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Cataclysm
11-25-2007, 02:49 PM
Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154

Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136012

Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001094

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034

Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127030

Processor (Really really cheap so I can nab Penryn when they come out.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116040

Video Card
8800GT, none available at Newegg yet though.
Ajmukon
11-25-2007, 04:31 PM
Looks good..

but i do not think the CPU will work...
get instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115031
and buy a cheap micro ATX motherboard (with a cheap case, decent 350W PSU) and get a testing computer when you upgrade to Penryn
Cataclysm
11-25-2007, 04:37 PM
Why will I need a testing computer? For the mobo? I can buy everything except the mobo and CPU now, since I already have a (P.O.S.) computer I'm fine with waiting for Penryn mobos to come out. I just wanna buy things now with the xmas deals.
rond36
11-25-2007, 05:18 PM
That CPU should work but I would get an X38 chipset board or wait for the nVidia 700 series boards.
Ajmukon
11-25-2007, 06:23 PM
what i meant was a seperate computer that you could use to "test" and "play" around with when you upgrade your current build to Penryn.

sorry for the confusion.
Cataclysm
11-25-2007, 07:56 PM
what i meant was a seperate computer that you could use to "test" and "play" around with when you upgrade your current build to Penryn.

sorry for the confusion.

Im not sure what I could test on a separate computer that I cant do on that one... Just to see if everything works together and adjust timings? I know you guys dont like overclocking, and I plan on not OCing my stuff, but will linking and syncing my FSB with RAM be just as dangerous?
Ajmukon
11-25-2007, 08:32 PM
i mean like "Operating systems (free)", timings ( if you want to OC), etc.
of just to have a spare PC lying around

even if you get the lower end celeron, getting a cheap ATX micro mobo (usually does not need a GPU), a simple PSU, some RAM.. and a HD.... you have a spare computer if you primary one has to go into the shop for any reason...
Cataclysm
11-25-2007, 08:40 PM
OK, I see. I dont think I'll be spending any more than I have to, the Celeron is only to let my computer run so I can get it all set up and work out any problems. I'll be getting a $200-300 Penryn when they come out and dont really have $200 to basically throw away on a processor that will last a month.