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  • firezip

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    w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

    Well I got the all green for a new computer. I have all my money saved up in the bank, but there is a problem. The new processors and RAM. Now my question is should I wait to get the newest stuff or just buy the regular 4200 X2?
  • LoD

    #2
    Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

    Wait for the end of the year, both intel and amd will have new stuff out.

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    • Hound_Dawg

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      yeah, Conroe, for intel is coming out. Anyways, if you want a reliable forums for building i suggest www.maximumpc.com/forums

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      • Sir. MatDef
        Member
        • Sep 2005
        • 2899

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        Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

        Originally posted by Hound_Dawg
        yeah, Conroe, for intel is coming out. Anyways, if you want a reliable forums for building i suggest www.maximumpc.com/forums
        Negatory on that, for reliable advice go here (but only listen to people like wreck, lil jimmy, maybe sackynut, eddy, myself) or check out hardforums.com and extremeoverclocking.com/forums

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        • imported_Wreck

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          Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

          Originally posted by Sir. MatDef
          Negatory on that, for reliable advice go here (but only listen to people like wreck, lil jimmy, maybe sackynut, eddy, myself) or check out hardforums.com and extremeoverclocking.com/forums
          Yeah, between this group of eggheads you are bound to put together a decent PC.

          Now isn't the time to shop for an end of year system.

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          • firezip

            #6
            Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

            Yea I already know what I want to build but I wanted to see if I should wait for the new. Also I was looking at this sweet case but wanted to get some C and C if anybody had it

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            • Eden

              #7
              Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

              Coolmaster make very good cases im my opinion, I have a coolmaster box, works great, a lot ov vents for cooling as well.

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              • sackynut

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                Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

                Originally posted by firezip
                Yea I already know what I want to build but I wanted to see if I should wait for the new. Also I was looking at this sweet case but wanted to get some C and C if anybody had it

                http://www.frozencpu.com/cst-303.html
                watchout that is a very heavy case, trust me ive been around them, so dont plan on going to too many lan parties with it .

                as for waiting for AM2 and Conroe, I can give you my personal preference with no real evidence . The price now are much better and the performance of AM2 over current socket 939 is RUMORED to be around 5%. It supports ddr2, is rumored to also have support for dd3, and has virtualization technology (which Is mostly for servers.)
                Also I heard they will have 65nm chips later for AM2. SO personally, I would wait for that... but there is definitly no harm in buying now. Its not like Vista wont support socket 939. I guess this post (other than telling you the case is heavy) is sorta pointless but maybe itl give you a perspective on things, or not... whatever :|:

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                • lonegunm4n

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                  Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

                  Originally posted by Wreck
                  Yeah, between this group of egg heads you are bound to put together a decent PC.
                  ROFL!

                  Thanks for the sig....

                  anyway, I normally only listen those 5 and Jofaba (sorry, I really can't spell your name.)

                  With those 6, I am able to build a really good computer for only $725.

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                  • NoSoup4You

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                    Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

                    What is your budget?

                    First off the AM2 is not showing very impressive results thus far.

                    Without knowing your budget I put this together (high-end):

                    Providing computer parts and hardware, hard drives, cameras and software as well as electronics, tools, appliances, sporting goods, jewelry, watches, gaming, and much more. With fast-shipping! Once you know, you Newegg!


                    The total is higher than if you were to add it to your cart (because of combo prices), but this is the easiest way to share it with you.

                    The total in the card is $1984.90 and shipped via 3 Day is $2037.18.

                    I figured on building an entirely new computer, however if you can salvage parts from the old one then the price drops (obviously).

                    Let me know via e-mail ( joelk04@msn.com ) or PM (I don't check that often so e-mail is perferred) when you're ready to build. I do this on the side of my other job so I've done quite a few builds

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                    • firezip

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                      Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

                      My budget is around 1500, but could change

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                      • redearedslider

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                        Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

                        Originally posted by Wreck
                        Yeah, between this group of eggheads you are bound to put together a decent PC.

                        Now isn't the time to shop for an end of year system.
                        lol that's kinda dimizing but true though 8-)

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                        • NoSoup4You

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                          Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

                          Originally posted by firezip
                          My budget is around 1500, but could change
                          Roger that, I will see what I can do. Definately doable though.

                          Okay bored in class here is what I came up with:

                          NZXT Alexa Case + Antec TruePowerII 550W - $220

                          NEC DVD+/-RW Drive - $38

                          NEC Floppy Drive - $6

                          2GB Corsair XMS DDR500 [FREE NEWEGG HAT W/PURCHASE] - $193

                          XFX 7900GT Extreme - $315

                          ASUS A8N-SLI32 Deluxe - $187

                          320GB Western Digital Cavier SATAII - $130

                          AMD Athlon64X2 4200+ - $355

                          Total: $1430.95

                          Shipped: $1471.40

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                          • Death Merchant
                            Member
                            • Feb 2006
                            • 1090

                            #14
                            Re: w00t new computer coming at the end of the year- Need Help with parts to buy

                            i can see most of the stuff staying the same by the end of year

                            so you can plan nearly all the parts other than processor graphics card motherboard and maybe ram

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