Bask in the greatness of the computer I'm getting.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America]

http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp...N82E16811145047 -- Case (yeah, I'll change the LEDs to something less faggy)

 

http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp...N82E16813180068 -- Motherboard

 

http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp...N82E16814102498 -- Video Card

 

http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp...N82E16819103492 -- Processor <3 <3 <3

 

http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp...N82E16820156020 -- RAM, two of them

 

http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp...N82E16822140152 -- Hard Drive

 

http://www2.newegg.com/product/product.asp...N82E16827190007 -- DVD Burner

 

 

 

...with the other basics, floppy drive, dvd drive (for illegal dvd copying purposes) keyboard and mouse, etc.

 

Total Price: $1660

 

 

 

This is my birthday present. Bask in its glory.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Pretty sweet, dude. I got pretty much the same computer, except with only 512k of RAM and an 80Gig hard drive, no DVD burner (since I'm planning on getting a home theatre system with a DVD and DVR), and paid about $700 from Dell. I'd much rather have built it on my own, though. Don't know how yet, but I figure with the knowledge I have of computers I could figure it out if I had the steps to go about doing it..

 

What OS are you using and what's the monitor?

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America]

Not bad at all for yours, too.

 

My college distributes licensed copies of WinXP Pro, so I'll probably just use that... and the monitor? Haha.

 

Well.

 

I'm going to borrow an old one from my buddy and then buy one over the summer. This is a present for my 21st birthday from my family, so I've got to make do with what I've got.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America]

just got it <3

[Mole]

So what.

 

I have a Dell...

[Jobber of the Week]

My computer is close to that, but I prefer have an Nvidia (have previously used a Radeon though, don't have a problem with either) and I'm an Intel fanboy so Athlons aren't really even considered.

 

I'm calling it quits after this machine, though. Once it gets too old, I give up on the PC platform entirely and dedicate myself to Mac. Fuck PC gaming, there's almost no big exclusive games other than MMOs and the occasional Valve/Blizzard game once every eight years, and the consoles are running Unreal Engine 3 for launch titles.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America]

I considered a Nvidia card simply because they have the ability to be linked together. However, given my budget, I did a cost/benefit analysis and the x850 pro was the best bang for the buck, so to speak.

 

As far as Intel/AMD goes, I've always been an Intel guy myself. Every computer I've had before this one has been an Intel. However, when constructing a computer, I've noticed that the motherboards for AMD computers are far cheaper for relatively the same functionality (mine has 8.1 dolby sound and a LAN card on it, for instance), and the processors themselves are similar if not better in terms of performance. So far, my FX-55 has worked absolutely astonishingly wonderful (installed WinXP Pro in 4 minutes, installs most programs instantly) and the only knocks I've had on the system have been minute (I'd like another gig of RAM and a SATA hard drive as opposed to the IDE one I got).

 

I'm not worried about exclusive games for the PC, either. I prefer my gaming on it (I don't know why, but I'm much deadlier in FPS' with a mouse and keyboard than an Xbox controller. So far, I've run every game I own at the very top settings without any hint of slowdown, so I'm exceedingly pleased.

[admin]

I would recommend the NEC, Plextor, or Lite-On drives. I have had great success with compatibility and over burning on DVDs with these and recommend the Verbatim DVD-R Media purchased from Sams @ 44.84per 100Pack.

 

Boy would you guys love to get your hands on the sites new server. for the cost being almost ½ of the above computer and fitting in a pizza box 1.75" thick, it kicks ass.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America]

I'll keep that in mind, considering I'm probably adding another drive to my PC.

[Special K]

"I've been using this chip for the past month or so. Combined with the SLI 6800 Ultras . . . WOW! I can now get killed in Doom3 with all the goodies turned on. "

 

Hee.