4pcs buy in

[Dandarius]

hello i was wondering if some one can help me setup ashoping list for 4 new pcs for my 5box setup ?

got about 2000$-3000$
is it cheaper to go for dell or build it my self

[Wilbur]

I don't live in the USA, but I seriously doubt Dell are the cheapest PC Manufacturers, try shopping around a bit.

Building the PC's yourself is probably the best idea but you should probably read up a bit about how to build a PC first.

Good luck.

[Sam DeathWalker]

Im going to order a computer tommorow to upgrade my main. Also checking out buss speed and stuffs: These prices are from a wholesaler I buy from you might not get them. But these are the stuffs I getting: These items are good for "bang for buck" build your own, also for great cooling in case you have heat problems or don't wnat them.


THis will blow any equal price dell completly out of the water:



I already got Seagate SATA2 (3gb) 500G hard drive from frys for $104.


GeForce 8600 GTSGV-NX86S256H. Ya its only 256MB but I notice that I have no problems running 4 toons with 256. $180

Here is link to Video Card:

http://techgage.com/article/gigabyte_8600gts_256mb_silent_pipe_3/


I always go heavy on the motherboard.


MB-M2N32VS
77490 MB-M2N32VS ASU/AM2S940/NFORCE590SLI/VISTA $207.00

31597 A64-60CZBX ATHLON64 6000 AM2 DUALCORE BOX $167.50

00483 T800UB1GC5 STT DDR2-800 1G/64X8 CL5 $44.00

get 4 for 4 gig if yur operating system can do it.

I am thinking of getting Windows Server 2003 whcih will handel 6 gig (two 2 gig ddr2 and two 1 gig ddr2) ... but if I stick with win2K 4 gig is to much (only sees like 2.6 gig anyway).


250mm fan elimiinates all yur cooling problems, and the alum case is bonus!


63699 CA-8003SWA TT ARMOR ALU.SV 25CMFAN/WINDOW $170.00
(1)

PS-W0104RU TT 650W TOUGH POWER BK 14CM FA $127.00
(1)


http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Cooler/Retail/cl-p0310/cl-p0310.asp

Thats the heat sink


TT, AMD, Gigabyte and Asus ftw!


This system will be super quite also, no fans on the MB or on the video card, 140mm fan in power supply and 250mm fan in the case! And more 120mm fans in the case if needed. Short of water cooling this is about the most silent system you can get, the loudest will be the 120mm fan on the cpu heat sink.

Bus Comparison Chart
Bus Type MB/sec
ISA 16 MBps
EISA 32 MBps
VL-bus 100 MBps
VL-bus 132 MBps
PCI 132 MBps
PCI 264 MBps
PCI-X 66 512 MBps
PCI-X 133 1 GBps
AGP x1 264 MB/s
AGP x2 528 MB/s
AGP x4 1056 MB/s
AGP x8 2112 MB/s
PCI Express x1 500 MB/s
PCI Express x2 1000 MB/s
PCI Express x4 2000 MB/s
PCI Express x8 4000 MB/s
PCI Express x12 6000 MB/s
PCI Express x16 8000 MB/s


eSATA and external buses
eSATA SATA 300 SATA 150 PATA 133 FireWire 800 FireWire 400 USB 2.0 Ultra-320 SCSI Fibre Channel
Speed (Mbit/s) 2400 2400 1200 1064 786 393 480 (burst) 2560 2000
Max. cable length (m) 2 1 1 0.46 4.5 (16 cables can bedaisy chained up to 72 m) 4.5 (16 cables can bedaisy chained up to 72 m) 5 (USB hubs can bedaisy chained up to 25 m) 12 2-50000
Power provided No No No No Yes (12-25 V, 15 W) Yes (12-25 V, 15 W) Yes (5 V, 2.5 W) No No
Devices per Channel 1 (15 with port multiplier) 1 per line 1 per line 2 63 63 127 16 ~16777216 (switched fabric)


Here is info about the 3 gig limit:

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socketAM2/M2N32-SLI%20Premium/e2982_m2n32-sli-premium.pdf

read page 2-13 and 2-14

[Starbuck_Jones]

I did a search for "dell coupon codes" in google about 2 years back. Found a premade system off their small buisness line that had 1gig ram boxes, 60gig hdds, 3.0 p4's and the kicker was a 17in LCD. Going price was $550. So I set the quantity to 5.

Video cards were not that great. Some sort of ATI hypermemory thing, but it plays wow just fine without modifying the default display settings.