Comp pricing info

[dragonone]

My friend's friend wanted me to build something for him, i just do it as a hobby. Anyways, his budget was around $800, and i was wondering what you guys think of the following setup:

Antec Solution Series SLK1650B Mini Tower w/ 350W SmartPower $69.95 (MX)
Pioneer DVR-109 16x16 6x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, Black $79.95 (MX)
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive, Black $14.95 (MX)
Samsung SyncMaster 710V $299.95(MX)
Elite Serial ATA Power Adapter $4.99 (MX)
Seagate 'Cuda 7200.7 80Gb SATA 8Mb Cache $84.99 (OEMd)
(120Gb) +$29.96 (MX)
Asus P4P800-VM-UAY w/ DualDDR400,Video,Audio,LAN,SATA,AGP8X $109.99(OEMd)
Intel Celeron D Processor 320, 2.40GHz 256K Cache $89.99 (OEMd)
KINGSTON ValueRAM DDR400 PC3200 512MB $56.99 (OEMd)
Logitech Internet Pro Desktop KB/Mse/Blk $19.99 (OEMd)
Creative SBS 2.1 350 Black 20W RMS $29.99 (OEMd)


=$861.73
tax $60.32
Alberta Recycle Fee $12.00

TOTAL $934.05

[dragonone]

Oh and the following is just something i want to build when I have money heh:

Processor : Intel Pentium 4 Processor 630 3.00 GHz w/ 2MB Cache, EM64T 1 $319.95
CPU Heatsink / Fan : Intel Retail Heatsink and Fan 1 $0.00
Motherboards : Asus P5GD1 w/ DualDDR400, Audio, Gigabit Lan, PCI-E x16, SATA RAID 1 $139.95
Memory : Micron Original 512MB PC3200 DDR400 2 $117.90
Case : Thermaltake VA3000BNA Tsunami Dream Tower, Black 1 $149.95
Power Supplies : Antec NeoPower 480W 1 $159.95
Monitoring Device : Cooler Master Aerogate III, Black 1 59.95
Floppy Drives : Mitsumi 7-in-1 Internal Card Reader + Floppy Drive, Black 1 $39.95
Hard Drives 1 : Western Digital Raptor 74.8GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA 2 $499.90
Hard Drives 2 : Seagate 300GB Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA w/ NCQ, 8MB Cache 1 $239.95
Round IDE Cables : Elite IDE Black Rounded Color Cable 10inches 1 Device 2 $19.98
Optical Drive 1 : Pioneer DVR-109 16x16 6x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, Black (OEM - No Software) 1 $79.95
Optical Drive 2 : LG 16X DVD-ROM, Black (OEM) 1 $39.95
Video Cards : Asus Extreme N6600GT 128MB PCI-E w/ TV-Out, DVI 1 $259.95
Sound Cards : Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS (OEM) 1 $89.95
Ethernet Cards : Onboard 10/100/1000 Gigabit Lan 1 $0.00

[Nalgene]

Id go AMD based instead...
In my opinion the only thing Intel has going for it right now is their Centrino based precessors.

[hampstor]

and forget the 710v... with that 6600gt it looks like you're going to be doing a bit of gaming. Spend the extra few bucks for the 710/712N monitor. You will be glad you did!

[dragonone]

oh the monitor was for the cheap system above
i'm looking into the 30" but the good resolution ones are just too expensive ~~~

i've always went w/ intel but if celeron (oopps) is gd then it's gd for that cheaper system

[PSJanis]

hm...i think ur thinkin of celeron...not centrino. centrino is for laptops. anyway, it seems like a good system. Celerons are OK. however, they really dont have that much power for their price. you can spend the extra $$$ for a Pentium 4 and get much better of a buy. I have a 2.40 GHz P4 with 1 MB of L2 cache and it is awesome. (it is currently overclocked to 2.8Ghz) also, the bus speed is a lot slower on a celeron. definitely go P4 if u can.

also, make sure u buy 2 256 MB sticks for the ram instead of one 512MB...unless if the board doesnt have dual channel. dual channel really helps especially in games. the machine performs better with dual channel due to more bandwidth in the RAM.

Otherwise, it seems like a good system.

Keep in mind: the parts may be bought at a cheaper price. My system is worth about $550 and its a P4 2.4 GHz, 1GB ram, 128MB nvidia Geforce Fx5200, DVD burner, 80GB hdd, etc.

[b_t]

tell your friend to save up a couple more months. everybody is unveiling new graphics cards soon so prices on the 6600s and 6800s are going to plummet as the latest generation of Nvidia's stuff comes out.
although I just got a new comp with a 6600GT (it cost around $250) and it runs Doom 3 on max detail, Half Life 2 on max detail, and Battlefield 2 on the in-game high detail option no problem. if money is an issue, then just wait a bit longer and you will save another 50 or 60 bucks you can put towards a better AMD processor (because intel is just no good).

[dragonone]

but at $550 are those parts old? or can you buy parts of those specs brand new? i'd love to hear about where if that's the case

and i don't think the parts i picked are particularly expensive and very close to $800

[PSJanis]

I got one site for you dude...NEWEGG.COM cheapest prices for new parts EVER!!!!

I also forgot to mention that my comp has a case worth about $175 (included in the $550)

[DarkDream]

Originally posted by PSJanis
I got one site for you dude...NEWEGG.COM cheapest prices for new parts EVER!!!!

I also forgot to mention that my comp has a case worth about $175 (included in the)

The problem with newegg is that it does not deliver to Canada.....

[eblend]

dude, if i were you I would also wait for the new gen of video cards to come out, forgot what the hell version video card it is but a new card is coming out in a week which uses the same core as the playstation 3 s omight as well wait till them and then buy the old gen card as it would prolly drop in price drastically

[PSJanis]

oh crap...i didnt know that newegg didnt go to canada...sorry dude. Try looking for parts with pricegrabber.com, you might find cheap stuff there too

[dragonone]

well i'm not in a hurry to build my 'own' system as i don't have 2-3 grand to blow right now and my own comp's working fine, so i have lots of time to see the new gen of video cards to roll out

but for the $800 system i'm not even including one because there's one onboard and he doesn't even know what doom is