Upgrade time - suggestions?

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Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by J_Th4ng » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:48 am

That's a pretty good deal that.

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by SlipperyDuck » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:39 am

Wow, just seen this special:

iKonic IT upgrade special
http://www.ikonicit.co.za/index.php?target=products&product_id=3972

I thought THIS was pretty impressive:

1 X ASUS Rampage 2 Gene - Republic of Gamers Mobo
1 X PALIT GTX260 GeForce® GTX 260 Sonic 216 SP (896MB)
1 X OCZ PC3-12800 DDR3 6GB
1 X Domino A.L.C. (Advanced Liquid Cooling for CPU's with LCD Temperature Display)
1 X OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Modular Power Supply
1 X Intel Ci7 Processor i7 920

R10 000.00

Save like over R3000 and get an uber setup!

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by Megageth » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:31 pm

Sweet! Thats the sucker!
Dude can you pls then order:
1 x That Mobo^
1 X 160GB Intel SSD G2
1 x Seagate 1TB HDD
1 x Win 7 Home Premium

If you PM me account details + price with Tax I will transfer the $.
(I get R9147.36 but pls confirm)

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by J_Th4ng » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:36 am

Okay, from Frontosa pricelist:

ASUS Maximus II Formula - Republic of Gamers
extra feature : EPU-6, external debug LED poster, voltiminder LED (cpu/mem/nb/sb voltage warning led), on-board on/off/clear CMOS switch, fanless heatpipe design. ATi crossfireX ready, intel Quad-core/Core2/Core2-Extreme/p4/Pentium D; intel P45 + iCH10R chipset, 1600/1333/1066/800 fsb ,4x dual channel 2-phase DDR2 1200 (upto 3.4v, support XMP) up to 16Gb, 9x s-ata2 with raid 0/1/5/0+1/10 (8x internal + 1x external -sata ), 1x parallel ata133, on-board SupremeFX X-Fi creative X-Fi xtreme fidelity Dobly Digital live 7.1 audio with coaxial+optical S/Pdif out + dual gigabit lan + ieee1394a; 2x pci , 3x pci-e(1x) , 2x pci-e 2.0 16x (8x+8x) - bundled with 2 x asus add-on fan + 3d game STALKER , 1x PS2 only for kb - atx

Price (ex-VAT): R1999

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by Megageth » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:10 am

Shot. If you can get a quote on the mobo that would be awesome as well, pls just confirm specs (Socket, RAM, XFi card etc).
If they dont have it I will order the other bits through you, works out a couple a hundred bucks cheaper.
Thanks.

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by J_Th4ng » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:54 am

My bits all come from Frontosa, so prices are pretty good.

Okay some prices for you. I don't have a full pice list with me, so all I can give you is from options that I was considering:

Intel 160GB G2 SSD - R4477
Intel 80GB G2 SSD - R2020
Seagate 1TB HDD - R669 - seagate barracuda 7200.12 st31000528as , 1TB/1000gb, s-ata2 , 7200rpm, 32mb cache, 8.5ms - 3 years warrenty
Seagate 1.5TB HDD - R987 seagate barracuda 7200.11 st31500341as , 1.5TB/1500gb, s-ata2 , 7200rpm, 32mb cache, 8.5ms - 3 years warrenty
ASUS Maximum II Formula - Will check price list on Monday and let you know
Win 7 Home Premium - R879 - Microsoft DSP windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

All of these pices are from the dealer listing, and are thus ex-VAT.

Let me know if there is any other stuf you want pricing on...

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by Megageth » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:51 am

Sweet!
- Where are you getting the SSD's from and how much? I want 1 x 160GB G2.

Mega's Shopping List:
Intel 160GB G2 SSD
Seagate 1TB HDD
New Asus Mobo click
Win 7 Home Premium

Anyone with deals/connections pls let me know prices cos I will buy online otherwise in a few days.

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by flycatchr » Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:47 am

really nice drag :yikes:

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by J_Th4ng » Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:37 pm

Well, it's finally done. After a couple of months of reading reviews, doing comparisons, and trying to figure out what is the best stuff to get, I've finally placed my order. Unfortunately a couple of items are out of stock, so it's gonna be a couple of weeks before I can complete my build. But what an awesome build it's gonna be...

Bits that I'm keeping from my current rig:

Coolermaster HAF-932 Case
Aguagate MAX Watercooling system
Thermaltake Purepower 650W PSU
Sapphire ATi Radeon 4870x2
Soundblaster X-Fi platinum
Samsung T260

New stuff ordered today:

ASUS Rampage II Extreme Motherboard (socket 1366)
Intel i7 920 CPU (D0 stepping, should clock to 4.0GHz)
Zalman CPU Waterblock with mounting for i7
3x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR-3 1600
Intel X-25 SSD - 80GB (Version G2) - For my OS and office apps)
Intel X-25 SSD - 160GB (Version G2) - For games
2xSeagate 1.5 TB 7200RPM HDD for data storage
LG DVD-RW (SATA Interface)

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Can't wait to get my hands on all of this :D

Re: Upgrade time - suggestions?

by Megageth » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:00 pm

Ok, read all 27 pages of the brain-jarring nerd speak on SSD's. Awesome article. I get the points on the advantages of Intel over Samsung but was intrigued by Samsungs strong showing in the pratical tests...

Win 7 out in about a weeks time. Will check then what to get. At the mo, I am thinkin of a 128-160GB SSD for Win + Games then a 1TB Seagate for Aps + Piracy and a copy of Win 7 Home Premium.

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