Quote: Original post by Nytegard
I have a similar machine with an upgraded power supply and processor, and only 4 GB of RAM, and it came to ~$2400.
what? where do you live?
my pc;
-a core 2 Quad Core Q6600 cpu overclocked from 2.4 ghz to 3.15 ghz.
-2048 mb of ddr2 pc2 800 ram overclocked to 1,000 mhz at 4-4-4-12 timings.
-ga-p35-ds3p gigabyte motherboard.
-8800 gts 320 mb overclocked.
-enermax 500 watt liberty psu.
- striker 5.1 sound card
-2 7200 16 mb cache 150 gig hard drives, maxtor
-existing case
-existing license of win xp
all cameout to around $900, though i did get a few good deals, but even then it wouldn't have added to more than $1,200
and not to be arguementive or derail this thread:
" PCI Express 2.0 is coming out in October, and the upcoming NVidia and ATI cards will be taking advantage of it."
i find this hard to believe, as benchmarks have shown that all the 8800 needs is a single 8x pci express slot, meaning it is not even close to using the bandwidth of a pci-e 16x slot... so i wonder what improvements will occur with pci 2?