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Broham78
05-07-2008, 03:28 PM
been working on a good cost effective system for Painter, Photoshop and illustrator... as well as some fun RTS's

im going from a:

P4 2.8 478 chip
Asus P4pe
2 gigs of ram
MSI x800 pro

forgive my copy and paste by the way cuase you might see everything i picked on newegg

1 COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811119137)

EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813188024)

EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130334)

Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W SLI Ready-ATX12V V2.01 Power Supply - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817182032)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q9300 - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115043)

CZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N800SR4GK - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820227269)x2

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136074)

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827106072)

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16832116204)


:$1,306.95

forgive the copy and paste .. trying to save time while im doing this at work .
tutelary
05-07-2008, 05:04 PM
Rosewill power supply - Absolutely NOT. Get a Corsair 520. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001&Tpk=corsair%2b520%2bpower%2bsupply

780i Motherboard - Only if you want to spend a lot more than you need to. Get a p35 board like the Gigabyte P35-DS3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059
lollygag
05-07-2008, 05:54 PM
forgive my copy and paste by the way cuase you might see everything i picked on newegg

forgive the copy and paste .. trying to save time while im doing this at work .

I Absolutely Cant.. Did you even read your copy and paste ? $35 Vista.. $109 case fan.. $70 Q9300..? gotta love the $8 motherboard.

And since your looking probably looking for opinions/suggestions on this build.. Id'a really worked ya if you hadn't listed those cables, adapters and extensions
Broham78
05-07-2008, 06:16 PM
I Absolutely Cant.. Did you even read your copy and paste ? $35 Vista.. $109 case fan.. $70 Q9300..? gotta love the $8 motherboard.

And since your looking probably looking for opinions/suggestions on this build.. Id'a really worked ya if you hadn't listed those cables, adapters and extensions

Whoops ... Fixed it .. took out the majority of the non essential info ... its also lunch break .. WEEE!
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