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Hi everyone.
Long story short, I need a new computer, for fairly cheap ($1000 cdn) and I need it now. I'm hoping to order in a day or two from NCIX for some of the rebates, but I wanted to run this past someone (anyone!) else first. Heregoes.
CPU - Intel E6750 - $230
Too much CPU? I'd probably be overclocking within a month or two.
HSF - Scythe Ninja Plus rev B - $50
The only decent looking HSF that appealed to me (on my budget). My major concern is with the sheer size and mass of the damn thing!
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R - $150
Simple, sturdy. Sounds good. I don't need a ton of extras anyways (never used FireWire in 3 years, why would I now?). My biggest concern here is that the onboard audio isn't crap. Is it?
RAM - OCZ Gold PC2-6400 2X1GB (CL5-5-5-12) - $78 ($30 rebate)
GPU - EVGA 8800GTS 320mb - $310 ($20 rebate)
Another option here is the 640mb version for about $70 more. Personally I don't think I'll need the extra video memory with the dinky 19" CRT monitor i'm reusing, but I dunno.
HDD - WD Caviar SE16 250gb SATA - $88
Don't need that much space, as i'll be augmenting it with 320gb worth of PATA drives.
DVD-R - LG GSA-H62L - $45
Whatever.
PSU - Antec Truepower Trio 650w - $82 ($30 rebate)
I've had good luck with my old Antec Truepower 480w, but i'm not confident that it has the juice in it to be trusted. The Trio 650 sounds good, might last more than one upgrade, and is on sale right now.
Total: $1033 or somewhere in that neighbourhood, plus tax and shipping and whatnot. Probably will come close to $1250 when all said and done (don't forget $80 in mail rebates). I think I can stretch that.
Crap I already have (just for the record):
-Monitor (Viewsonic 19" CRT)
-Case (Some old version of an Aspire X-pider. Has a lot of fans in it. It works.)
-Keyboard/Mouse
-Floppy drive (hah!)
-A pair of old ATA133 HDDs that should still be good for a few years
-Speakers (Logitech Z-680 5.1's)
-Most other bits and bobbles I can't recall at the moment.
The only other thing I need to consider is teh interweb. Basically i'm going to have my PC and my Wii. One's wired, ones wireless. If I go wireless the Wii is easy to setup but then I need a wifi card for the PC (plus all the other minor headaches wireless brings). If I stay wired i'll need a LAN->USB adaptor for the Wii, and need to string a little cat5 across the apartment for the dog to chew on and me to trip over, but i'll probably save myself some stress. Doens't anyone make a *reasonably* priced gigabit/wifi router somewhere? Ahwell.
Anyways, i'd love some feedback on this. Like most first shots its probably off in a few places, but oh well. If I can get it locked away in a day or two that'd be great... if not I might have to tweak for budget concerns. Oh well. Thanks in advance guys!
Long story short, I need a new computer, for fairly cheap ($1000 cdn) and I need it now. I'm hoping to order in a day or two from NCIX for some of the rebates, but I wanted to run this past someone (anyone!) else first. Heregoes.
CPU - Intel E6750 - $230
Too much CPU? I'd probably be overclocking within a month or two.
HSF - Scythe Ninja Plus rev B - $50
The only decent looking HSF that appealed to me (on my budget). My major concern is with the sheer size and mass of the damn thing!
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R - $150
Simple, sturdy. Sounds good. I don't need a ton of extras anyways (never used FireWire in 3 years, why would I now?). My biggest concern here is that the onboard audio isn't crap. Is it?
RAM - OCZ Gold PC2-6400 2X1GB (CL5-5-5-12) - $78 ($30 rebate)
GPU - EVGA 8800GTS 320mb - $310 ($20 rebate)
Another option here is the 640mb version for about $70 more. Personally I don't think I'll need the extra video memory with the dinky 19" CRT monitor i'm reusing, but I dunno.
HDD - WD Caviar SE16 250gb SATA - $88
Don't need that much space, as i'll be augmenting it with 320gb worth of PATA drives.
DVD-R - LG GSA-H62L - $45
Whatever.
PSU - Antec Truepower Trio 650w - $82 ($30 rebate)
I've had good luck with my old Antec Truepower 480w, but i'm not confident that it has the juice in it to be trusted. The Trio 650 sounds good, might last more than one upgrade, and is on sale right now.
Total: $1033 or somewhere in that neighbourhood, plus tax and shipping and whatnot. Probably will come close to $1250 when all said and done (don't forget $80 in mail rebates). I think I can stretch that.
Crap I already have (just for the record):
-Monitor (Viewsonic 19" CRT)
-Case (Some old version of an Aspire X-pider. Has a lot of fans in it. It works.)
-Keyboard/Mouse
-Floppy drive (hah!)
-A pair of old ATA133 HDDs that should still be good for a few years
-Speakers (Logitech Z-680 5.1's)
-Most other bits and bobbles I can't recall at the moment.
The only other thing I need to consider is teh interweb. Basically i'm going to have my PC and my Wii. One's wired, ones wireless. If I go wireless the Wii is easy to setup but then I need a wifi card for the PC (plus all the other minor headaches wireless brings). If I stay wired i'll need a LAN->USB adaptor for the Wii, and need to string a little cat5 across the apartment for the dog to chew on and me to trip over, but i'll probably save myself some stress. Doens't anyone make a *reasonably* priced gigabit/wifi router somewhere? Ahwell.
Anyways, i'd love some feedback on this. Like most first shots its probably off in a few places, but oh well. If I can get it locked away in a day or two that'd be great... if not I might have to tweak for budget concerns. Oh well. Thanks in advance guys!
