Well my buddy wants my rig and I'm thinking it maybe a good choice on my behalf to sell my 1year old beast to him.
Basically, the setup is:
cpu e6600 - I don't think its worth this much nemore though??
mobo EVGA 680i sli - Anyone know how much this is worth?
vid card 8800 GTX EVGA 768mb
sound card creative 7.1 xtremegamer f1delity or w/e (also came with controller and front panel for music instrument input, this link is the closest match as to what I have) - does ne1 know what the $$ tag maybe for the extras on the one I have?
case antec 900
cpu cooling fan zalman 9700 - Woah has this gone up in price or something? Maybe I'll just give him the stock cooling that came with the cpu.
ram 4 x 1gb sticks, ocz ddr2 1066mhz - the most dissappointing part of this build (bought it when it was godly and ddr3 comes out a month later and slashes ddr2 prices down instantly)
dvd drive lite-on
Hard Drives
A) WD Raptor 74gb
B) Seagate 320gb Barracuda
PSU OCZ 700watts:
Summary
So I have to do the math after to check what this rings out at but that'll basically be my budget for the next build as well as willingness to go a bit further.
-edit- math done
None of these sums include a price on the motherboard though, and the tax is just there for me to see - obviously I can't charge him tax LOl
So grand total is $1,381 before tax and rebate including zalman fan and $1,300 without zalman
tax 1.14 = $1,574 or $1,482
- $90 rebates (total)
= $1291 or $1210 before taxes and with $1484 or $1392
So with that said and done, don't forget I'm still needing a price on the mobo too - but does the grand total price with rebates no tax seem fair to sell @ to you guys? I'd be hooking him up with office 03 too cuz I'm cool like that.
Next Build...
So before I start looking at new parts for a computer, I have a few quick questions first/interests in my next rig
a) It's easy to make a dual booting system right? Vista 64 bit and XP Pro 32 bit - I just patrition the HD and select which OS to run on boot up right? I know someone who does this with his computer and I meant to try ubuntu on this machine but never got around to it...
b) With Vista 64bit mentioned above, obviously my next q should I stick with 2gb ram or get 4gb? I plan to buy a HD cam corder soon in the upcoming weeks so video editing is prolly gonna be a everyday thing for me.
c) Last time I was paying attention to vid cards was when 8800 was king - so my question now is what is the best DX10 card and what is the best $$ to performance ratio vid card to get? (like E6600 when it came out).
d) I'll prolly be using a quad c2d 45nm, the cheaper one and just oc it with a zalman 9700 for now.
e) My main screen rite now is a sony bravia 46" 1080i screen or reverting to my smaller samsung 21" widescreen 1680x1080 or w/e it was..
f) This case looks so cool and truly unique and not to mention air flow must be surpreme, should I get it or stick with the 900?
g) Should I get a DDR2 board or DDR3? Or isn't there mobos that support both? Would that not make them limited on how much they can take of certain ram? AKA max 4GB ddr3 or ddr2 vs other mobos @ 8gb??
h) What mobo should I go with? I liked the 680i EVGA though I never went Sli with it.. I prolly will never buy a second vid card let alone a third anyways for that matter. I am very old skool, I only hate every new game that comes out. Oyeah, I pretty much only play bf2 and cod4 now but I like to keep the door open incase I pick up a new game and like it actually. Crysis campaign seemed cool but I left for Bermuda and haven't touched it since I came home now.
i) Water or fan cooling? lol... prolly fan but has water cooling dropped at all?
Yea yea I know its long but these are all the questions buzzing through my head about selling my current computer and building a new one. I'm really pro on selling my current because I feel I can save more money by doing so in the long run not to mention I hear the 260/280 cards are less power hungry than the 8800 @ idle - would this be true vs certain games too perhaps? I don't really like that the 8800 is a racker upper on the electric bill.
uhhh lol thanks for you're time and effort in advance - of course I'll still be doing research on me own but having opinions from people up to speed on this stuff helps a tonne.
If you're gonna links me with a new build right off the bat, just gonna say I'm prolly gonna stick to Canadacomputers.com cuz its local and usually kills newegg/ncix anyways in prices.
