Jiro's suggesting build for Nathan is purely powered gaming/intensitive PC. I have something similar around there.
But the difference with me is that I didn't buy all from same site, I waited long times for some deals to come through from
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With that kind of a list, and good OS your PC will run like drinking fine wine while running lots of programs, with extra wine left over
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This is current my build, I made back in 2007-2008 collecting the pieces one by one.
Remember, my purchases are from 2007-2008 era so that is why you might see it higher than usual today.
$065 Crucial Ballistix 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
$055 Patriot Viper 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (got this some months later on, this is why price is cheaper)
$090 ABIT IP35-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$050 Antec Earthwatts EA430
$190 XFX GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card - Alpha Dog Edition
$066 Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Cache
$249 Intel Core™2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4 GHz 1066MHz Socket 775 Processor - Retail
(Q6600 stepping is G0 version)
Total $766 not including shipping, taxes (mostly free), case/monitors (I got separately)
I get taxed for Newegg in my state, so I try not to buy all my stuff from there.. and sometimes if you wait, good $$ deals come all the time.
Do I like it? Hell yeah!
Once I tried running just as much as I could for the fun of it.
I ran.. in vista 64:
- Windowed high-quality Crysis in 1680x1050,
- Windowed Witcher in 1680x1050 (on second display, idle)
- Adobe photoshop CS4
- Adobe After effects CS4
- Microsoft Excel 2007
- Playing a house DVD episode in video player
- Running various stuff like AIM, firefox with 5-8 tabs, file browsing, small stuff
And my PC was STILL not lagging doing all this at the same time. I rarely do this especially dual gaming, but I tested this and I was surprised!
HUNGRY MAN needs anyway -
