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Post by MrBlah » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:52 pm

funny though... take a look at these two Thermaltake PSUs

1200W PSU - Clicky
1000W PSU - this is the one i have

They are the same yes? so can an electrical engineer please give me a light bulb over my head?
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Post by Blown65 » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:10 pm

[quote="MrBlah";p="59603"]
[quote="Clay Pigeon";p="59597"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817256038

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817116006

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817101022

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817814012

Are all 1.1 to 1.2KW psus with 17-20 amps per 12v rail.[/quote]

Each and everyone of those is not a quality PSU, not an Enermax, not an Antec, not a Thermaltake, not a good PSU to pick up. I have a 1000W Thermaltake PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817153053


And Blown, for a motherboard, with WiFi... look at this Asus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131218
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Ya, but I'm not going to spend the extra on DDR3 Ram. Better off spending it on other parts IMO for the small increase you get for the huge price difference over DDR2

This is the board I was thinking of.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131182


Man those power requirements for the nvidia cards are crazy.

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Post by Blown65 » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:16 pm

The powersupplies are for combined though, you guys are looking at it wrong.

The first one was 100amp, that second says 84 amp. Right from nvidia on the Ultra card it says it needs 34 Combined amps.

Each one is rated at 20 or 36, but if you use all combined it cant exceed the 100 or 84.

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Post by Squidly » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:24 am

My friend ask me to build a computer for him... That is what i'm thinking buying him!! (BTW, he doesnt want to spend more than 1200$)

Any better suggestion!!!?

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard

Memory OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Video Card NVIDIA 8800GT OEM 600MHZ 512MB GDDR3 1.8GHZ PCI-E Dual DVI-I *Systems Only - 1YR NCIX Warranty*

Case Coolermaster CM 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA

Power Supply Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan

IDE Hard Drives Western Digital SE16 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive OEM 3 Year MFR Warranty


All that for: $991.48 (without taxes)
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Post by mr_s » Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:00 am

[quote="Stevo";p="58774"]I'll build a new computer if you pay for it. :D[/quote]


duuuuuuuuuuuuuudeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!


ppl these days can build their own....


rankly it aint that hard either....


google does wonders...


plus how can u bild it for me when u 2 continents away?

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Post by mr_s » Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:01 am

[quote="Squidly";p="59775"]My friend ask me to build a computer for him... That is what i'm thinking buying him!! (BTW, he doesnt want to spend more than 1200$)

Any better suggestion!!!?

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard

Memory OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Video Card NVIDIA 8800GT OEM 600MHZ 512MB GDDR3 1.8GHZ PCI-E Dual DVI-I *Systems Only - 1YR NCIX Warranty*

Case Coolermaster CM 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA

Power Supply Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan

IDE Hard Drives Western Digital SE16 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive OEM 3 Year MFR Warranty


All that for: $991.48 (without taxes)
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Woah....


I ddnt realise how cheap technology got...


sounds like an uber system to me...

cheers

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Post by Gen.Ben » Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:24 am

[quote="Squidly";p="59775"]
My friend ask me to build a computer for him... That is what i'm thinking buying him!! (BTW, he doesnt want to spend more than 1200$)

Any better suggestion!!!?

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard

Memory OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Video Card NVIDIA 8800GT OEM 600MHZ 512MB GDDR3 1.8GHZ PCI-E Dual DVI-I *Systems Only - 1YR NCIX Warranty*

Case Coolermaster CM 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA

Power Supply Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan

IDE Hard Drives Western Digital SE16 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive OEM 3 Year MFR Warranty


All that for: $991.48 (without taxes)
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that looks good.

That power supply is overkill though. The 520 watt model would do fine, and it would still have room for upgrades.

And that hard drive is IDE, you want SATA.

Also you didnt include a DVD drive.
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Post by Squidly » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:23 am

[quote="Gen.Ben";p="59790"][quote="Squidly";p="59775"]
My friend ask me to build a computer for him... That is what i'm thinking buying him!! (BTW, he doesnt want to spend more than 1200$)

Any better suggestion!!!?

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard

Memory OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Video Card NVIDIA 8800GT OEM 600MHZ 512MB GDDR3 1.8GHZ PCI-E Dual DVI-I *Systems Only - 1YR NCIX Warranty*

Case Coolermaster CM 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA

Power Supply Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan

IDE Hard Drives Western Digital SE16 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive OEM 3 Year MFR Warranty


All that for: $991.48 (without taxes)
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that looks good.

That power supply is overkill though. The 520 watt model would do fine, and it would still have room for upgrades.

And that hard drive is IDE, you want SATA.

Also you didnt include a DVD drive.[/quote]


I checked and it is a SATA drive... I think!!! Dunno why they have written IDE in the de.scription!!! That is actually very confusing!!!

IDE Hard Drives Western Digital SE16 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive OEM 3 Year MFR Warranty

For me, it seems to be a SATA drive... Look at the link!!!

hard drive (clicky)

Am I right!!!? I must admit that I dunno a lot about hard drive... I'm better about CPU and GPU!!! :oops:

And for the optical drive, he will keep the one that he has in his present computer!!!
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Post by Blown65 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:28 pm

Well, heres what I got coming. :) Too bad I gotta wait till Wed to get started on it. :(


1 Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136012

1 ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813127030

1 XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814150252

1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115017

1 LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DH-20A4P-04 - OEM
Item #: N82E16827106228

1 GENERIC 18" 2-Head Red SATA (SERIAL ATA 150) Cable Model SERIAL ATA 18 - OEM
Item #: N82E16812104150

1 COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-750-ACAA-A1 ATX12V / EPS12V 750W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817171024

1 Thermaltake CL-P0401 110mm Full-Range Fan CPU Cooler - Retail
Item #: N82E16835106102

1 COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119138

2 Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model PEP22G6400EL - Retail

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Re: Anyone else building a computer soon? Im bored :D

Post by stress » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:33 pm

i ordered a lot of the same stuff:

- 850Watt OCZ GameXStream Power Supply Unit


- 150 GB 10,000 RPM Raptor X Serial ATA Internal Hard Drive


- Cooler Master FS-C77 Fatal1ty CPU Fan


- eVGA-GeForce 8800 GT Superclocked 512 MB PCI-E Graphics Card


- OCZ Platinum1 2 x 2 GB PC2-6400 SDRAM 240-pin DIMM DDR2 Dual Channel Memory Kit - Enhanced Latency Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Edition


- Intel Core2 Q6600 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor


- Asus Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series LGA775 ATX Intel Processor Motherboard

and i think i am gunna order the coolermaster cosmos 1010 case.

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Post by MrBlah » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:43 pm

:P if anyone needs help with overclocking too im sure i can help in some way shape or form. Just drop me a line.
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Post by Blown65 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:48 pm

ya, I plan to OC, since I have done it on all my prior machines. heh

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Post by MrBlah » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:26 pm

in reality, OCing is the true way to get performance out of a computer. Save ur self some money, OC and you will get the same performance really.... it can increase the longevity in some ways too.
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Post by YevGenie » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:10 pm

What the hell is OC'ing anyway? I have never done it...*shrug*
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Post by MrBlah » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:44 pm

OverClocking :P increasing the clock speeds of ur equipment beyond the stock settings
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