Hi my gaming pc got stolen few months back.

now i finally have got the insurance money

it turns out i insured it for $2300

ive been working out some prices and stuff and comparing amd to intel
any1 wanna post a rig within my price range of 1400-2300?

www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf

CPU intel QUAD Q6600,
GPU 2x8800GT 512mb or 1 9800GX2 DDR3
RAM 2gb 1066MHz Kingston RAM,
HDD 500GB Samsung HDD
MOBO gigabyte GA-P35-DS3,
DRIVES DVD Burner
CASE ANTEC Sonata 3 (III) Black with Antec EarthWatts 500w PSU

Edited once, 21/4/08 - 12:30pm.

This build is based on if you are not overclocking and only need the box and whats in it. Also since your in NSW you should probally look to buy from ITESTATE

CPU: Intel E8400 S775 CPU
Motherboard: Asus P5K PRO
RAM: 2GB Kit Kingston DDR2-800
HDD: 2 x Seagate 500GB SATAII 32MB )
Case: Antec P182
PSU: Corsair HX-620
GPU: 512MB 8800GTS
Optical Drive: ASUS 20x BLT-2014 Lightscribe SATA

Edited once, 21/4/08 - 11:39am.

CPU: E8400 - $255

Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500 - $53

Mobo: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R - $154

VGA: 8800GTS 512mb - $349

RAM: 1 X 2GB DDR2 - $49

HDD: PERSONAL CHOICE LOL

Drives: PERSONAL CHOICE LOL

Soundcard: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer - $150

PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power V2 $127

Case: PERSONAL CHOICE LOL

Total: $1200

So you'll have a top end computer capable of upgrades in the future, I'd save some money and wait around six months to buy some DDR3 RAM when it goes down in price and have the capability to buy the next range of Nvidia cards when they are released.

you're a dropkick panzotron

Edited once, 21/4/08 - 12:04pm.

Your face is a dropkick panzer.

does soundcard make all that much difference?

also i dont really know wut im looking for in a mobo can someone give me an outline on what im looking for..

all i really know is how many pins
s\how many PCIe
and wut kind of ram it can hold :p

Edited once, 21/4/08 - 12:37pm.

thx juzzie :p

thx also panzotron but you dont understand my situation too well i cant really save money cos of insurance.

swift i really thought the GTS with the 512mb chipsets had bugs in em and that GT > GTS in the 8800 range.

im getting more feedback then i thought.

thx and happy to hear ur opinions.

www.gotgames.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=15837

~$1750 Build:

CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400/Intel Xeon E3110 (~$270)
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P (~$163)
GPU: Nvidia 9800GX2 (Any brand) (~$770)
PSU: Thermaltake ToughPower 750w (~$205)
RAM: 2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 800MHz 4-4-4-12 DDR2 (~$88)
Hard Drive: Western Digital 500gb SATAII 16mb (~$120)
DVD Writer (~$35)
Case: Coolermaster CM690 (~$95)

TOTAL: ~$1746



copy and paste, enjoy.
(imo, 3870x2 > 9800gx2, but you decide)

also: dont get a quad for gaming, it sucks for cod4 because cod4 can't utilise all 4 dies in the cpu.

and.. you might want to get a raptor (10,000rpm) for windows and gaming, so the load times are faster, and then use the other main 7200 drive for storage and stuffz


edit: youll be wanting a monitor as well: im gonna get this one when i get my new pc(~$300): http://www.itestate.com.au/products_detail.asp?code=PD00005483

and you also need to get peripherals, so factor that price in.


AND. HOW THE HELL DID IT GET STOLEN??

nope the GTS > GT , and dunno about these bugs that you speak of. Also should really answer the following Q's

Do You Need Peripherals ? (moniter, keyboard etc..)
Are you going to overclock ?

umm ive got a 19" crt screen and a diamondback so i dont really need that much.
keyboard ive never had a decent 1 so yer maybe..
ill have to talk to skippy :p
im not really sure tbh i think i may but im not too informed on this topic atm

Edited once, 21/4/08 - 1:22pm.

umm i used to live in the ghetto of my city and umm yer it was really cheap rent and 1 day they broke in..
the middle of the day i was at skool mum was at work

i bet every1 in our street was in on it tbh..

$35000 worth of stuff gone.

have you moved from that place? because no house is worth being robbed off 35000dollars 2 times..

haha yer man
why wud i buy new shit if thats the case
i love ur post
thats exactly wut i wanted
but maybe slight changes
is it easily overclocked?
and i want this system purely for cod4.