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Old 05-17-2007, 09:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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this is my build so far which comes to 1900 dollars after tax and shipping which is a little out of my range.... can anyone exchange some parts for cheaper ones without losing major performance?

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked 640MB GDDR3 SLI Ready PCI Express Dual DVI HDTV Video Card 640-P2-N825-AR in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Sony DRU-120C Multi-Drive 16x DVD±R Burn & Read 8x DVD+RW 6x DVD-RW 5x DVD-RAM 8x DVD+R DL 4x DVD-R DL 48x24x CD-RRW Black Only Internal DVD Burner - Retail DRU120C in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Western Digital 160GB 7200 8MB ATA-100 EIDE OEM Hard Drive WD1600JB in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Asus P5N-E SLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard Audio PCI Express Gigabit LAN SPDIF USB 2.0 & Firewire Serial ATA RAID in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz Processor with Fan (Retail) & a FREE copy of Supreme Commander PC Game in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Ultra eTorque Black Mid-Tower ATX Case with Front USB, FireWire and Clear Side ULT33180 in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Xion 600-Watt ATX 140mm SATA-Ready SLI-Ready 2024-Pin Power Supply XON-600F14T-201 in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

OCZ Dual Channel XTC 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Gamer Memory (2 x 1024MB) OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K in Canada at TigerDirect.ca
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Old 05-17-2007, 09:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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gcard: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 SLI Ready PCI Express Dual DVI HDTV HDCP Enabled Video Card 640-P2-N821-AR in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

hdd: Seagate 320GB 7200 16MB SATA-300 OEM Hard Drive ST3320620AS in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

mobo: MSI P965 Neo-F Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard Audio PCI Express Gigabit LAN USB 2.0 Serial ATA in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz 4MB Cache 1066MHz FSB Conroe Dual-Core OEM Socket 775 Processor HH80557PH0564M in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

psu: Thermaltake ToughPower 550-Watt ATX 120mm Fan SATA Ready SLI Ready Power Supply W0097RU in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

ram: OCZ Platinum Revision-2 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 x 1024MB) OCZ2P800R22GK in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

there is no point getting an o/c gcard coz u can do it yourself and the cpu why get 2.66 when u can o/c a 2.4 to at least 3.2
you could even drop down to a e6420.
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Old 05-17-2007, 09:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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gcard: dont get the overclocked one, there is no point you can get it past that yourself by oc.
what one should I pick, that was like one of the cheapest I could find
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Old 05-17-2007, 09:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Take a look at my power supply guide linked in signature for better brand choices.
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you should get what i said look at the links
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Old 05-17-2007, 09:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I just changed my cart to those + my dvd burner and casee and its pretty much the exact same price. im guessing those parts are just better for the money
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yeah the psu is better, the ram by far, HDD more gb and 16mb cache, mobo is good
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Old 05-18-2007, 09:02 PM   #8 (permalink)
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anyone else got any suggestions im going to use barons build with my dvd burner and case
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u might wanna hold back on the 2.66 ghz e6700, y would u give intel an extra 100$ for little less than 1.107 percent increase...... u could easily overclock say an e6600 way past that speed.... intel doesn't deserve that 100$, use it on urself and buy... hmm u only have a 160 gb hard drive so i guess.. and hey nice deal on that 2 GB RAM... seriously...
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well this is my build now.

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 SLI Ready PCI Express Dual DVI HDTV HDCP Enabled Video Card 640-P2-N821-AR in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Ultra eTorque Black Mid-Tower ATX Case with Front USB, FireWire and Clear Side ULT33180 in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Sony DRU-120C Multi-Drive 16x DVD±R Burn & Read 8x DVD+RW 6x DVD-RW 5x DVD-RAM 8x DVD+R DL 4x DVD-R DL 48x24x CD-RRW Black Only Internal DVD Burner - Retail DRU120C in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

OCZ Platinum Revision-2 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 x 1024MB) OCZ2P800R22GK in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Thermaltake ToughPower 550-Watt ATX 120mm Fan SATA Ready SLI Ready Power Supply W0097RU in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz 4MB Cache 1066MHz FSB Conroe Dual-Core OEM Socket 775 Processor HH80557PH0564M in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

MSI P965 Neo-F Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard Audio PCI Express Gigabit LAN USB 2.0 Serial ATA in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Seagate 320GB 7200 16MB SATA-300 OEM Hard Drive ST3320620AS in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

also do I now have a fan or cooler of some sort? and does everything even fit together good. any parts i should change
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