PC : New one on order.

Garp · 22-11-2009, 04:00

Budget is a little tighter than I'd have ideally hoped but I've been able to order a PC at last \o/
My initial attempts all revolved around ordering the components myself, but I hit up against an odd problem I never anticipated. Shipping... It's actually proving more cost effective to purchase a complete system rather than buy the additional packages due to the shipping cost differences, so I've bought a slightly customised machine from iBUYPOWER.

Depending on AMD sorting out their inability to provide parts, this is on route somepoint soon (5-10 days they estimate)

Nzxt Tempest EVO Gaming Tower Case
Intel® Core™ i5 750 Processor (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1333 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand
ATI Radeon HD 5850 - 1GB - Single Card
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive
320 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive
22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - [Lightscribe Technology] Black
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (naturally it'll end up dual boot Linux/Win 7 shortly after arrival)

Probably geeky/sad but i figured out this last year has been the first time in about 17 years that I've not had a gaming PC around..

22-11-2009, 04:00	#1
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	New one on order. Budget is a little tighter than I'd have ideally hoped but I've been able to order a PC at last \o/ My initial attempts all revolved around ordering the components myself, but I hit up against an odd problem I never anticipated. Shipping... It's actually proving more cost effective to purchase a complete system rather than buy the additional packages due to the shipping cost differences, so I've bought a slightly customised machine from iBUYPOWER. Depending on AMD sorting out their inability to provide parts, this is on route somepoint soon (5-10 days they estimate) Nzxt Tempest EVO Gaming Tower Case Intel® Core™ i5 750 Processor (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache) 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1333 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand ATI Radeon HD 5850 - 1GB - Single Card 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive 320 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - [Lightscribe Technology] Black Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (naturally it'll end up dual boot Linux/Win 7 shortly after arrival) Probably geeky/sad but i figured out this last year has been the first time in about 17 years that I've not had a gaming PC around.. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?