Bui said:
Looks good to me. You did your research well. What will your friend be doing with this new rig?
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He is going to be using this for running engineering programs (pro/e and matlab mainly), ,gaming and it will be hooked up to his television for a media center. He will be purchasing a tv tuner when he gets a TV. This computer is a little overkill but he is convinced that he wants to spend $2000 and this is the best way to do it I believe.
 
The PSU is great and DEFINATELY better than that antec trio....
 
Since people didn't stress it enough, the power supply will work great. :p :rolleyes:
 
Cr@zZy said:
He is going to be using this for running engineering programs (pro/e and matlab mainly), ,gaming and it will be hooked up to his television for a media center. He will be purchasing a tv tuner when he gets a TV. This computer is a little overkill but he is convinced that he wants to spend $2000 and this is the best way to do it I believe.
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If he intends to do very heavy gaming I would suggest the 640mb 8800 gts. It leaps well ahead of the 320mb when you start running 1680x1050 and higher resolutions.
 
fwiw, I have a trio 550w in the rig in my sig w/out letting out the magic smoke yet. :p

OP: what did you end up getting?
 
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