PC upgrades?

[TerminalAddict]

i7's are the way to go now ... so many cores

[Ronin]

With all due respect to the "it's a five minute job" crowd. It you are going to try it your self, get someone who knows what they are doing to give you a hand. There are so many easy ways to fuck the gear you are trying to install.

PM me if you like. Will do you a deal.

[chester]

Im getting this built for next week:

i7 920 2.66 GHz quad core cpu
asus p6t intel x58 motherboard
2x gtx 260 graphics cards
6GB memory
1TB hard drive
24x dual layer dvd writer
windows 7 pro 64 bit
cooler master 850w power supply
+ case

[DingoZ]

Im getting this built for next week:

i7 920 2.66 GHz quad core cpu
asus p6t intel x58 motherboard
2x gtx 260 graphics cards
6GB memory
1TB hard drive
24x dual layer dvd writer
windows 7 pro 64 bit
cooler master 850w power supply
+ case

And the price would be ....???

[SMOKEU]

Im getting this built for next week:

i7 920 2.66 GHz quad core cpu
asus p6t intel x58 motherboard
2x gtx 260 graphics cards
6GB memory
1TB hard drive
24x dual layer dvd writer
windows 7 pro 64 bit
cooler master 850w power supply
+ case

That setup will go insanely hard.

[chester]

will be approx $3000

[sosman]

It took me about 1 hour to fit a new video card. The video card is so big I had to take the hard drives out and move them all around, I had to lose the CD burner, the ram had to move, the IDE and SATA cables all had to move as well. I had to lose the floppy drive. It's a relatively standard size ATX case.

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[quallman1234]

Hey dingoz, i can give you a hand. Done many builds including some fairly expensive ones from ground up from work. Like it has been said, your probabaly going to basically have to start from scartch as your current motherboard won't be able to be upgradeable too far.

At one point the cost of assembly and buy seperate parts yourself was far far less than buying the same spec'd one from dell etc. However these days, it's kinda of equalled out a bit, and there is no great advantage of building your own.