upgrading and open to suggestions

Post by **prince1000** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:59 pm

 	1 	DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail 
Model #: LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultr
Item #: N82E16813136152
 
In Stock 	$114.99 	-$15.00 Instant   	$99.99 
 	
1 	Leadtek PX6600GT TDH Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail 
Model #: PX6600GT TDH
Item #: N82E16814122201
 
In Stock 	$99.99 	  	$99.99 
 	
1 	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail 
Model #: ADA4200BVBOX
Item #: N82E16819103547
** This item is warranted through the product manufacturer only.  
In Stock 	$181.00 	  	$181.00 
 	
1 	Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YD 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM 
Model #: WD1600YD
Item #: N82E16822136009
 
In Stock 	$66.99 	  	$66.99

should i wait a little longer to see if the 4400 and beyond processors drop to under $200 in the coming weeks?

i really dont know what's going on with motherboards anymore. i'm basing this choice strictly on the comments on newegg and the sheer number of people that have bought it, plus it fits nicely into the budget ive alotted myself. ive also read elsewhere that this baord is good for overclocking which i may have interest in, though only minor. is there a better alternative? i would be willing to pay up to $125 for a motherboard. consider SLI a bonus.

vid card...under $100 is perfect as i only play q3 and q4 right now. im happy with 6600gt and may upgrade in the next 15 months. give me a reason why i should spend, at most, $150 on a video card.

hdd is 16mb cache. anyone have experience with this one? im not interested in RAID at all so is this pointless for me? think bang for buck.

everything else i already bought (ram, optical drives, case, psu).

thanks for your input/help.

also, was looking at buying xp for a family member so they will finally ditch 98SE but noticed the OEM versions running @ $137 and retail at $250+!! wtf is with that? why is xp even more expensive now than it was a year ago, if i recall correctly?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:07 am

i would spend a little more and get a Nvidia 7600,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130017

Cmon! its only $40 ( more )

( i couldent find BFG on that list.... :/ )

as for the HDD, MAxtor is faster then WD in the current drives, so that might be a little to consider....

Other then that, you Go grrl!

Post by **prince1000** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:02 pm

i hadnt seen that card and thats about the limit i want to spend on a vid card. thx amidy.

ive had bad luck with maxtor, both noise and hdd's failing. is the speed differnce considerable or not?

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:24 pm

Small speed difference. Not terribly noticeable (sp)

Free walet and money clip with purchase of 4400 right now. and its down to 228 i think.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:23 pm

i would agree with soap, You can Barly notice it and its only in a few things that its faster... but not by much..

I am just that kinda guy that it buggs me if i dont get EVERY possible Piece of performance out of a computer....

as for the price of XP, thats about the Going Rate Truthfully.... I payed $180 for a OEM Vir, i have seen them as low as $99 on sale... ( Cdn remember ) but that was only once...

This aint bad though: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... &CatId=672

Post by **prince1000** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:40 am

ok going with 4400 toledo. thx for your input guys.

Post by **prince1000** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:21 pm

1 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 2.2GHz Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400DAA6CD - OEM
$199.99
1 BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$143.99
1 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
$5.99
1 ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$133.99
1 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$77.99
1 Thermaltake VENUS 12 80mm Ball CPU Cooler - Retail
$26.99

ok FINALLY have some time to mess around with this. just placed the order a couple hours ago. i have 2 psu's at my disposal, both antec trupower. one @ 330, the other @ 550. the case all this is going into already has the 330. is that enough? am i cutting it close? i want to swap out as little as possible.

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:08 pm

Why not the e6600? ;o

Post by **prince1000** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:50 pm

what?

Post by **prince1000** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:54 pm

well i fucked up. mobo is 24-pin, the 550 psu is only 20. are there adapters i could use or am i better off just getting a new psu? i have sli potential, not using it atm so not really a factor yet.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:52 am

yes, there are adapters, they used to come with Mobo's... i dont knwo off hand where to find them, but take a look around, you will find them

Post by **prince1000** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:31 am

ok, found a few. guess ill head out to microcenter tomorrow. if and when i decide to go sli ill get a new psu.

Post by **SoM** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:11 am

NV8800

Post by **Captain** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:24 pm

SoM wrote:NV8800

Heheheh

Post by **prince1000** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:21 pm

SoM wrote:NV8800

yeah, $113 after rebate for definately my last desktop upgrade or $500+ for a newly released card that will only drop to maybe $250 12 months later. hmmm, i think i would rather go to jail.

Post by **prince1000** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:00 pm

but seriously, everything is working fine except i have this annoying 'safe to remove hardware' icon always at startup. it is for my hdd. what is that from and should i be concerned about it? ive fully updated all system drivers. oddly i think i started getting that after i installed latest nforce drivers.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:16 pm

Sata is able to be Hot replaced... Thus you can plug it in and unplug it like a USB device.. thus windows puts it in that.

i have the same thing with mine

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:30 am

Might want to bump the HD up to a 250gb SATA, you'll find a lot of drives selling for cheap at that price.

Post by **prince1000** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:01 pm

thats what i ended up getting.

Post by **prince1000** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:02 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Sata is able to be Hot replaced... Thus you can plug it in and unplug it like a USB device.. thus windows puts it in that.

i have the same thing with mine

oh well in that case, OK!

Post by **prince1000** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:35 pm

bah i think theres something wrong with the drive. pretty frequent clicking like power loss. i dont want to have rma this fucking thing. i meant to buy the retail version and got the oem like a moron. pewp.

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:45 pm

OEM is a better choice since with retail you're just paying for a box and manual. It sounds like you just had a bit of bad luck with the drive. RMA it.

Post by **prince1000** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:00 pm

yeah the bitch is locking up on me all the time now and i keep getting consistent paging errors event viewer.

every hdd ive gotten from newegg OEM has been fucked upon delivery or died shortly thereafter.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:48 pm

Have you tried tigerdirect.com?

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:07 am

Massive Quasars wrote:Have you tried tigerdirect.com?

That would be worse advise.

Stick with newegg, and throw a fit when you call. Tell them that every drive you buy keeps going tits up and you want some compensation for the hassle.