Im ultra bored what are you doing
#8044
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Yuck.. Built in soundcard. You might as well buy emachines.
What I did when i bought components for my comp was to go to dell websites, falcon nw, etc, researched components and built my own. So instead of letting go of $6k of my cash to have somebody build my system, i only had to let go of $3k of cash and get something with the same components..
What I did when i bought components for my comp was to go to dell websites, falcon nw, etc, researched components and built my own. So instead of letting go of $6k of my cash to have somebody build my system, i only had to let go of $3k of cash and get something with the same components..
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Yuck.. Built in soundcard. You might as well buy emachines.
What I did when i bought components for my comp was to go to dell websites, falcon nw, etc, researched components and built my own. So instead of letting go of $6k of my cash to have somebody build my system, i only had to let go of $3k of cash and get something with the same components..
What I did when i bought components for my comp was to go to dell websites, falcon nw, etc, researched components and built my own. So instead of letting go of $6k of my cash to have somebody build my system, i only had to let go of $3k of cash and get something with the same components..
unfortunately these days a dell only cost $700-800 for similar setup
only difference is if you build your own system you can get better ram. (Dell usually use DDR2-800 / your own setup can use DDR2-1066)
Better motherboard. (mainly for overclocking reasons)
and yeah you pick the brands of components that you trust instead of who knows what's in a dell.
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#8046
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Yuck.. Built in soundcard. You might as well buy emachines.
What I did when i bought components for my comp was to go to dell websites, falcon nw, etc, researched components and built my own. So instead of letting go of $6k of my cash to have somebody build my system, i only had to let go of $3k of cash and get something with the same components..
What I did when i bought components for my comp was to go to dell websites, falcon nw, etc, researched components and built my own. So instead of letting go of $6k of my cash to have somebody build my system, i only had to let go of $3k of cash and get something with the same components..
3k on a computer? it must be super awesome or something
my ideal comp came up to 2k
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actually the newer MB that has the sound card built has been pretty good lately, I don't think you can hear the difference from a normal sound blaster card vs a realtek on board sound.
3k on a computer? it must be super awesome or something
my ideal comp came up to 2k
3k on a computer? it must be super awesome or something
my ideal comp came up to 2k
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actually the newer MB that has the sound card built has been pretty good lately, I don't think you can hear the difference from a normal sound blaster card vs a realtek on board sound.
3k on a computer? it must be super awesome or something
my ideal comp came up to 2k
3k on a computer? it must be super awesome or something
my ideal comp came up to 2k
Dual EVGA GTX280s
EVGA 790i M/B
Internal S/B Fatal1ty sound card
700gig HDD
2.8GHz quad core
4 gigs of ram
Silverstone case
1kW silverstone pwr supply.
-only trouble i have atm is with my HDD freezing, but other than that, it works well.
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i have evga, it's a good mobo for oc'ing. a lot of people flash xfx bios on thiers.
sound card
2x vid card
700gig HDD
2.8GHz quad core
4 gigs of ram
2x vid card
700gig HDD
2.8GHz quad core
4 gigs of ram
Last edited by silentkry; 03-13-2009 at 03:02 PM.
#8053
haha ok I'll spend the extra $30 to get a soundblaster sound card. LOL
unfortunately these days a dell only cost $700-800 for similar setup
only difference is if you build your own system you can get better ram. (Dell usually use DDR2-800 / your own setup can use DDR2-1066)
Better motherboard. (mainly for overclocking reasons)
and yeah you pick the brands of components that you trust instead of who knows what's in a dell.
unfortunately these days a dell only cost $700-800 for similar setup
only difference is if you build your own system you can get better ram. (Dell usually use DDR2-800 / your own setup can use DDR2-1066)
Better motherboard. (mainly for overclocking reasons)
and yeah you pick the brands of components that you trust instead of who knows what's in a dell.
they are quiet