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ushere wrote on 3/18/2010, 6:32 AM
presume your in the us?

i built an i7/920 6gb, giga u3dr mb, 2xsata 150gb hd nvidia 9600 gt for under $1.5k (AU)i

what you're looking at seems expensive.

i'm not sure (though i stand to be corrected) that buying the most powerful cpu / vid card is necessarily the best investment. with the obsolescence factor of pc's these days, buying wisely means you can upgrade when the relevant 'high end' items price drops to an affordable one.

i look to my equipment to make me money, not intel or any other supplier.

if, however, you have a clientele who are paying you professional rates - then it's not necessarily 'umph' that matters so much as reliability / stability - both of which are going to cost you dearly anyway.....

leslie
Siby wrote on 3/18/2010, 8:48 AM
Great Leslie, I am glad you had this half price of what I have seen. Can you please email me the details of your specs and the place you brought. or may be you can post it here itself.
ushere wrote on 3/18/2010, 4:25 PM
the following is from yamicsoft:

The detected result of Windows 7 Manager - System Information v1.2 (Hardware)
Basic Hardware information
Motherboard: EX58-UD3R
Basic I/O System(BIOS): Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processing Unit(CPU): Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Physical Memory X 3
2GB
2GB
2GB
Hard Disk X 2
SAMSUNG HD753LJ ATA Device (698.64GB) - on board storage for work in progress
ST3250310AS ATA Device (232.88GB) - sys drive
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Monitor: SyncMaster 2333SW,SyncMaster Magic CX2333SW(Digital)
Audio Device X 2
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
High Definition Audio Device
Network Adapter
Local Area Connection - Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20) (Connected)
Modem X 2
PCI SoftV92 Speakerphone Modem - yeah, i send faxes!
ZTE Handset USB Modem
Keyboard: USB Input Device
Mouse: Wacom Mouse Monitor
Mouse: Wacom Mouse
Hardware Score (Base score: 5.9)
Processor (Calculations per second): 7.4
Memory (Memory Operation per second): 7.4
Graphics (Desktop performance for Windows Aero): 6.8
Gaming graphics (3D business and gaming graphics performance): 6.8
Primary hard disk (Disk data transfer rate): 5.9

i had the system put together by racar computers in scone, nsw, australia. never heard of them? i'm not surprised ;-) it's a little computer shop (with a very knowledgeable owner). i'm sure you have one in your locality! i gave up years ago with the 'big' names in pc's. this way i have a good working relationship with a local supplier who knows that i know i can just as easily buy on the net, but prefer to support his business.... i think i paid around $100 more than the 'average' lowest cost on the net (not counting ebay - where i wouldn't dream of buying a work pc!). the extra $100 was well worth it in just telephone support for 'problems' in no way connected with the hardware

leslie