My fly new setup

[Seven7]

Originally Posted by Neo

Dell Dimension 8300
P4 3.2GHz
1 gig ddr sdram at 400mhz
17" ultrasharp flat panel
256 MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 XT graphics card
80 GB 7200 RPM ultra ata HD
and some other goodies

*whistiles*

Dang Neo ... going from the 3.0 to the 3.2 is a bit too steep for me Yeeesh.

Dell charges ALOT for the ram on the Dell.ca site, and I have not bothered to look at Dell as much now as they don't seem to have the Radeon 9800 128mb Non-Pro anymore, only the FX 5200, Radeon 9800 128mb Pro and 256mb XT ...ah well.


I have been thinking of getting a nice build myself as in

P4 2.8GHz HT
Dual 2x512MB DDR400 ram
128MB Sapphire Atlantis 9800 (non-pro, NOT the crappy SE version) <--- Hard to get at the venders I'm dealing with >_<
either a 80 GB 7200 WD or a 120 GB 7200 SATA
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
Antec Sonata (Piano black) case
Monitor: a couple of 17" LG flat screen options.
DVD/CDRW combo drive

The Graphic card is why I have not got everything together yet. The Asus P4P800 Deluxe does not have integrated graphics so I did not have the option of building without card and waiting.

I am pondering about getting a card like the 9700 AIW for $65 more though as it was offerd in place of the Sapphire.

Yeah I know ... a wee bit steep ... but is still less then Dell and at way better at quallity and upgrade options.