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Postby TaranT » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:06 am

A friend of mine tried (unsuccessfully) to talk me into this setup:

Iwill zmaxDP dual socket 940 barebone ($680)
(2) Opteron 250 800MHz (2 X $700 = $1400)
(2) Corsair DDR400 1GB (2 X $100 = $200)
WD 250GB SATA150 ($130)
8X AGP vid card ($300)
HP DVD-RW LightScribe ($100)

Add OS, kb, mouse for a rough total of about $3100.
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Postby dwchang » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:53 pm

TaranT wrote:A friend of mine tried (unsuccessfully) to talk me into this setup:

Iwill zmaxDP dual socket 940 barebone ($680)
(2) Opteron 250 800MHz (2 X $700 = $1400)
(2) Corsair DDR400 1GB (2 X $100 = $200)
WD 250GB SATA150 ($130)
8X AGP vid card ($300)
HP DVD-RW LightScribe ($100)

Add OS, kb, mouse for a rough total of about $3100.


As much as I support AMD, I still say waiting for the dualcores to get to a reasonable price is probably the best bet for most folks right now. Unless you are DYING for a new computer and have no patience :P.

Given with that motherboard you could later buy two dualcores and have a QUAD PROCESSOR SYSTEM ;)
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Postby Noverca1is » Thu May 05, 2005 10:29 am

$100 for a 1 gig ram crosair??? WHERE?!!!! thats hella cheap! im seeing still 130+
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Postby TaranT » Thu May 05, 2005 11:19 am

Those are rough prices. When you're looking at a $3000+ total, $30 either way doesn't mean much.

But you can find 1GB Corsair for $96 at Newegg.
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