Regardless of Zebo's rudeness, his general message is correct; I can save money by not buying bleeding edge. I appreciate all of you sort of givine me a reality check.
If I get a 3700+ instead of a 4000+ I can still maybe get it to 3.0 Ghz if I'm lucky.... I can replace the VX4000 with...
In a way, I can see that you're right. But from my side of things.... I've been waiting a looooonnnngggg time to build my new computer. We're talking years here... because I've been waiting for technologies like PCIe and SATA, etc. I can play the waiting game forever, or I can buy a mid-end...
I'm an INTJ... emotion isn't really a big part of it. I'm thinking long term for ME. I don't sell computers. Like I care if it holds its value. I am thinking long term for ME because I know if I buy crappy components I will regret it later when they are all failing on me like has happened...
With most HDs you will either get crap or a great one. I've got 3 maxtors in my system now and they run great. I RMAed one one times (it hadn't failed... I found out later my motherboard was the problem) and it came very fast.
Great hard drives... great support... cheap... Maxtor is...
Alright alright, I'm 18. I could just see the stupid age comments coming. I figure it'll last a good 6-7 years just like this one. I've had to replace a fan and HD on this build, but other than that it's served me well for a solid 6 years.
Since I am buying such high-end components for the...
I will not indulge in your off topic questioning :P
Everyone, please either critique the rig and talk about it, or..... please leave <_<. I didn't come here for financial advice or a life evaluation.
I've thought about it a lot... If you look at the list, a lot of the components that are expensive are not the PC itself, they are things which I can reuse for a long time.
The speakers (400 bucks)
The case (about 150)
The Keyboard (50)
The Vapochill LS (850 bucks)
....and I'm sure plenty...
It won't be outdated in a few months when your processor is already a few 100 Mhz in the future lol. I'll be happy with this for years to come just like i've been pretty happy with my now 6-year old computer. It's all a matter of contentment..... but for a year or so... this baby will RULE.
lol, money spend isn't always money well spent.
I am probably switching it to an X850XT... but so far that card is what has me most impressed. It is a very well-put-together card. Besides, I plan on getting AMR, so that means I can upgrade to a 2nd, must faster (*cough*FUDO*cough*) card in...
I'm not getting an FX-53, because it is 400 dollars more than a 4000... but they are identical processors except for the sole different that the FX-53 is multiplyer unlocked upwardly. Well, since I am getting such high-end RAM and a nice motherboard, I will be able to raise the clock rate well...
You're not considering people who have water cooling or the oh-so-coveted phase change. They will not have HSF. Some water-cooled systems are nearly silent and some phase change systems like the vapochill XE II are very quiet.
I'm from overclock.net (my alias on there is TheInformationator) Anyway, I know that anandtech readers are generally knowledgable, so if you have any cool ideas, feel free to add them. I'm not big on SLI... I want to wait for an ATI AMR board if possible, but if not I'm goign with the DFI...
I've got the D-Link DI-624 (revision c). I'll soon upgrade to firmware 2.5 (the download is going at BYTES/sec!.... slow FTP)
I've set up 128-bit WEP encryption... but I want this network to be relatively unhackable. It's just a college campus.... but that's just it... it's a college campus...
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