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Subject: Good price for this pc?

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Name: Allen (by Allen Jian)
Date: April 16, 2008 at 18:50:42 Pacific
Subject: Good price for this pc?
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Hi, please comment on the price of this computer, thanks.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor LGA775 Kentsfield 2.40GHZ
EVGA Nforce E-7150/630I LGA775 mATX 1PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 HDMI Video Sound GBLAN Motherboard
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 4GB 2X2GB PC2-5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory
NVIDIA 8800GT OEM 600MHZ 512MB GDDR3 1.8GHZ PCI-E Dual DVI-I *1YR NCIX Warranty*
Silver Case
Sparkle Power SPI ATX-400PN 400W ATX12V 20/24PIN Power Supply W/ 120MM Fan P4 AMD Ready OEM
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 32BIT DVD OEM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive 5YR MFR Warranty
Samsung SH-S203B Black SATA DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 18X/12X INT DVD Writer OEM W/ Vista SW
Comes down to about $970 with free ground shipping.

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Response Number 1

Name: kevincop130
Date: April 16, 2008 at 19:17:04 Pacific
Subject: Good price for this pc?

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Well personally I think that's a good build for the budget.

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Response Number 2

Name: jam
Date: April 17, 2008 at 05:25:21 Pacific
Subject: Good price for this pc?

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There are definitely better motherboards out there. This one doesn't get very good reviews plus it only has 2 RAM slots. You'll probably never need more than 4GB, but you never know. Since you're gonna be running a 32-bit OS, not all 4GB will be available anyway.
DDR2-800 RAM would be better if you plan on overclocking, but the DDR2-667 should at least get you up to 3.0GHz. Make sure to run 1:1 ratio.
The power supply is "iffy". Sparkle (Forton) makes good PSUs, but I don't know if this one is adequate for your system. And it may not have the 6-pin PCI-e plug required by the 8800GT.
http://www.sparklepower.com/pdf/ATX...
You could do better for the money.

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Response Number 3

Name: Allen (by Allen Jian)
Date: April 17, 2008 at 11:45:59 Pacific
Subject: Good price for this pc?

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What mobo and power supply would you recommend then? Also is there onboard sound on the motherboard or do I need to buy a sound card as well?

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