what do you think of this pc i just ordered

[Evan F]

this thing is gunna be wicked

Case ( Nzxt Apollo Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Silver )

Case Lighting ( Neon Light Blue )

Power Supply ( ** iBUYPOWER Recommended for SLI ** Thermaltake Purepower 700 Watt Power Supply [SLI Ready] )

Processor ( [Socket-AM2] AMD AthlonT64 X2 5200+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology )

Processor Cooling ( CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit )

Motherboard ( Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe nForce 590-SLI MCP Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB )

Memory ( 2048MB [1024MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair XMS2 Xtreme w/Heat Spreader )

Video Card ( 1x NVIDIA GeForce 8800GX w/DVI + TV Out Video )

Hard Drive ( [Special !!!] 200 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )

2nd Hard Drive ( [Special !!!] 200 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )

Raid Configuration ( Raid-0 [Data Striping] With 2X Hard Drives )

External Raid Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )

CD/DVD Drive ( None )

CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Silver )

Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum )

Speaker System ( [Black] Creative Labs Inspire P7800 7.1 Surround Speaker + Subwoofer )

Fax Modem ( None )

Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )

Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Silver )

Monitor ( None )

2nd Monitor ( None )

Keyboard ( None )

Mouse ( None )

Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Silver )

Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12 in 1 media reader )

Operation System ( MS Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition w/ Free Upgrade Coupon for Windows VistaT Home Premium )

Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( [Special !!] MS Media Center Remote Control and Receiver )

Case Round Cable ( Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower )

IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( None )

USB Flash Drive ( None )

TV Tuner ( None )

Video Camera ( None )

Headset ( None )

Power Protection ( None )

Printer ( None )

Printer Cable ( None )

Wireless Network Adapter ( [Special !!!] Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps PCI Adapter )

Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )

Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) [RUSH !!!], Ship Out in 3 Business Days )

took the suggestion on upgrading to the 8800gx

 

[Dallas Starr]

How much and where from?

 

[WXMotorSports DecalsPartsAccs]

Nice! I didn't even know the 5400 was available as I bought in early December the 4800 AMD Dual Core. The system boots up in less than a minute.



Your system is much more expensive with all the toys though as I only paid 899.00 for mine with 1gig of ram.

 

[Evan F]

IBUYPOWER.COM paid $2400.00 considering what the machine has I dont think I could of purchased these componants individually and built it myself and saved and get a free upgrade to vista.

 

[George C]

Evan,

It looks like a great system. I would have went with Intel Core 2 Duo myself though but that's just my preference.

Just looking at the video cards, is it possible to upgrade to the 8800 series? I know they are more money but these cards support the new DirectX 10 games that Vista will support. DX10 kills DX9 graphics and since it looks like you are going to a gaming rig it might be worth it to upgrade now.



George

 

[TRACket Paul]

 

[Kale D]

Very nice system. I have a few comments.



Hard drives, is it too late to get 16mb cache drives? You would notice a difference. Also, do you need Raid for something? Some people get it but dont really know why.



You got a case that comes with a PSU then bought another PSU? Coulda saved some cash there.



Careful with pre installed liquid cooling sytems like yours, they've been known to have problems with leakage.



I have one and support AMD computers but Conroe really is the way to go, they blow AMD out of the water right now.



And to your comments, yes you coulda saved a bundle building that yourself. Vista is definatly not worth the hassle at this point so the coupon really isnt needed. Vista wont really be viable until late late 2007.



But on the positive, yes you should really have fun with that setup.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Kale D I suspect he got the beefier 700W PSU because the 420W that was with the case would have been pushing it what with all those devices. Also, often the PSUs that come with cases are not the best and instead a cheaper no/lesser-named brand.

 

[Chris Kulbaba]

Core 2 is such a better processor, please change it!

 

[Kale D]

Kale D I suspect he got the beefier 700W PSU because the 420W that was with the case would have been pushing it what with all those devices. Also, often the PSUs that come with cases are not the best and instead a cheaper no/lesser-named brand

I shoulda clarified. Meant that he coulda picked a case without a PSU since he bought an aftermarket one.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Gotcha, Kale D, no harm. I wasn't sure you saw the power rating. Still, it's a rig to drool over.