New PC for Christmas!

[SingaBoiy]

I dare someone to make a better all-around system then that for under 1G.

[muchspl2]

for a place to purchase all the stuff from, you can't go wrong with www.newegg.com . fast shipping & awesome prices.

yea or zipzoomfly, they have been beating newegg lately with shipping and sometimes both shipping and price, need to shop around.

[callum]

Get this system you noob....


Case:
RAIDMAX Black 10-bay Case with 420W Power Supply, Model "ATX-822WBP" -RETAIL

Motherboard:
ASRock "P4V88 RAID" VIA PT880 Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU -RETAIL

CPU:
Intel Celeron D 330 2.66 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 256K L2 Cache Processor - Retail

DVD Burner:
Sony Internal 16X DVD+/-RW / Double Layer Drive Black, Model DW-D22A-B2 x2

Video Card:
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON "9800 Atlantis" Video Card, 256MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "1024-2C47" -OEM

Memory:
Rosewill 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC3200, Model RW400/512 - Retail x2

Harddrive:
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB 7200RPM P-ATA/133 Hard Drive, Model 6B200P0, OEM Drive Only x2

Sounds Card:
CHAINTECH 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card, Model "AV-710" -RETAIL

Speakers:
CREATIVE Inspire P7800 7.1 Black Speaker System -RETAIL

Cooling:
VANTEC IceBerq Aluminum DDR Memory Heat Spreader, Model "DDR-A1A" -RETAIL x2

ZALMAN NorthBridge Chipset Cooler, Model "ZM-NB47J" -RETAIL

CoolMax Aluminum Hard Disk Driver Cooler w/ 2 Fans, Model "133101" -RETAIL x2

Floppy:
Samsung Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model SFD321B/LBL1, OEM Drive Only


Total: $996.45

EDIT: made everything with 2 items stick out more

errr 2 dvd burners? whats the point of that then?

[SingaBoiy]

So you can rip/burn 2 things at once.

[nsane]

400gb wtf you ganna need that for? heard of a dvd-rw?

[SingaBoiy]

400 GB aint s*** I fill up this 160 I got usually in a week or 2.

[Mr. Elmo]

400 GB aint s*** I fill up this 160 I got usually in a week or 2.

you have him 2 dvd burner, 2 200gb hdd, but advice him to go for a celeron D?

to rip/burn dvd, you only need a dvd writer and a dvd reader...not 2 dvd writer...and burning 2 things at once isnt such a good idea if you're telling him to get a celeron D

although celeron D has great ocing potential, its not as good as a p4 out of the box...and with ocing, you need to buy better rams to deal with the high fsb and more fans for cooling. and even when its overclock, there is no garuntee it was perform as fast as a p4. it might be close in everyday task, but in gaming , the celly D will show its true face

EDIT: if you are going for bang for the buck, i would suggest dumping the celeron D and get a equivalent amd chip. Most sites on the net have confirm that for the same money spent on the celeron D, the amd chip that cost the same with be a better choice.

[muchspl2]

yea I would only get one burner and a good dvd player that can rip fast
maybe better processer and/or more ram

[Duffman]

don't forget a cool xbox controller for when your computer needs some downtime.

[SingaBoiy]

you have him 2 dvd burner, 2 200gb hdd, but advice him to go for a celeron D?

to rip/burn dvd, you only need a dvd writer and a dvd reader...not 2 dvd writer...and burning 2 things at once isnt such a good idea if you're telling him to get a celeron D

although celeron D has great ocing potential, its not as good as a p4 out of the box...and with ocing, you need to buy better rams to deal with the high fsb and more fans for cooling. and even when its overclock, there is no garuntee it was perform as fast as a p4. it might be close in everyday task, but in gaming , the celly D will show its true face

EDIT: if you are going for bang for the buck, i would suggest dumping the celeron D and get a equivalent amd chip. Most sites on the net have confirm that for the same money spent on the celeron D, the amd chip that cost the same with be a better choice.

Have you testing the 2 out yourself? Then you can only go by others benchmarks. I would take that setup over an expensive P4 setup any day.

I used the dvd burner I posted yesterday and I ripped and burned a movie in 22 minutes.

If you're like me (burning games/movies non-stop), 2 is a great idea. And it wont screw up the burning having 2 going at a time with that setup.