SoCalRoberta opened this issue on Oct 08, 2007 · 40 posts
gammaRascal posted Tue, 09 October 2007 at 8:20 AM
You're paying for allot of overhead there that you're just not going to use.
I just built a rig two weeks ago on the Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS and the kentsfield QX6850. With 3gb of Crucial Baliistix DDR 800. Total cost with some sATA drives 250gb/500gb, DVD/CD combo, case, 850w PSU, 640mb 8800GTS, 7.1 speakers and OEM xp pro - around $2600. This does not included monitors however.
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I would also argue against that case with that mb. The PSU would be on the bottom and hence you would have to cross the motherboard to power it unless they use extention cables to go around it. Plus with all those fans, it would sound like a freaking jet engine! lol