Price Check

[Low_VX_Taxi]

Heya Just wanted to double check these prices are reasonable... seem ok to me but i've been outta I.T for far too long

INTEL CPU E8400 3.00Ghz/1333 $207.90

Abit AB9-PRO (s775) Motherboard $219.20

2x KINGSTON 1GB KIT DDR2 800MHz RAM $70.00

SAPPHIRE HD2600PRO 512M PCIE Video Card $78.70

Seagate SATA2 320GB Harddisk (16MB) $76.20

Thermal Take Soprano Bk Case 400W $136.30

LG DVD Duallayer Writer SATA Black $29.00

[TVR-190]

depends what store your shopping at. dont look too bad

[VryNeat]

prices are right mate but the graphics card is poo

[Grennan]

Yeah for 80 bucks you could get a far better Graphics Card.

[Low_VX_Taxi]

prices are right mate but the graphics card is poo

Any suggestions? must be fan cooled not just heat sinked~ 512mb onboard with HDMI output (even dual HDMI/standard optional)... sounded good

[Low_VX_Taxi]

depends what store your shopping at. dont look too bad

ARC prob would go to the Penrith branch but even the Parra one...

[pow3rslave]

msy have the hdd for 4 bucks cheaper, and the ram for almost 20 cheaper, but they have the same cpu for $0.10 more.

Auburn Branch (UBD Ref. 211 P14)
Unit 14, 191 Parramatta Road, N.S.W. 2144
TEL02) 9648 4116, (02) 9648 4117
Fax02)96484118, auburn@msy.com.au
M-F 10:30AM-6:30PM Sat. 10:30AM-2:00PM

Ultimo(CBD) (UBD Ref. Map3 A18)
60A / 558 Jones Street Ultimo N.S.W.2007
TEL02) 9280 3123, (02) 9280 3126
Fax02)9280 3129, ultimo@msy.com.au
M-F 10:30AM-6:30PM Sat-Sun 10:30AM-4:00PM

Chipping Norton (UBD Ref.Map270 D3)
Unit 6,53-55 Governor Macquarie Dr. NSW.2170
TEL02) 9723 2997, (02) 9726 2997
Fax02)97261997chippingnorton@msy.com.au
M-F 10:30AM-6:30PM Sat. 10:30AM-2:00PM

[Ozzie]

graphics card round $80


Centre Com Online

[Ozzie]

also i just realised the grahics card you will want is nvidia not ati

the motherboard only supports nvidia chipset
2600 pro is a radeon

[Ozzie]

here is a nvidia card round $80



Centre Com Online

[VSIIISU]

Have you also looked at some of the prices mentioned on staticice.com.au? they don't have all the shops listed there but it may help you find out which one is more bang-for-your-buck.

[Low_VX_Taxi]

Ended up buying the following:

INTEL CPU E8400 3.00Ghz/1333 $207.90

Gigabyte EP45-DS3L (s775) Motherboard $131.80

KINGSTON 2GB KIT DDR2 800MHz RAM $51.90

Gigabyte 9500GT PCI-E 2.0 512MB 128Bit Video Card $90.60

Seagate SATA2 320GB Harddisk (16MB) $76.20

Antec Nine Hundred 900 Gaming Case (SPC) $166

GreatWall 550W 12cm fan PSU $57.20

LG DVD Duallayer Writer SATA Black $29.00

Goes pretty hard and the Antec case has a massive amount of fans (variable speed) with a huge one on top...... My lil sister is pretty stoked with it.....

All up cost $810.60 (Incl. GST) I prob could've got it cheaper if I shopped around but I had little time and the $$$ saved would have prob been lost on petrol anyway....

[AirStrike]

Ended up buying the following:

INTEL CPU E8400 3.00Ghz/1333 $207.90

Gigabyte EP45-DS3L (s775) Motherboard $131.80

KINGSTON 2GB KIT DDR2 800MHz RAM $51.90

Gigabyte 9500GT PCI-E 2.0 512MB 128Bit Video Card $90.60

Seagate SATA2 320GB Harddisk (16MB) $76.20

Antec Nine Hundred 900 Gaming Case (SPC) $166

GreatWall 550W 12cm fan PSU $57.20

LG DVD Duallayer Writer SATA Black $29.00

Goes pretty hard and the Antec case has a massive amount of fans (variable speed) with a huge one on top...... My lil sister is pretty stoked with it.....

All up cost $810.60 (Incl. GST) I prob could've got it cheaper if I shopped around but I had little time and the $$$ saved would have prob been lost on petrol anyway....

Sounds all good mate, bar the case!!!!! Could of saved plenty on that to spend on more important stuff.

[Low_VX_Taxi]

Sounds all good mate, bar the case!!!!! Could of saved plenty on that to spend on more important stuff.

It was for my lil sister so she wanted something a bit glitsy... has 3 neon fans and a see through side case... Personally I would have gone something a bit cheaper... its only to hold the bits in place!

[pow3rslave]

ugh. my very first case was a ricer case.
side and top windows with blue led fans in each, front panel had blue and red led clear-plastic prism shapes.
leaving that thing running all night in the same room as me proved difficult, and it sounded like a chopper takingoff.

[AirStrike]

ugh. my very first case was a ricer case.
side and top windows with blue led fans in each, front panel had blue and red led clear-plastic prism shapes.
leaving that thing running all night in the same room as me proved difficult, and it sounded like a chopper takingoff.

Yeah I went practical with mine, no bells and whistles. Good layout, good fan placement and quantity and good air flow.

[Low_VX_Taxi]

ugh. my very first case was a ricer case.
side and top windows with blue led fans in each, front panel had blue and red led clear-plastic prism shapes.
leaving that thing running all night in the same room as me proved difficult, and it sounded like a chopper takingoff.

The lights are fairly bright but the fans are pretty quiet, plus they have 3 variable speeds so you can crank em up or have them fairly quiet/slow.... on the latter the bloody intel standard CPU fan is louder

Yeah I went practical with mine, no bells and whistles. Good layout, good fan placement and quantity and good air flow.

This has a pretty good fan layout, two in the front drive bays (moveable) and a monster fan at the top rear. The Power Supply is mounted at the bottom of the case and there is an additional fan on the back....