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[Dragon]

Off the shelf..... 129.99

But can be built better:

Strap - 36" grade 1 leather 1/2 x 1/8 $24.00
Material - 4 Sq. Ft. 3/16" leather  $38.50
Thread - 1 spool, Carpet grade   $8.25


If you've never built your own purse, there are plenty of very knowledgeable guys here that have either done their own, or build them for a living, and they can give you plenty of advice and hints.

[drdeathx]

Tildeath... Don't cut yourself short and let guys like Baldeagle effect you.

[TilDeath]

Tildeath... Don't cut yourself short and let guys like Baldeagle effect you.

I am not, lol, actually got a call from someone in this thread and the system is sold and on the UPS truck.  The buyer knows what I spoke about in this thread and knows he got a great and fast system and a great deal.

[1701E]

I have a new gaming system just finished building today.  This is all brand new out of the box parts from DandH and ASIPartner (my suppliers).  This system scores 12533 on 3dMark06 without any over clocking.  With tweeking is should get to about 15k +_-

Gigabyte Motherboard Part # EP45-UD3P (3 year warranty)
Intel Q6600 Processor Part # BX80562Q6600 (G0 model) (Retail box  3 year limited warranty)
OCZ Vendetta 2 Heatsink & Fan Part # OCZTVEND2 (1 year warranty)
OCZ Reaper Memory 4GB Part #OCZ2RPR10664GK (Lifetime warranty)
EVGA GeForce 9800GTX+ Part # 512-P3-N879-AR (3 year warranty)
Western Digital 500gb Hard drive (not sure which 500 I put in so no part #) (5 year warranty)
Tagan 900 watt Power supply Part # BZ900 (3 year warranty)
NZXT Tempest Case
NZXT SENTRY 1 Fan controler with CPU, System, HDD monitor
Windows Vista Home Premium

My Price $875.00
newegg price for parts 1233.90

Upgrade Motherboard to ASUS Maximus II Formula 130.00
Add Swiftech H2O Compact CPU Cooling system 200.00

Quick question, is that '1233.90' price with the Upgrade Motherboard and CPU cooling?
Just curious, since the other part list adds up to $1,093.90, and about $1,150 after shipping.

Was just curious if I was adding the wrong parts together, or if you may have miscalculated.

[TilDeath]

Quick question, is that '1233.90' price with the Upgrade Motherboard and CPU cooling?
Just curious, since the other part list adds up to $1,093.90, and about $1,150 after shipping.

Was just curious if I was adding the wrong parts together, or if you may have miscalculated.

Newegg pricing changes daily (the case is now 79 I think and it was 119 when I priced it), that was the price when I priced it out.  Either way my pricing is over 200.00 less and the shipping of the whole system was 43.00 and that's insuring it at 900.00. so the total system price including shipping and insurance(built system and burned in with AHII installed with HiRes Pac) 920.00.

[1701E]

Ah roger.  I know yours i cheaper, was just curious is all.

[drdeathx]

Off the shelf..... 129.99

But can be built better:

Strap - 36" grade 1 leather 1/2 x 1/8 $24.00
Material - 4 Sq. Ft. 3/16" leather  $38.50
Thread - 1 spool, Carpet grade   $8.25


If you've never built your own purse, there are plenty of very knowledgeable guys here that have either done their own, or build them for a living, and they can give you plenty of advice and hints.

be prepared Challenge and Baldeagle will ask you to build one and send it UPS

[haasehole]

wow this thread keeps going on    i'm still out shopping just looking for a regular pc, a gaming system would be nice and i know a grand will more than get me there but  i use the copmuter lightly: project take offs,spread sheets and such, nothing to fancy  i currently have a 5 year old hp pavillion a320n upgraded memory 2gb and was looking to get a standard machine with the ability to run aces high for a couple more years with high res textures with good frame rate's . i curenty get lag when cons get 400 or so out, really effects gunnery LOL  i guess my processor/vid card can't go fast enough to keep up even with textures/skins and such  tuned low thanks for the post again 

[drdeathx]

Haase,

Tildeath is definitely  right . When you bought your Pavillion it probably seemed like the right move. You do not realize how outdated the supplies they use to build these units. The technology is kinda new but they use motherboards and CPU's that are not THE NEWEST technology. What they do is get deals on slightly older supplies that are somwhat outdated. For instance the FSB speed may be 800 not 1066. They also use very low PSU's. This makes it difficult to impossible to upgrade in the future to better graphic cards and other things.

[DustyR]

 

[Kenne]

Tilldeth, 
what you recommend in MB/CPU/MEM just to run ACES??
iv got a lot of spares, cases, mice, drives, kbs, PSU etc...

Can I still use my EVGA 7600gtx PCIe??

[TilDeath]

Tilldeth, 
what you recommend in MB/CPU/MEM just to run ACES??
iv got a lot of spares, cases, mice, drives, kbs, PSU etc...

Can I still use my EVGA 7600gtx PCIe??

If you look on the main part of HTC's website it shows minimum to run, is that the optimal system for the game, no.  This game is more CPU intensive then GPU but don't leave out FSB, put the fastest parts you have together and build a box.  Since its spare parts its not a big deal.  It will be what it is when your done.  Memory is cheep right now, get the fastest mem you can for the MB and that will help from CPU bottlenecks.  Good luck

[Kenne]

Gigabyte Motherboard Part # EP45-UD3P (3 year warranty)
Intel Q6600 Processor Part # BX80562Q6600 (G0 model) (Retail box  3 year limited warranty)
OCZ Vendetta 2 Heatsink & Fan Part # OCZTVEND2 (1 year warranty)
OCZ Reaper Memory 4GB Part #OCZ2RPR10664GK (Lifetime warranty)

this a good start...yes?
i have all the other parts, like i said.
do I REELY need 4G mem??

[1701E]

this a good start...yes?
i have all the other parts, like i said.
do I REELY need 4G mem??

Really need 4GB?  No.

Also, Really need a quad-core?  Nope.
As I recall Skuzzy has suggested Dual-core CPUs over Quad unless you are heavy on movie-editing.

[Kenne]

does SKuzzy have a post where he recomends CPU/MB??