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    Help me build a computer...

    Okay, i'm building a computer for my roommate.

    So far, we know we are getting (everything retail):

    Processor: P4 3.06 best price: $632
    video card: Radeon 9700 Pro best price: $291
    hdd: Western digital SE 120GB best price: $144
    sound card: audigy 2 platinum best price: $231
    drives: sony DRU 500AX +-rw best price: $346
    toshiba 16x dvd best price: $45

    I'm looking for suggestions on what
    motherboard: ?
    case: ?
    cool accessories: ?

    should it be Rambus or ddr?


    whadayathink?
    Last edited by Kaak; February 17, 2003, 22:51.
    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."
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  • #2
    Shouldn't you be trying to sell your roommate a Dell?

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    • #3
      i don't work on comission, so it is more fun to build it...I get to play with everything


      *** also, how much extra would it cost to water cool? and any flahy addon recomendations are welcome!!***
      "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

      "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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      • #4
        If you want water-cooling, look for one of those specialised cases.

        I must say your roommate is rich. Just the CPU alone is US$600.
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        • #5
          Just how much money does your roomate have to spend?
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          • #6
            doesn't matter too much, trying to stay around $2100
            "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

            "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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            • #7
              If I were you, I'd suggest to him to use a slower CPU and use the $ to upgrade the I/O subsystem (Ultra320 RAID ).
              (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
              (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
              (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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              • #8
                links man, links....what are the benefits and the price difference? is that scsi? These WD special edition drives are supposed to rival scsi speeds because of the 8 MB cache
                "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

                "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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                • #9
                  Yes, SCSI Ultra320 - 320MB/s transfer rate. You can't touch it. Check out this Adeptac card for example. I am sure there are many others.
                  (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                  (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                  (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                  • #10
                    i think that would knock us a bit out of the price range and we aren't trying to run serve central texas, so assuming those components, which motherboard would you recommend? this is my main problem so far...
                    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

                    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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                    • #11
                      Recommendations: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128-MB
                      You can even overclock it with some effort, http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDA5
                      Pentium 4 2.66GHz (Not just 2.6GHz) 533MHz FSB 512K Cache - Northwood B P4 - Socket 478
                      Can get it for $265
                      Get two drives for RAID0 striping to increase performance and think about getting 2 gig of RAM to use with a RAMdisk to get max performance
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                      • #12
                        Here's the goods on the RAMdisk thing:
                        http://www.timscorner.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=5
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                        • #13
                          Re: Help me build a computer...

                          drives: sony DRU 500AX +-rw best price: $346 toshiba 16x dvd best price: $45
                          You shouldn't need to buy a separate DVD-ROM drive if you're buying a DVD burner...
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                          • #14
                            looks like we are going to have to go with the klipsch 5.1 THX certified 500 watt sound system for $270

                            "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

                            "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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                            • #15
                              reismark: extra drive for $45 = less wear on the expensive one
                              "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

                              "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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