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08-10-2007, 01:52 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 220
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hahaha....i chose the 2900 xt for the same exact reason. Seagate hard drives tend to be better... If you can...get a thermalright ultra 120 extreme. Crucial Ballistix are cheaper ($80 after mir) and perform better
oh, and newegg.com has some of the some of the stuff for less $$$
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08-10-2007, 02:09 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 412
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why on gods green earth would you ever buy from amazon.com? newegg.com has virtually everything you have for cheaper.
id suggest crucial ballistix ram, its $110 w/ a 20 or 30 dollar MIR and better than OCZ.
Secondly, gofor the seagate barracuda 7200.10 250gb perpendicular recording technology 16mb cache, those things are dynamite.
also, id suggest getting the evga 8800gts 320mb over the radeon, on par performance, except the nvidia is better made, more overclockable, more reliable, and cheaper, (IMO)
finally, youll probably be fine with a corsair 520hx.
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08-10-2007, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Riznarf  also, id suggest getting the evga 8800gts 320mb over the radeon, on par performance, except the nvidia is better made, more overclockable, more reliable, and cheaper | more overclockable? the 2900 xt's overclock very well, more so than the 8800 gts's if i remember correctly. also the 2900 xt is starting to perform a bit better than the 8800 gts's... But anyways, the 8800 gts 320mb is a great card for the price | |
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08-10-2007, 02:14 PM
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The Water Cooling Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 5,034
| Re: Your opinions for my upcoming Computer parts [Quad Core Based]
How can you say that the nvidia card is "better made" when tests show that the radeon, provided you can get rid of the heat can overclock well past any other card on the market. This shows that the radeons have better components in them and thus are "better made"
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08-10-2007, 02:18 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 220
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the stock 2900 xt heatsink is verryy good....keeps my card very cool
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08-10-2007, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by cannoN Note: Dont ask me why im buying from amazon. | For some reason i think asking him why he is buying from amazon is stupid, but hey, thats just me!! 
He obviously has a good reason for doing so(i hope?) so unless he feels like revealing this secret to us i dont think asking him will change anything.
As far as the ATi vs Nvidia
The ATi card is a better choice. This is coming from an nvidia supporter. Its a back and forth game and ATi got nvidia on this one in my opinion. :-p
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08-10-2007, 02:26 PM
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i wonder how ati will do when the first few dx10 games come out (bioshock, crysis, etc.)
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08-10-2007, 02:27 PM
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Riznarf Quote: |
why on gods green earth would you ever buy from amazon.com? newegg.com has virtually everything you have for cheaper.
| If you read my post, i said, "Dont ask me why im buying from amazon." Quote: |
id suggest crucial ballistix ram, its $110 w/ a 20 or 30 dollar MIR and better than OCZ.
| I will think about it. Quote: |
Secondly, gofor the seagate barracuda 7200.10 250gb perpendicular recording technology 16mb cache, those things are dynamite.
| I will think about it too. Quote: |
also, id suggest getting the evga 8800gts 320mb over the radeon, on par performance, except the nvidia is better made, more overclockable, more reliable, and cheaper, (IMO)
| for my past years i've been nvidia, i'd like to change . Quote: |
finally, youll probably be fine with a corsair 520hx.
| its more future proof, so when card like 9800 release ......
,and thanks for helping everyone 
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08-10-2007, 02:28 PM
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No problem cannon id like to welcome you to our forums. Feel free to stick around and post back when you get your project started or have more questions!
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