04-28-2007, 05:26 PM
The prices are looking more reasonable now. Good HDD choice btw, lots of room and speed (which is key). What do you need the adapter for though? If it's for your monitor that should come with your video card. Mine came with two adapters.
You seem to be spending an awful lot though on that 8800GTS. Mine was the same in terms of size, but nearly $100 less. I believe the price has come down too.
Here's the specifics for the card I have. EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
Not trying to push it by any means, but no point having you pay more when you don't HAVE to. It's a good base to go off of so you can do some comparitive shopping.
Let's see my spending list..
Case: $174.99
CPU: $314.00
Motherboard: $399.99
Memory: $299.99
Video Card: $389.99
DVD-ROM Burner: $33.99
DVD-ROM: $18.99
Power Supply: $109.99
Hard Drive: $159.99
CPU Cooling: $33.99
Total: $1935.91
Looks like memory, CPU and the mobo got me in terms of the cost. Course your CPU choice is a slightly lower level one, but that's all good, provided you can upgrade your mobo with a better CPU if you so choose.
Overall, your machine parts list is looking good for the price; the only thing now that's looks iffy is the vid card, in terms of price. Odd that it's so much more than mine, considering it's practically the same card, just different company maker. Eh, what can ya say?
You seem to be spending an awful lot though on that 8800GTS. Mine was the same in terms of size, but nearly $100 less. I believe the price has come down too.
Here's the specifics for the card I have. EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
Not trying to push it by any means, but no point having you pay more when you don't HAVE to. It's a good base to go off of so you can do some comparitive shopping.
Let's see my spending list..
Case: $174.99
CPU: $314.00
Motherboard: $399.99
Memory: $299.99
Video Card: $389.99
DVD-ROM Burner: $33.99
DVD-ROM: $18.99
Power Supply: $109.99
Hard Drive: $159.99
CPU Cooling: $33.99
Total: $1935.91
Looks like memory, CPU and the mobo got me in terms of the cost. Course your CPU choice is a slightly lower level one, but that's all good, provided you can upgrade your mobo with a better CPU if you so choose.
Overall, your machine parts list is looking good for the price; the only thing now that's looks iffy is the vid card, in terms of price. Odd that it's so much more than mine, considering it's practically the same card, just different company maker. Eh, what can ya say?
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Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do all day.
Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do all day.