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07-03-2009, 11:58 AM
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Benevolent Cake Despot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, CANADA Posts: 1,715
|  Ordered a Friend some Parts
So I chose some parts for a friend. I felt iffy about having him invest in LGA775 though, but then again, I couldn't find any LGA1366 parts that would've been within budget. Cheapest mobo I could find is over $200 and processor over $300
so for about $980 CAD final total, including shipping, taxes, etc. I got him this: Gigabyte EP45-UD3L motherboard
Intel C2Q 9550
1GB HD4870
4GB G.Skill PC2-8000 (F2-8000CL5D)
1TB WD10EADS Caviar Green HDD
Corsair TX750W psu
Antec Nine Hundred Mid tower case
Solid build you think, for the price?
I know some might suggest the E8400 instead of the Q9550, but he multitasks and does a lot of multimedia stuff on top of gaming. Plus, the Q9550 gave us free shipping for the entire order!
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Last edited by Merkwürdigeliebe; 07-03-2009 at 12:02 PM.
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07-03-2009, 12:11 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Gov't Regulated Cubical Posts: 2,758
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Not bad.. The 900 case, though a good case, sucks for wiring.... as you know as you have one.
Haha, just vnoticed.. its an updated version of yours.
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07-03-2009, 01:22 PM
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Benevolent Cake Despot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, CANADA Posts: 1,715
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Yeah, there's the 900, and the 900 II
I believe we got him the original one.
And yes, wire-management is tough. I modded mine with a dremel though, maybe we'll do the same for his. You have a 900 as well eh
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07-03-2009, 03:54 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Houston/San Antonio, Texas Posts: 805
| Re: Ordered a Friend some Parts
Just a note, but the Caviar Green is a low power usage HDD, and the Caviar Black is higher performance for only $10 if you wanted to switch that.
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07-03-2009, 04:17 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Gov't Regulated Cubical Posts: 2,758
| Re: Ordered a Friend some Parts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkwürdigeliebe  Yeah, there's the 900, and the 900 II
I believe we got him the original one.
And yes, wire-management is tough. I modded mine with a dremel though, maybe we'll do the same for his. You have a 900 as well eh | Yup, and mine went chop chop too. 900 goes a chop chop.
Had no choice with SLI'd 260s
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07-03-2009, 04:35 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,451
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Look at my wire management. LOOL
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07-03-2009, 06:46 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Gov't Regulated Cubical Posts: 2,758
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Yikes!
Your poor gpu must be burning up. Seriously you need to tidy up, ALOT!
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07-03-2009, 08:28 PM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 68
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Ha, that looks just like my current computer. Wires everywhere.
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07-03-2009, 10:10 PM
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Muffin Enthusiast Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York Posts: 880
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Druid is that the 900?
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07-03-2009, 10:45 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Gov't Regulated Cubical Posts: 2,758
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