Basically, the setup is:
cpu e6600 - I don't think its worth this much nemore though??
mobo EVGA 680i sli - Anyone know how much this is worth?
vid card 8800 GTX EVGA 768mb
sound card creative 7.1 xtremegamer f1delity or w/e (also came with controller and front panel for music instrument input, this link is the closest match as to what I have) - does ne1 know what the $$ tag maybe for the extras on the one I have?
case antec 900
cpu cooling fan zalman 9700 - Woah has this gone up in price or something? Maybe I'll just give him the stock cooling that came with the cpu.
ram 4 x 1gb sticks, ocz ddr2 1066mhz - the most dissappointing part of this build (bought it when it was godly and ddr3 comes out a month later and slashes ddr2 prices down instantly)
dvd drive lite-on
Hard Drives
A) WD Raptor 74gb
B) Seagate 320gb Barracuda
PSU OCZ 700watts:
Summary
So I have to do the math after to check what this rings out at but that'll basically be my budget for the next build as well as willingness to go a bit further.
-edit- math done
None of these sums include a price on the motherboard though, and the tax is just there for me to see - obviously I can't charge him tax LOl
So grand total is $1,381 before tax and rebate including zalman fan and $1,300 without zalman
tax 1.14 = $1,574 or $1,482
- $90 rebates (total)
= $1291 or $1210 before taxes and with $1484 or $1392
So with that said and done, don't forget I'm still needing a price on the mobo too - but does the grand total price with rebates no tax seem fair to sell @ to you guys? I'd be hooking him up with office 03 too cuz I'm cool like that.
Next Build...
So before I start looking at new parts for a computer, I have a few quick questions first/interests in my next rig
a) It's easy to make a dual booting system right? Vista 64 bit and XP Pro 32 bit - I just patrition the HD and select which OS to run on boot up right? I know someone who does this with his computer and I meant to try ubuntu on this machine but never got around to it...
b) With Vista 64bit mentioned above, obviously my next q should I stick with 2gb ram or get 4gb? I plan to buy a HD cam corder soon in the upcoming weeks so video editing is prolly gonna be a everyday thing for me.
c) Last time I was paying attention to vid cards was when 8800 was king - so my question now is what is the best DX10 card and what is the best $$ to performance ratio vid card to get? (like E6600 when it came out).
d) I'll prolly be using a quad c2d 45nm, the cheaper one and just oc it with a zalman 9700 for now.
e) My main screen rite now is a sony bravia 46" 1080i screen or reverting to my smaller samsung 21" widescreen 1680x1080 or w/e it was..
f) This case looks so cool and truly unique and not to mention air flow must be surpreme, should I get it or stick with the 900?
g) Should I get a DDR2 board or DDR3? Or isn't there mobos that support both? Would that not make them limited on how much they can take of certain ram? AKA max 4GB ddr3 or ddr2 vs other mobos @ 8gb??
h) What mobo should I go with? I liked the 680i EVGA though I never went Sli with it.. I prolly will never buy a second vid card let alone a third anyways for that matter. I am very old skool, I only hate every new game that comes out. Oyeah, I pretty much only play bf2 and cod4 now but I like to keep the door open incase I pick up a new game and like it actually. Crysis campaign seemed cool but I left for Bermuda and haven't touched it since I came home now.
i) Water or fan cooling? lol... prolly fan but has water cooling dropped at all?
Yea yea I know its long but these are all the questions buzzing through my head about selling my current computer and building a new one. I'm really pro on selling my current because I feel I can save more money by doing so in the long run not to mention I hear the 260/280 cards are less power hungry than the 8800 @ idle - would this be true vs certain games too perhaps? I don't really like that the 8800 is a racker upper on the electric bill.
uhhh lol thanks for you're time and effort in advance - of course I'll still be doing research on me own but having opinions from people up to speed on this stuff helps a tonne.
If you're gonna links me with a new build right off the bat, just gonna say I'm prolly gonna stick to Canadacomputers.com cuz its local and usually kills newegg/ncix anyways in prices.
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