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Is This Computer Build Worth 5k?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:52 pm    Post subject: Is This Computer Build Worth 5k? Reply with quote

PROCESSOR:Intel® Core™2 Extreme QX9650 (3.0GHz, 1333FSB, 12MB L2 Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate w/ Digital Cable Support SP1
MEMORY:4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
HARD DRIVE:2TB Performance RAID (2x1TB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs)
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
MONITORS:22 inch SP2208WFP Wide Flat Panel with Webcam and Mic
VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
SOUND CARD: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I could probably build it from $2500-$3000 (depending on the prices of the other components like the case and motherboard).

Don't buy your stuff from Dell, and if you're going to get a high end desktop like that one, you should learn how to build one yourself. You'll not only benefit from higher performing parts, but also a much lower price.

There are much better system setups than this one. The CPU itself costs slightly under $1000. It would have been better if more money was spent on the graphics card (or graphics cards), and less money spent on the hard drives and CPU.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the reply superweapons Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go onto NewEgg, you can buy all those parts seperate for like 1/3 to 1/2 the price of that full prebuilt system.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I can build that with parts from newegg for 1/3 cheaper.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For $5k, it should have better than a last-generation card at least, and it's not even the best card of the last generation.

Not worth even close to that.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How is the 9800GT last generation? Did i miss something?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why do you need 2 Tb? i mean Thats lots of space, 500GB+ is good but 1TB+ is for like downloading HD movies,anime,crazy amounts of games, TONS of pictures.
Dont goto the TB section unless you download like crazy or download lots of shows. Wink
Also try getting a ATI Radeon HD 4870, I heard is out peforms the popular nvidia cards,If you bought it earlier you could have gotten one around 170 bucks. Shocked
edit: actually i re-checked, Newegg actually sells only 2 Radeon HD 4870 at the price 174 bucks.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He only has 1TB of space Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, lol xD i didnt see that 1X2.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yah, i think i might get 1TB sooner or later...

PS: he has 2TB of space, but since he is RAIDing, it equals 1TB

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well just dont get WVU (Windows Vista Ultimate), It not good theres lots of reasons i dont want to point out, just get the windows vista premium or windows xp pro/home edition.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

localhost wrote:
How is the 9800GT last generation? Did i miss something?


Yep, you missed the GTX series, the 260 and 280.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Performance RAID = RAID 0, for increased read/write speed, not data backup.

Vista Ultimate is probably the best of the Vista line, it gives you the mos control over the operating system. But you'll have to pay more.

The build has an overpowered processor (thus an underpowered GPU), an extra 2GB of RAM that most people won't use, an extra drive that isn't necessary, and a sound card, where the onboard should work well, depending on the model.

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