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06-30-2008, 08:42 PM
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| Junior Techie Join Date: May 2008
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|  Who can build the best? Who can build the best rig for 1200$ contest. With these three items involved. Newegg.com - Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP Support 400 cd/m2 3000:1 ACM - LCD Monitors Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors Newegg.com - VisionTek 900241 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards Whoever can build the best rig with these three items involved will win money after the order is placed. You have a total of 400-500$ more to spend on the rest of the parts. The prize won't be much and isn't announced, but I will send you money. Thanks guys. Good luck all.  Last edited by Grinchy; 06-30-2008 at 08:44 PM. |
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06-30-2008, 08:51 PM
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| Re: Who can build the best? Easy... (consider dropping to an e7200 though, overclocks around the same and significantly cheaper, actually with this you could get a Q6600) Corsair TX 650W ATX12V Power Supply - CMPSU-650TX - Buy.com Newegg.com - XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks Newegg.com - Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases Newegg.com - DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives About $480..you could also make a jump for a q6600 too, keep taht in mind
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 2900Pro/ R600 HR-03 Cooler I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born.  Last edited by vernong1992; 06-30-2008 at 09:19 PM. Reason: added corsair 650tx instead, changed to 4gb DDR2 800, better HSF, deleted HD when mentioned q6600.. new RAM (patriot) |
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06-30-2008, 09:20 PM
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| Re: Who can build the best? Because its better than a 9800gtx and its $200... Don't thread-jack please... EDIT: btw about that Buy.com, on Newegg its price is $150 which is why I recommended Buy.Com, also noteworthy is if you use Google Checkout for your first-time purchase you get $10 off the first item.. so thats noteworthy 
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 2900Pro/ R600 HR-03 Cooler I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born. Last edited by vernong1992; 06-30-2008 at 09:28 PM. |
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06-30-2008, 10:22 PM
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| Re: Who can build the best? Ok get Peter's Build.. With the RAM I have... with a Q6600 and this board: BIOSTAR TForce TP45HP
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 2900Pro/ R600 HR-03 Cooler I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born. |
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06-30-2008, 10:26 PM
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| Monster Techie  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: australia
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 | Re: Who can build the best? depends what u mean by best system, do you mean best performance without overclocking? or best for overclocking/bang for your buck? if you wanted great overclocks you could get this system Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives Newegg.com - Rosewill Stallion Series Single Ball Bearing Fan RD600N-2SB-SL-BK ATX V2.2/SSI, EPS 12V 600W Active PFC Power Supply-SLI Ready, Auto Switching/90-264V UL, FCC - Power Supplies Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138123 Newegg.com - XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks total = $454.94 even gives u a lil room for minor adjustments (better case?) otherwise all the systems posted above would be good.
__________________ My Budget Rig ~ $600 AUS AMD 5000+ BE @ 3.33GHz TRUE 120 cooler w/tx-2 GA-MA78GM-S2H 780g G.Skill 2GB NQ XFX 8800GS 700 core/1600 shader/950mem (still working on it, monster oc'er  )Antec e.w 380w NSK 4000 case Last edited by baron5; 06-30-2008 at 10:30 PM. |
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06-30-2008, 10:27 PM
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| Re: Who can build the best? Any of these builds would work with Overclocking, all have good HSF's and good Overclocking Boards
__________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 2900Pro/ R600 HR-03 Cooler I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born. |
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