My new comp: what i've bought.

[Lusted]

For a total of £718.95(inc vat and some shipping charges) i have bought the following for my new comp:

Case

PSU

MOBO

CPU

HDD

GPU

RAM - 2 of

DVD

[Shaun]

Really should have gone for the X1900XT...

[Arakorn]

Really should have gone for the X1900XT...

Why? Why pay more for a crappier card?

Excellent choices there Cemendur!

Although are you going to use the same screen? Why not use 2 comps?

[Dutchpower]

Why? Why pay more for a crappier card?

Excellent choices there Cemendur!

Although are you going to use the same screen? Why not use 2 comps?

I have a x1600 pro 512 mb ram, its a good card for the price.

[Shaun]

Why? Why pay more for a crappier card?

If you new anything about GPU's you would know that the X1900XT is by far the better card.

[Arakorn]

If you new anything about GPU's you would know that the X1900XT is by far the better card.

Eh? The last 3 comparisons I read all clearly said that the NVidia is better (which is true of course, since NVidia is the best! )

[wipeout140]

Same Graphic Card but cheaper by £21
Also Mobo is same as ram link

I have used novatech many times and there very good and cheaper then most sites and stores

Very Nice PC all in all

Misread the post you have already bought that pc my bad

[Lusted]

Fixed the link in the first post. Shaun, i can always upgrade it later.

[Custor]

So get OCing and tell us what it can really do!!!

[Freddie]

So get OCing and tell us what it can really do!!!

Yep. I am a bit curious about how common the "can't OC conroe" problem is, myself.

Without looking any further into this thread and stopping at your posts I can tell you now Lusted won't get much beyond 2 ghz.

psssh, fanboyism... Generally the X1900XT is faster than the Geforce 7900GT, but its also more expensive.

Stands to reason then.

[Lee1026]

Yep. I am a bit curious about how common the "can't OC conroe" problem is, myself.

[Lusted]

Oh i will, im going to be taking pics of some of my games over the next few days so i have a record of how things look now. Once i've built my new comp and got things running ill take comparison pics to see just how much better the graphics are, and ill say how much faster the load times are.

EDIT: im interested in the OC thing as well.

[The White Knight]

Lusted, I envy your hardware. Very very cheap too.

Edit: Pounds, pounds, pounds. Still a good price though.

[Lee1026]

That is 1330 dollars and a lot of money. The most expensive computer I have every brought did not come close to half that.

[The White Knight]

Well, the most expensive (only) computer I bought was nearly the double (in 2001) and can't even possible preform half as good as Lusted's. Of course that included all the software, internet-installation and such.

I guess people without the knowhow and without a creditcard to buy stuff online are pretty much destined to pay too much?

[Shaun]

That is 1330 dollars and a lot of money. The most expensive computer I have every brought did not come close to half that.

Well some of us just want to spend a litle more money and get something that performs a lot better.

[Lusted]

Yup, i wanted to spend that little bit more that means ill be able to buy the better parts to make the comp that much better when it plays games. And yes it is a lot of money, i feel poor after buying it(im a jobless 18 year old).

[bigfootedfred]

And yes it is a lot of money, i feel poor after buying it(im a jobless 18 year old).

hope you dont mind me asking....but how on earth did you pay for it?
with no job n all...thats alot of doh.
the cost would be about A months pay for me, and thats if i didnt spend anything!

[Lee1026]

I guess people without the knowhow and without a creditcard to buy stuff online are pretty much destined to pay too much?

Well, Computers do age rapidly. My 400 dollar PC brought in 2008 should have a fair chance of beating him.

[Lusted]

I have some money save up from old jobs/dead relatives, i've been meaning to get a new pc for a while.