SPEEDemon1
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I thought my XPS would keep me up and running for the next few years, but sadly that's not the case. I've been trying for a few weeks, but no matter what I do, it won't successfully play my engineering software. My school gave me $20,000+ worth of engineering software, and I have nothing to use it on. So, I decided to get a somewhat cheap, but powerful desktop to run my programs. I'm purchasing from cyberPower, here are the specs...
case:
TURBO X-DREAMER CASE 350 WATT W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display
Fans
2 extra fans
power supply
600 watt coolmaster
cpu
(Socket AM2) AMD Athlonâ„¢64 X2 5200+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
cooling fan
Artic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)
motherboard
(Socket AM2)Asus M2N-E SLI NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN,IEEE1394,USB2.0,&7.1Audio
memory
2 gb corsair ram
video cards
2x NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express
hard drive
80GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
and then your basic other stuff
I went with a small hd only because I already have an external 250 gb. Also I already have a 20" monitor I can use with it. i was thinking about going with a single 8800, but the dual 86 are cheaper, and more appealing to me. I'm gonna order this tonight. i'm welcome to changes, but I'm using my own money, so I can't go any higher in price.
The total comes to a mere $762
BTW, I'll be running xp pro on it. i'm tired of vista problems.
case:
TURBO X-DREAMER CASE 350 WATT W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display
Fans
2 extra fans
power supply
600 watt coolmaster
cpu
(Socket AM2) AMD Athlonâ„¢64 X2 5200+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
cooling fan
Artic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)
motherboard
(Socket AM2)Asus M2N-E SLI NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN,IEEE1394,USB2.0,&7.1Audio
memory
2 gb corsair ram
video cards
2x NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express
hard drive
80GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
and then your basic other stuff
I went with a small hd only because I already have an external 250 gb. Also I already have a 20" monitor I can use with it. i was thinking about going with a single 8800, but the dual 86 are cheaper, and more appealing to me. I'm gonna order this tonight. i'm welcome to changes, but I'm using my own money, so I can't go any higher in price.
The total comes to a mere $762
BTW, I'll be running xp pro on it. i'm tired of vista problems.
