Old PC:

3GHZ Pentium 4 with HT
1.5GB of PC3200 DDR RAM
Geforce 6 6600GT with 128MB of RAM
Plextor DVD+/-RW and separate CD-RW Drive
74GB WD Raptor HD
80GB WD 7200rpm HD

New PC (direct from Newegg order):

Item(s) shipped from CA Tracking Number:
1 LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - Retail
Item #: N82E16827106072
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $37.99
1 KINGWIN ABT-600MA1S ATX 12V Ver.2.2 600W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817121012
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $119.99
Item(s) shipped from NJ Tracking Number:
1 Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136033
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy $149.99
1 EVGA 640-P2-N828-A1 GeForce 8800GTS KO 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130299
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy $379.99
1 ABIT IP35 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813127029
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy $129.99
1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115017
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy $284.99
1 Logitech MX 3200 Black USB RF Wireless Standard Desktop Laser Mouse Included - Retail
Item #: N82E16823126007
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $79.99
1 Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811129021
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $124.99
1 Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP support - Retail
Item #: N82E16824009094
Return Policy: [LCD] Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy $229.99
1 G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL6D-4GBMQ - Retail
Item #: N82E16820231112
Return Policy: Memory (Modules, USB) Return Policy $139.99
Please be aware that Newegg does not deliver packages on Saturdays or Sundays. Delivery attempts will be made on weekdays only.
Subtotal: $1,677.90
What's this? Tax: $0.00
Shipping: $49.10
Total: $1,727.00

I'm going to take out the 74GB from the old computer and add it to the new one in a RAID-0 configure. Then I got this 400GB WD drive I pulled from a computer I serviced. The owner bought a new drive, so I checked the warranty on the drive and it was still good. Sending it out today and when it comes back, its going in as a storage drive. Later on, I'll buy another, throw it into a RAID-1 and I'll never worry about my data again. Its exciting times, I've waited a long time for this.

Post some absurd benchmarks when you get it assembled.

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I went dual boot with Vista Ultimate and XP Pro.

Antec P180 Computer Case (Silver) $89
WD Raptor X 150GB 10K SATA Hard Drive $175
OCZ GameXStream 700W Power Supply $109
ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard $165
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz 1066MHz G0 stepping $287
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (dual) $56
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB Super-clocked (Free Quake Wars) $294
COOLER MASTER GeminII CPU+ Board Cooler Free
2 - ZALMAN ZM - F3 120mm Fans for GeminII $18
Vantec Round Cables (for floppy and IDE ROM) $8
MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 $18
SAMSUNG 226BW 22" 2 ms DVI LCD $280

Total Shipping $46

Total (All prices after rebates) $1,555

Additional components (free - don’t ask):

Windows Vista Ultimate 32
Windows XP Professional 32
WD 250 GB SATA Drive
Liteon 20X DVD Burner (Light scribe)
Liteon DVD Player

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Are you going with a 64 Bit OS or going to live with 3.3 GB of ram reported in Windows?

[ 11-07-2007: Message edited by: Cacophonous ]

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Hell, what's it like to have a job that pays enough to allow you to buy a new computer?

Can I have some money?

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

Caco: I just got the processor in, I haven't checked what stepping I got yet. I'll let you know when I take it out of the package. I missed the deal for the free copy of Quake Wars (really don't care, I played the demo and the game officially sucks, I was very dissapointed. The whole idea behind the game was a dream and they just failed miserably). I am definetely going with Vista x64. I said to myself years ago, the next system I build will be a 64-bit system, regardless as to where the industry currently is in supporting it.

AcidWarp: It's pretty damn awesome. Especially since for the past two years, I dug myself out of a 15k hole I put myself into with having fun with a credit card. Don't you love how you're close to maxing the card and they raise the limit by a thousand, digging yourself deeper? Yeah, so I lived with two years of completely misery and no money or nothing. Scrapping every bit of the way. This is the first thing I bought myself that I'll actually enjoy (instead of giving money to family members for weddings or paying to fix the car, etc...) I've suffer, I've risen, and now I'll enjoy.

And, as for giving you money... Dude, did you just see how much I spent.

Maybe this summer.

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

The Abit IP35 mobo has given me a hell of a time. I'm waiting on a replacement Asus P5E-K. After all the research I've done on this board to treat failures with the RAID-0 and install any OS, and the annoying Double Post issues I'm staying far away from Abit products from now on. Its so funny how I swore on their shit for so many years, and just one bad experience just denies everything. That company really went to shit.

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I hate the way they named them.

8800GTS fast
8800GT faster
8800GTX fastest

[ 11-20-2007: Message edited by: Cacophonous ]

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quote:

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Originally posted by GFKiller:
Yeah, they gotta come up with a better naming convention. Its too confusing. I liked it better back in the GeForce 4 days. If you had an MX, it was a value card. If you had a Ti, you meant business.

So the system is up and running. Now tackling my other problem. The linksys wireless card I bought does not have a 64-bit Vista drive. However, there's a workaround that I'm going to try in a bit. I'm getting excited again, I may finally be done building this thing.

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Santa Clara (CA) : Intel has informed its customers that the Core 2
Quad Q6600 desktop quad-core processor as well as the Xeon X3220 and
X3210 server quad-core CPUs have been transitioned to a new stepping,
which will allow customers to integrate the processors in computer
systems using lower power flexible motherboards (FMB).

According to a product change notification released on Friday, the
three processors were transitioned from the B-3 to the G-0 processor
stepping and can now run not only on 105 watt performance FMBs, but on
95 watt mainstream FMBs as well.

The new CPUs, which can be identified by the CPUID "06FB" (B-3
processors were labeled "06F7"), also increase the Tcase, a value that
describes the maximum temperature a CPU can sustain, by 11 degrees
Celsius. According to Intel, this change will allow system builders to
scale back cooling requirements and achieve lower system noise levels
overall.

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