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hey guys, well finally, im selling this comp and geting the rig of my dreams (its about time ahahah)

Current Set Up:

Power Supply: Dell 350w PSU
Processor: Pentium 4 3.2GHz HT Technology
Motherboard: Dell OEM
RAM: 1 GB No-Name Brand
Video Card: ATi Radeon x850 XT PCI-E 16
Sound Card: Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
Hard Drive: 160 GB HD @ 72k RPM
Case: Dell OEM
Extras: None

my g/f's step dad is offering $700 for my current pc so i of course said yes.

New Set Up:

Power Supply: NZXT PRC-850 Power Supply [Quad SLI Ready]
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 [2x 2.13GHz/2MB L2 Cache/1066FSB]
Motherboard: eVGA NForce 680i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0 Dual PCI-E MB
RAM: DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Muskin
Video Card: evGA nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS PCI-E [320 MB]
Sound Card: Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Hard Drive: 160 GB HD @ 72k RPM
Case: NZXT Apollo Gaming Tower Case
Extras: +2 Color case fans, LCD Temperature Monitoring, Cold Cathode Neon Lighting, Blue LED PSU.

Heres the picture of the case i picked:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/Altrez/prd_nzxt_apollo_black_g0.jpg


yay!


btw, jake, if you're still building your pc, save yourself the trouble and learn towards nVIDIA + Intel. The fact that nVIDIA uses less voltage than the ATi cards, give a better performance, SLi is more stable than CrossFire, and the fact that they are generally cheaper than ATi cards. idk, i think ATi is finally dying out with AMD. Intel and nVIDIA are the new power houses from my point of view. Who knows, maybe some miracle will pull through for ATi + AMD, but it's been too long since they both released anything, by the time they do, nVIDIA is already prepping up their next video card series.

[SamuraiJake]

Man, it's been awhile since I even viewed this site!

I'm still deciding as to what my next build will be, so far I'm still leaning towards ATI's next card. I've heard it's better than what nVIDIA has to offer, plus I prefer ATI over nVIDIA since I've used ATI for years to come. Though, if the price is too much then I'll go with nVIDIA since I don't want to spend alot.

Intel is a choice I'm going with, even though AMD has better priced hardware, Intel has better offers. So that is a no-brain decision.

But me getting a new PC is still months away from now, ever since my last PC blew I've been losing interest in doing so. Plus with Technical Collage courses coming up next year, I'll have little time to even consider a PC.