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Thread ID: 76912 2007-02-20 07:34:00 Lets build a PC (FEB 2007) Metla (12) PC World Chat
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526357 2007-02-22 06:08:00 Are those thermaltake keyboards as ugly as the small picture makes them look?

Why have you made your product photos link to google?
Greven (91)
526358 2007-02-22 08:40:00 Thermaltake keyboards? Or Logitech keyboards? Tukapa (62)
526359 2007-02-22 09:20:00 Haven't seen Windows Vista Premium before. Is that a special version for those machines :D CYaBro (73)
526360 2007-02-22 12:25:00 Off the top of my head I'm thinking

AMD 3800 or 4200 X2
2GB Ram
400GB HD
7600GT video card
Asus Motherboard to suit (non SLI, thats a wank unless you have 2 video cards, I'd rather have the pci slots, Infact I require 4 at a minimum)
ASUS DVD Writer
Case and PSU I already have
Mouse and KB, whatever I have handy
Monitor, I would be looking at a 21in LCD further down the line, Will use the 19 CRT for the meantime
TV Capture card with hardware mpeg2 Encoder.

This is what i bought in June
AMD 4200 X2 (socket 939)
2 x 1 gig Corsair 3500 xl ram sticks
2 x 500 gig Haitachi Sata 2 Hd's
1 x 7900 GTX MSi 512 meg Video card
Asus a8n32 sli deluxe motherboard.
Pioneer 111D DVD burner
Ennermax 600 watt power supply
Accousticase Case with noise reduction foam
2 x Glacialtech fans.
1x floppy :rolleyes:
apsattv (7406)
526361 2007-02-22 20:35:00 Are those thermaltake keyboards as ugly as the small picture makes them look?

Why have you made your product photos link to google?

Yes, but I'm not using them now. Haven't changed the pics........


Er........because I'm hopeless at editing the webpages? Its not meant to be linking to anything.
Sigh.......more editing..............
pctek (84)
526362 2007-02-23 03:47:00 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
SUPER TALENT 2GB DDR2-800 PC6400 DUAL CHANNEL KIT 4-4-3-8
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
XFX Geforce 7950GT
Enermex Liberty 500w
Samsung 904B
Generic Case, Keyboard and Mouse

The E6300 offer awesome value and paired with the DS3 and some "value" DDR800 should easily hit 3.2GHz even with the stock cooler and a moderate vcore increase. It really is a crime not to overclock these chips theyre just begging for it!

If you don't like Super Talent swap it with the equivalent G Skill or Corsair sticks, they're all based on Promis IC's so it wont make much difference. Promos IC's are good for 900MHz+ if you want to go any higher you'd need Micon D9 based memory.

If you cant stand Gigabytes stupid colour scheme swap in either the Asus P5B-E or P5B-Deluxe it wont make any difference. The Abit AB9 Quad GT looks awesome but isn't available in NZ yet, theres also pre-production photos of a DFI 965 popping up around the web but no idea when it will be released.

The 7950GT or 7900GS are currently the best bang for buck video cards available, but remember nVidia and ATi will release mid range DX10 card in a couple of months. If the 7900 series is too much money to waste for a card you'll replace in a few month do what i did and grab a Palit 7600GS Sonic, its a 7600GS with DDR3 so it'll easily clock to 7600GT+, and should be good for physics when nVidia and ATi finally get round to releasing support for it.

Harddrives are really a no brainer, buy enough storage to suit your needs.

The people that reckonmend generic PSU's and Thermaltake cases deserve to have they're reproductive organs removed! A generic PSU is a time bomb just waiting to kill your new PC, and the only sane people who buy Thermaltake products arent old enough to legal get a drivers license ;)
Pete O'Neil (6584)
526363 2007-02-23 06:38:00 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
SUPER TALENT 2GB DDR2-800 PC6400 DUAL CHANNEL KIT 4-4-3-8
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
XFX Geforce 7950GT
Enermex Liberty 500w
Samsung 904B
Generic Case, Keyboard and Mouse


The people that reckonmend generic PSU's and Thermaltake cases deserve to have they're reproductive organs removed! A generic PSU is a time bomb just waiting to kill your new PC, and the only sane people who buy Thermaltake products arent old enough to legal get a drivers license ;)

So you'd take a generic case over a Thermaltake case? Right oh.
CYaBro (73)
526364 2007-02-23 07:05:00 So you'd take a generic case over a Thermaltake case? Right oh.

there is nothing wrong (apart from the PSU) with a lot of the generic cases.
Greven (91)
526365 2007-02-23 07:40:00 Haven't seen Windows Vista Premium before. Is that a special version for those machines :D

www.microsoft.com
pctek (84)
526366 2007-02-23 08:11:00 and the only sane people who buy Thermaltake products arent old enough to legal get a drivers license ;)

Ive got a Thermaltake Armour case ($400 inc 550W thermaltake PSU)

I'm old enough to get a drivers license.. :D (but only just :p)
Dannz (1668)
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