Need opinions on a new system
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liansk




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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Aug 2007 18:49    Post subject: Need opinions on a new system
Ok, so i guess it's finally time to update my old rig.

here's a system that my friend built for me Very Happy anything i should change in it? My price limit is 900$.

CPU: INTEL CORE DUO E4500 2.20gHZ 2mb SHARED CHACHE

GFXCARD:ASUS EN8600GT 256mb DDR3

RAM: 2gb DDR2 super talent 667mhz dual pack

MOTHERBOARD: INTEL BLKDP35DPM dragon tail peak

HDD: SEAGATA BARRACUDA 250GB SATA2 7200RPM
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SpykeZ




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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Aug 2007 19:09    Post subject:
Personal opinion, I'd swap that Seagate for a WD Raptor. And the MB for an eVga or Asus. The video card would be better from eVga since you can use their step up process if you want to upgrade your card and not have to buy a whole new card, you can just send that one back in and only pay the difference. They also cost less.


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chiv




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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Aug 2007 19:59    Post subject:
the biggest raptor is 150 isnt it? so youd have a faster hdd but youd be giving up 100gb of space... if your making a low-end pc, id probably stick with capacity over speed, because i dont think the speed increase a raptor would give you would be that noticable to you...


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CaptainCox
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Aug 2007 20:08    Post subject:
Hd's are really cheap nowdays, and I agree with the Raptors, ok I got 2 myslef, but I only got them when i was playing a lot of BF2/2142, due to faster load times. Still have my OS installed on them in Raid. You can get a 500gb for around 100 bucks while 2 Raptors 75Gb will be something around 280 euro, 2 x150Gb around 380e or so.


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Racecar101




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Location: somewhere in miami
PostPosted: Wed, 29th Aug 2007 23:00    Post subject:
crucial ballistix pc5300 will do 1200 mhz
western digital 500 gb aaks is almost as fast as a raptor.
get a p35 chipset board
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