You have a nice system, don't get me wrong.

RAM now is pretty cheap. Dealspl.us has 2 gigs of RAM for around $19.95 (after rebate). Is there that much of a difference between the performance of 667 and 1066 RAM?

Your graphics card looked nice. I didn't know there were 1 gig cards out already. Sheesh.

Check out OfficeMax. They have a Soyo 24" LCD monitor for only $279. I have one. It kicks major ass. Same electronics as the nicer Dell LCDs.


> Processor is the same
> monitor has 2 inches on the one i have so thats a plus.
> The Ram is 3gigs less then what i got and is only 667 mine is 1066 which is like
> 2-4 times more expensive.
> 7200rpm hard drive... i got a raptor 160gb... probably like a 50-75 dollar
> difference there.
> Has a non dual layer burner (although that isn't much of a price difference).
> Integrated graphics. Card i got was 250 after rebate (8800gt 1gig ram with
> akimbo cooler)
> Motherboard is probably a cheap one only allowing ddr 800 ram or so and probably
> won't allow for the upgrade down the road to the extreme series processors.
>
> I think its a great deal don't get me wrong but i am looking for update my 4
> year old P4 with a new gaming rig that allows for upgrading (i can pop a 9800 in
> it later or sli a 8800 and up the processor to extreme series and add a year or
> so life onto it when it starts getting a little behind the curve)
>
> The only thing that deal makes me jelous about is that monitor costs like
> 300-350 bucks. I guess i could of bought something like that and cannibalized it
> but the processor i don't know about may not be a G0 6600 which wouldn't work
> for me because i am going to try and overclock this system and if its the older
> model 6600 it would suck for that.
>
> Basically i am selling my own computer to myself =) you know how it is. Also in
> that prices i bought a lot nicer heat sync which was 50 bucks alone and a good
> power supply that supports multiple hard drives along side sli'd cards. All in
> all i think if i would of bought that i would have spent the same if not more
> making it what i wanted.
>
>
>
> > Yours is a nice system, don't get me wrong. It's just that I thought there
> were
> > other systems out there for a little less $$$ such as this (expired) deal for
> > $699 - Inspiron 530 Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 1GB 250GB + 24" LCD.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > 1500 includes shipping to an APO so shipping was almost 100 bucks. And i
> > didn't
> > > shop around i bought it all from newegg.
> > >
> > > > You're going to be spoiled by the large monitor though!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Well its in the mail...
> > > > >
> > > > > Core 2 Quad Q6600
> > > > > EVGA 750i SLI Motherboard
> > > > > 4 Gig of Ram (4x 1GB 1066 DDr2)
> > > > > EVGA 1gig 8800GT
> > > > > 160 gig raptor
> > > > > generic but functional case
> > > > > 650W SLI power supply (so i can buy another card later)
> > > > > new heat sink/artic silver thermal compound
> > > > > 22" Acer widescreen LCD monitor
> > > > >
> > > > > thats pretty much it... can't wait for it all to come in... came out to
> > just
> > > a
> > > > > bit more then 1500 for everything and i am still doing some research on
> > what
> > > > > optics drive to put in it since i will be burning 360 games i need to
> find
> > a
> > > > > sata drive that works well enough and i thought i may try out the
> > > lightscribe
> > > > > shit since its cheap now.
> > > > >
> > > > > going to try and overclock the q6600 a little past q6700 speed to get a
> > > little
> > > > > more bang out of my buck.
> > > > >
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