New Computer, Again!

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Well, I've decided to sell my current setup for around $1800CDN which has never been overclocked or over stressed. When I sell it, I'm going to get a new computer hopefully sooner than later but for an early christmas present for myself I guess. so here's the specs! Let me know what you think.


Case: Antec P180 Black ATX Mid Tower Aluminum Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 6X3.5INT No PS W/ USB & Audio Ports
Price: $159.85

Processer: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 4MB Retail
Price: $409.99

Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe ATX LGA775 Conroe NFORCE4 SLI DDR2 2PCI-E16 SATA2 Sound 1394 Motherboard
Price: $271.32

Ram: OCZ Platinum XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-5-4-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit
Price: $319.00

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 300GB 7200.9 16MB 11MS SATA2 NCQ RoHS Hard Drive
Price: It's my old one, I'm going to keep it and buy a new one for my old one. (probably the same one since it is awesome)

Floppy drive: SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5IN FLOPPY DRIVE
Price: $10.12

Video Card: ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 650MHZ 512MB 2.0GHZ 256BIT GDDR4 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP VIVO HDTV Out Video Card
Price: $559.99

Power Supply: Antec True Power II 550W EPS12V 24PIN SLI Ready Power Supply W/ 120MM Fan
Price: $115.53

DVD Writer: Samsung SH-S162L Lightscribe DVD+RW 16X8X16 DVD-RW 16X6X16 DL 8X OEM Black DVD Writer W/ SW
Price: $65.79

Case Fan : Antec TriCool 120MM Case Fan 3-SPEED 1200/1600/2200RPM 25/28/30DBA 39/56/79CFM 3 & 4PINS
Price: $11.24

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Music 24BIT Sound Card
Price: $139.15


Sub Total: $2,060 CDN
Taxes: 13% (7% pst, 6% gst)
Shipping: $80.00
Total: $2407.78 CDN

Thanks in advance for your comments!

All prices are in Canadian[CDN] currency.
Products from http://www.ncix.com/ Canada. PC Builder.

P.S. I've only really decided to upgrade because BF2 eats up my FPS because of my large monitor and resolution and I have buddies that have done a similar upgrade and BF2 doesn't even flicker with it. I know there are other games out there but this game has been so fun and I know I will be playing it for a while.

[Corkum]

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I like it, that case can be troublesome, but with the correct psu it will work nicely. i have the brushed aluminum version, i love it. Why even get a floppy? You also might want to get a slightly more powerful psu incase you decide to upgrade in the future.

on a side note, consider a raptor, i notice a huge increase in performance. even a little 36gb version, for just the operating system and your fav games.

just so you know, i just checked newegg.com that case is going for $114.99 US,
or at least my version is. http://http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154

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Re: New Computer, Again!

I like it, that case can be troublesome, but with the correct psu it will work nicely. i have the brushed aluminum version, i love it. Why even get a floppy? You also might want to get a slightly more powerful psu incase you decide to upgrade in the future.

on a side note, consider a raptor, i notice a huge increase in performance. even a little 36gb version, for just the operating system and your fav games.

just so you know, i just checked newegg.com that case is going for $114.99 US,
or at least my version is. http://http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154

Well, if you look at my current specs I have the P180 with the same Antec PSU and it's been a dream for me. As for the floppy I still use it for homework or whatnot I need to bring from class. If I upgrade more so in the future I'll get a better psu but after this upgrade it should last me another year. Also, as far as the raptor it's way more expensive + with my current setup I load as fast or slightly slower than guys with raid setups :) so it doesn't make sense to buy one of those.

[scrogathon]

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very nice setup, except why not buy the e 6300 and overclock the hell out of it, my e6300 is at 2.8 ghz on air, and when i had the water cooling i was at 3.0 for a bit.
Either way that setup is gonna make you happy.

[knghtwhosaysni]

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Very nice setup, but I would be wary about spending that much money on a video card right before DX10 cards come out. How big is your monitor?

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Very nice setup, but I would be wary about spending that much money on a video card right before DX10 cards come out. How big is your monitor?

It's in my specs but anyways it's a Samsung SyncMaster 204B 5ms @ 1600x1200 native resolution. I originally payed 650 for my x1900xt! this x1950xtx is way cheaper. I don't plan on going to vista for a long time since I didn't go to XP for about 2 or more years after it came out. Sorry, I'm off to bed it's late for me (class in the morning)