June 15th, 2005, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by EXreaction Well, sometimes companys like to rip you off with upgrades. Ever see upgrades from a $200 cpu to a 55 FX for $800? You can buy the 55 FX for $820! So what I am saying is that the price could be anywhere from $500 to $700. | still a bit out of my leauge on what I'm willing to spend 
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June 15th, 2005, 02:21 AM
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May I suggest just getting the 3200+ venice core with the DFI Lanparty??
I have that combi with the XP-90 cooler, and she's running @ 2.6Ghz with 1.45V vcore.
This is already faster then the 3800+ and waaaaaaayyy cheaper, since the 3200+ can be had for just under 200 bucks.
My lanparty board has been rocksolid every single way, except for a memory problem, but that's not a normal thing with these babies, I'm rma'ing it.
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June 15th, 2005, 02:28 AM
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Well, I spent to much on this stupid dell upgrading it already! I should have just bought stuff from newegg and built one myself! Even though a 7800 sounds awsome, and gives me a rush just thinking about it, well spending $600 on a gpu when my comp costed $400 to start with is not the best. But I did just buy an extra gig of ram today to put in my comp! The next thing is a big hdd, and then in a few years a couple of big hdds, because when it is no longer able to run the newest games she's going to be a server holding all my music, and por... I mean family oriented videos(rated pg!). 
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June 15th, 2005, 02:30 AM
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man that's a lot more...err...family videos than i have | |
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June 15th, 2005, 02:34 AM
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Had to edit that, it sounded really bad. | |
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June 15th, 2005, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Ultima May I suggest just getting the 3200+ venice core with the DFI Lanparty??
I have that combi with the XP-90 cooler, and she's running @ 2.6Ghz with 1.45V vcore.
This is already faster then the 3800+ and waaaaaaayyy cheaper, since the 3200+ can be had for just under 200 bucks.
My lanparty board has been rocksolid every single way, except for a memory problem, but that's not a normal thing with these babies, I'm rma'ing it. | How can a 3200+ out do a 3800+??? I mean, what makes the $150 price difference? | |
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June 15th, 2005, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Magnum6 How can a 3200+ out do a 3800+??? I mean, what makes the $150 price difference? | well you may have already been answered but ultima overclocked his 3200+ to 3800+ speeds and performance | |
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June 16th, 2005, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by mateo leet-o well you may have already been answered but ultima overclocked his 3200+ to 3800+ speeds and performance | icicicic, that makes sense. When I eventually stop undermining what I want to get...I'll get into overclocking. So that's possible, eh? That's a very tempting alternative, just depends on how in depth and hard core you'd have to go to get to that type of OC rate. Would a n00b like me be able to do it with some help from you guys possibly? | |
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June 16th, 2005, 01:13 AM
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as mateo leet-o has suggested the 3200+ i thought id throw my .02 out there. have you considered the san diego 3700+. its got twice the L2 cache of both the 3200+ and 3800+ and is clocked at 2.2 gHz compared to the 3800+'s 2.4. 50 bucks cheaper, IMO a better buy. You can always OC the clock speed.
and as far as as mobo, i am a few short days away from ordereing my very own DFI :-). Great OCer as far I can tell from reviews and such. | |
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June 16th, 2005, 01:38 AM
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instead of a ram with 2-3-3-6 like this one you mentioned. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145450
Get this OCZ 2-2-2-5 < lower timing and only a few $ more http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227211
My recomendations on the mobo would be the Asus, why?
because I have read the manual Fully 2-3 times ( call me a nerd, i dont care  )
The DFI looks nice and have no comment but the ASUS has good stability and The SLI on it Is out standing. Why not SLI.
spend the $40 now so when new cards come, pop another 6800gt the SAME probably cheaper and go.
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