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PC Parts Guide + Matt's New Computer

acelxix
Total posts: 2398
1/19/2011 8:22 AM

anyone want to buy best buy gift cards?  I'm going to build a new computer but will most likely buy the parts from newegg so I want to trade my cards for cash. I have 4 $100 cards and 1 $25 card!

mwinter
Total posts: 4328
1/19/2011 9:52 AM

what happened to building a new computer with extended benefits? or have you exhausted those funds for this year?

acelxix
Total posts: 2398
1/20/2011 1:13 AM

Well I plan on using both.  I have ~$1500 left from EB so I'll use that for my MB CPU PSU and RAM.  For all of those parts my newegg cart is just over 850 so I'll might add a monitor to the list although I don't really need one.  I can't use EB for the GPU so I was planning on using the money from the gift cards to buy that specifically the eVGA GTX 570.

acelxix
Total posts: 2398
1/20/2011 1:51 AM

bestbuy sells that card but none made by eVGA.  I don't have a preference for the manufacturer in general but i've read reviews about the eVGA overclocked card so I wanted to go with that.  Oh well if I can't find someone to trade i'll just get one from best buy I suppose. 

mwinter
Total posts: 4328
1/20/2011 2:29 AM
(Updated 1/20/2011 2:30 AM)

I'm on a strict spending moratorium until after April 3 which is when the last interest-free payment on the fridge is due. otherwise I'd snap them up faster than you could say "speaker bracket"

edit: although it seems like i can find them much cheaper elsewhere online.. so I'm not really sure what I'd want to buy at bestbuy right now :[

acelxix
Total posts: 2398
1/26/2011 8:57 AM
(Updated 1/26/2011 8:58 AM)

New Rig:

CPU PSU and RAM came in today MB and GPU will get here tomorrow.  I plan on getting a second 570 when the price comes down perhaps next year.  GAME ON! :D

scott
Total posts: 1076
2/13/2011 5:19 PM

thank you tax return.

 

HP Pavilion Elite HPE-560z customizable Desktop PC

  • • AMD Phenom(TM) II X6 1090T six-core processor [3.2GHz 3MB L2 + 6MB L3 shared up to 4000MHz]
  • • FREE UPGRADE! 8GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMs] from 6GB
  • • FREE UPGRADE! 1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 750GB
  • • 2GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 [DVI HDMI VGA adapter]
  • • LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
  • • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
  •  
mike
Total posts: 2298
2/22/2011 3:29 AM
(Updated 2/22/2011 4:13 AM)

I needed a new puter of anykind so I went with net-top (lapbook?) for now and someday get a desktop again. I liked the look of the fusion platform and the non-intel price for discrete graphics.

HP dm1z

  • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
  • AMD Dual-Core Processor E-350 (1.6GHz 1MB L2 Cache)+AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6310M Discrete-Class Graphics
  • 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
  • 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
  • 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 9.5 hours of battery life +++
  • 11.6" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366 x 768)
  • Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone
mwinter
Total posts: 4328
2/22/2011 4:16 AM

A net-top isn't a laptop it's a little desktop. What you have definitely has either "lap" or "book" in the name so I think the second name you assigned is more appropriate ;)

Looks like fun maybe I'll get myself a new computer someday. Incidentally I wiped my root partition last night and did a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10... mmm

SmoovB
Total posts: 1097
2/22/2011 5:15 AM

My seven-year-old laptop just finally pooped out I need to get something myself.