Laodaron

Definitely not bad. Someone tell me, who's is better?

Gage

Mine is better ofc.

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Laodaron

Ok. After reading Gaige's post, and doing some thinking.....MIRs now count. And Gaige, are you suggesting I get Vista?

Avaela

no xp home would be fine imo, i've got xp home and don't have problems with anything

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Gage

XP vs Vista is personal preference, I like Vista but for every person who likes Vista prob 5 people hate it.

I just don't think XP Pro is necessary unless you need one of its 3 features for work. For gaming XP Home is the same if not better.

Like I said I think the tradeoff (in my builds at least) of an X-Fi soundcard for XP Pro is kind of silly. But its your money.

I liked my first build the best. Good cpu, good videocard, a dedicated soundcard, legit XP Home, etc.

The second build with Pro isn't bad, and you get a bit better videocard, but it ends up being a wash since you're reverting to onboard sound.

I dunno, maybe someone else has some opinions.

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Laodaron

Ok, so if I go with MIRs and Home, are there any other better options?

And I was always under the impression that Pro is just more resource friendly. I'd use Vista, but I don't know which version would be best.

Gage

Case:

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Mobo:

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail

Videocard:

Newegg.com - XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Power Supply:

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX ATX12V V2.2 550W Power Supply 90 - 264 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail

Processor:

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

Ram:

Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Hard Drive:

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 250GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

DVD Burner:

Newegg.com - LG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 10X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache ATAPI / E-IDE Super Multi DVD Burner - OEM

Soundcard:

Newegg.com - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

Operating System:

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

Finally, lol. *THIS* is what I would personally do with $1,000 dollars if I was wanting to use XP as my operating system.

Total = $1,034.50 - $50 MIRs = $954.80

I seriously, after looking at newegg for awhile, don't know how it'd be possible to build a better gaming rig for cheaper /shrug.

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Gage

Best version of Vista is Home Premium, either 32bit/64bit.

XP Home uses same resources as Pro, there is literally like 3 differences in features and none of them impact gaming at all. They're secruity/networking features.

Going with Vista would mean some sacrifices, as the OS costs more and it'd be in your best interest to go 4GB ram over 2GB.

However, lol, for the sake of being thorough, assuming you want Vista, do this:

Newegg.com - LG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 10X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache ATAPI / E-IDE Super Multi DVD Burner - OEM

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 250GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Newegg.com - XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX ATX12V V2.2 550W Power Supply 90 - 264 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail

Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade - Retail

$1,035.40 shipped - $50.00 MIRs = $955.40

So, basically same price. You're switching XP for Vista, dropping the soundcard (because Vista sound system makes an X-Fi less appealing than it is in XP) and upping to 4GB of ram.

Toss up imo. I know the Vista says "upgrade" but the important thing is that its retail so you can switch the license when you switch hardware. Its very easy to get a full, legit install of Vista from the upgrade version, if you don't know how and decide to go the Vista route PM me and I'll explain it.

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Laodaron

Gaige whoring the $100 lol. Nice man.

Petgroup

I'm confused?

Does the computer have to be all parts totaling that amount?

Or

Does the computer have to be fully assembled by the time it arrives to your door?

Also, I can copy Gaige's build and save you $30 because he screwed up somewhere

Also his math is wrong =/

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