Build a PC for peanuts

[metadigital]

Requirements:

Keybaord, mouse and monitor plus

[Pidesco]

I have to say I'm not that impressed. Also, if you already have a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse there's a good chance you already have a chassis, which means you can take away 45

[metadigital]

Brace yourself, Soulseeker. The object of the topic was not to impress you. I know, that might come as a heavy revelation, but try and bear it with bravery and dignity.

 

I was providing an example of a PC that will play the latest games, for about the same price as a console.

 

[Pidesco]

Oh, ok. It's just that I already knew that such a PC was possible to build. I didn't mean to appear aggressive or anything.

 

Go ahead and educate those infidels who think consoles are better than PCs.

[WITHTEETH]

Meta dude, you never use windows based overclocking software! Then if it reboots everytime you try to load windows your screwed. Best do it in BIOS.

[metadigital]

The overclocking software is an automatic (safe) software overclock.

The Sempron BIOS doesn't have any good overclocking facilities.

The cooling fan keeps the CPU at 30

[mkreku]

Q-Tec Midi tower ATX L-MD02, Black w/350W AMD/P4 (

[WITHTEETH]

[metadigital]

Q-Tec Midi tower ATX L-MD02, Black w/350W AMD/P4 (

[Oerwinde]

bah,

[Bokishi]

Yeah, I'll post some specs in like, a little while.

[Atreides]

Oh noes, arbitrage!

[LadyCrimson]

bah,

Edited March 21, 2006 by LadyCrimson

[Bokishi]

Some 6200s are overclockable to 6600-calibur. SLI two of them and you have 6800 ultra power, maybe.

[angshuman]

Some 6200s are overclockable to 6600-calibur. SLI two of them and you have 6800 ultra power, maybe.

Not even close.

 

6200 = 4 pixel shaders, 2 ROPs, 64-bit bus, ~600MHz mem

6800u = 16 pixel shaders, 16 ROPs, 256-bit bus, 1.1GHz mem

 

In practice, benchmarks indicate that you typically need to SLI two 6600GT's to reach the level of a 6800GT. You'd need an army of 6200's to match up with a 6800 Ultra.

 

As far as graphics is concerned, the market is very straightforward. The more you pay, the more performance you get, and that's that. It's not a linear curve, but it's MUCH more reasonable than the processor price curve. If you're playing a game at max settings, you'd be hard pressed to notice any difference between a $65 Sempron and a $1000 FX-57.

 

Metadigital's system makes some smart choices. In my opinion, you should:

- spend the most amount of money on your power supply, video card, and all interface devices (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers),

- strike a good balance on "core" components like your case and motherboard, and

- get the cheapest processor and memory that you can buy without losing your dignity and self-respect.

[Bokishi]

Dude, I meant SLI'ing two overclocked 6200's. And maybe you get the power of a standard non-gt 6800.

[angshuman]

Dude, I meant SLI'ing two overclocked 6200's. And maybe you get the power of a standard non-gt 6800.

Yes, that's a lot more reasonable, although I suspect you'd have to overclock the bejesus out of the 6200s to get them to that level. But the thing is, for the price you'll pay for the pair of 6200's, you could easily get a 6600GT. And in all likelihood a stock 6600GT will outperform a resonably overclocked pair of 6200s. Which is exactly the point I was trying to make -- in this business, you get what you pay for. SLI does NOT upset that equation, even if you throw overclocking into the mix.

[metadigital]

Update:

 

The new nVIDIA 7600GT (

[metadigital]

Dual-Core Workstation

[*]2.8GHz Pentium D 920 (

[angshuman]

rubber vibration-dampening grommets for the hard disks

dang...

[Gabrielle]

Sounds overkill to me.

[Bokishi]

rubber vibration-dampening grommets for the hard disks

 

 

LOL I need that for my WD Raptor X.

[metadigital]

Raptor X with clear window to watch the heads move? :D

[jaguars4ever]

@Mets & Bok:

 

Which is better: 1 x 512Mb 7900GTX OR 2 x 256Mb 6800XT

[metadigital]

7 series is better