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| Thread ID: 74422 | 2006-11-22 04:35:00 | Looking at buying | Dannz (1668) | PC World Chat |
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| 501126 | 2006-11-22 04:35:00 | Looking at buying the following, what do PF1 members think? :) Case: Xaser III 1000A ATX Full Tower, Side Window, Front USB, Black, with Fan Control www.ascent.co.nz $314.84 PSU: Thermaltake Purepower W0023RAD, 560W ATX PSU, Black, Retail www.ascent.co.nz $176.81 CPU: Intel Pentium D Dual-Core 820 CPU, 2.8GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 32/64-Bit, Prescott Core, ATX, Retail pack with fan, EM64T www.ascent.co.nz $243.00 Mobo: Abit AB9 Motherboard, Socket 775, 1066MHz FSB, 0xDIMM, DDR, 4xDIMM, DDR2, PCIe-16, 2xPCI, 1xPCIe-1, 3xUSB2, Audio, RAID, ATX www.ascent.co.nz $360.33 Graphics: Albatron 7300 GT Video Card, GeForce 7300 GT, 256MB, DDR2, PCIe-16, TV out, DVI, SLI ready www.ascent.co.nz $182.25 HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST3160811AS Hard Disk Drive, 160GB, 7200rpm, 8192KB Cache, SATA-2 www.ascent.co.nz $127.99 Total: Approx $1,600 I'll probably just be getting 1gb of ddr2-533 ram off trademe (its about $200 new versus almost $300 retail) |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 501127 | 2006-11-22 07:09:00 | Are you getting a specific brand of RAM? Because you can easily get 1GB of DDR2-533 for under $165 new from a shop otherwise.... (Legend / A-data / Transcend etc). Or a Kingston DDR2-667 with lifetime warranty for $225ish. Memory is the most common thing to die in my experience, so it's probably worth getting it new. If you're not REALLY tied to Ascent I would buy a 250GB SATA drive for $126 from NFC Technology, they're a great shop for hard drives (I'm not affiliated with them....) and they're perfectly fine with warranty issues etc. Unless of course you're really sure that 160GB is enough, but a lot of people say that, and they're usually wrong. Other than that it looks good, nice job. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 501128 | 2006-11-22 07:28:00 | Don't trust Kingston, ive had a number of ram sticks die on me. $165 new from a shop? link? :) Wth the 160: its just for OS, my home directory, and all files are stored on my file server. Though yours is $1 cheaper, so i might just go for the 250gb, may as well do the job properly :) Looking at getting the 3.4GHz version of that CPU here: www.ascent.co.nz Hard Drive here: 250GB www.nfc.co.nz Updated Price: $1735.35 |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 501129 | 2006-11-22 09:42:00 | I thought you said you had no money? | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 501130 | 2006-11-23 06:40:00 | Ditch the Abit AB9 the board layout is horrible and overclocking performance is crap (possibly not a big concern). Hunt down either the Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 or ASUS P5B-E. I'd be inclined to ditch the Thermaltake PSU for an equivalent Enermex unit, but I'm a Enermex fanboy. I'd also consider buying memory for a reliable shop other than trademe, as George has mentioned good deals can be had if you hunt around. Why are you buying a Pentium D? Need it to double as a reliable heater? Is it safe to assume your aware of Core 2 Duo's and that 7300's offer fairly lack luster game performance? Why you wasting so much money of such a horrid looking cases? I cant believe Thermaltake manages to stay in business making cases that look like that. If your going to invest so much in a case at least get something original, if man and his dog has Thermaltake caes. Save some money on the case and buy better hardware. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 501131 | 2006-11-23 22:49:00 | Why are you buying a Pentium D? Need it to double as a reliable heater? I'd definitely agree with that, I just hesitated to suggest it as I haven't actually USED a Core 2 Duo myself and wasn't too sure how the bottom of the line one compared with a Pentium D. That said, I would certainly be going for the Core 2 Duo if it was my PC I was buying. And I would never spend more than $100 on a case, ever. Save $210 and buy yourself some better hardware (as Pete as said already). I would put $70 towards a DVD burner and $120 towards getting the Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz ($383 from ExtremePC). Link to the $165 ram? Take a look at PB Technology for $167 Legend 1GB 533mhz - www.pbtech.co.nz They have no stock but you can find it for a few bucks more at other places. Don't buy RAM from Supercheap or anywhere with a poorly written, dodgy site with no real details... Don't know about that motherboard, but you could probably shave $100 off and not really notice, unless you really like overclocking or have some other reason for an expensive motherboard, you should be able to easily get by with a <$240 motherboard. Both the ones Pete recommended (my two favourite brands incidentally) can be found for less than $240. I reckon you can make it for $1550 with much better stuff in it (pulling 1550 out of thin air). |
george12 (7) | ||
| 501132 | 2006-11-24 04:09:00 | Ditch the Abit AB9 the board layout is horrible and overclocking performance is crap (possibly not a big concern). Hunt down either the Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 or ASUS P5B-E. I don't plan to overclock, and but i could negotiate on the mobo, but i decided against those 2 mobos for one reason or another. I want Sata-II and 7.1 sound is always nice, as is 1gbit ethernet. I'd be inclined to ditch the Thermaltake PSU for an equivalent Enermex unit, but I'm a Enermex fanboy. I'd also consider buying memory for a reliable shop other than trademe, as George has mentioned good deals can be had if you hunt around. Yeah, i have found ram from another shop, and is there an advantage over thermaltake? Why are you buying a Pentium D? Need it to double as a reliable heater? Is it safe to assume your aware of Core 2 Duo's and that 7300's offer fairly lack luster game performance? I dont game :p Core 2 Duo's are out of my price range Why you wasting so much money of such a horrid looking cases? I cant believe Thermaltake manages to stay in business making cases that look like that. If your going to invest so much in a case at least get something original, if man and his dog has Thermaltake caes. Save some money on the case and buy better hardware. I like the case :rolleyes: |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 501133 | 2006-11-24 05:51:00 | Why you wasting so much money of such a horrid looking cases? I cant believe Thermaltake manages to stay in business making cases that look like that. Its a matter of personal taste. TT sold millions of them. I worked for a place that sold them and there were people lining up to pre-order them. I prefer the more classic look but each to their own. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 501134 | 2006-11-24 19:37:00 | Anyone experienced willing to help a minorly-less experienced person build up a decent (and well priced) computer? Cheers |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 501135 | 2006-11-25 08:20:00 | Hey mate, well looking around I guess this is, about the best deal for your budget: . trademe . co . nz/Computers/Desktops/Without-monitor/auction-78614949 . htm" target="_blank">www . trademe . co . nz of course though you don't have to buy that, you can buy all the parts seperately and assemble it yourself, which is probably cheaper . |
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