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Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.

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Name: MXdude
Date: January 9, 2007 at 15:49:52 Pacific
Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: AMD
Model/Manufacturer: cyberpowersystem.com

Comment:

CASE: TURBO X-DREAMER CASE 350 WATT W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (BLACK COLOR)

CPU: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 4600+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)Asus Crosshair nForce 590 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 MBoard w/ Dual 16x PCI-Express
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)

VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card

LCD Monitor: FujiPlus FP-988D 19" TFT LCD MONITOR (2TONE - BLK/SIL)

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Optical Drive: COMBO DRIVE (16X DVD-ROM & 52x32x52 CD-RW) (BLACK COLOR)

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

PSU:NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply

OS:Comes with XP and a free Vista upgrade.
The total price is $1380.00
So is this a good system at a good price?

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Response Number 1

Name: TMP-Man
Date: January 9, 2007 at 16:21:54 Pacific
Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.

Reply: (edit)

I would change to intel core 2 duo for better performance if you plan to spent $1380 on it...
TMP-Man
Asus P5P800-SE PAT
P4 506 @ 4009Mhz 1.3625v
Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 1700RPM 92MM + AS5
2GB OCZ 2-3-2-5 DDR400
120GB/300GB 7200RPM HD
Leadtek 7600 AGP 590/1600 VF700 ALCU AS5

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Response Number 2

Name: MXdude
Date: January 9, 2007 at 16:37:03 Pacific
Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.

Reply: (edit)

Hmm, What would be a good Mobo for that?

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Response Number 3

Name: Cobra_R
Date: January 9, 2007 at 20:26:09 Pacific
Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.

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Nvidia nForce 6xx series. The 680 is a sweet board if you can afford it.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7900GT
SATA II 2x 300gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0+1
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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Response Number 4

Name: jam
Date: January 9, 2007 at 20:38:46 Pacific
Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.

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Why don't you just tell us it's an ibuypower (or Cyberpower) system?
No DVD burner?
Why not go with the 320GB SATA w/16MB cache?

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Response Number 5

Name: MXdude
Date: January 10, 2007 at 12:21:32 Pacific
Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.

Reply: (edit)

"Why don't you just tell us it's an ibuypower (or Cyberpower) system?"
Well I put it under Manufacturer/Model at the top.
"No DVD burner?"
I really dont care about burning DVDs.

"Why not go with the 320GB SATA w/16MB cache?"
Because Its more money? And I dont think Id ever use 320GBs lol, Im not the best with this stuff, hench me making this post.

I was also wondering, how much of a difference is there between the GeForce 7900 GS and the GeForce 7900 GT?

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Response Number 6

Name: Josh
Date: January 15, 2007 at 10:00:46 Pacific
Subject: Good Price? Good Parts? Etc.

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Who ever said change from an AMD to intel needs to be punched in the mouth, AMD out performs all Intel processors with the exception of the new quad core. But, AMD is cooking up somthing. Intels early release will be there demise. HAHAHA INTEL SUX!!!
The gamer guy

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