new upgrade

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:43 am

hey i am looking to upgrade my computer since am so sick of my intel and fx 5200 , so i was wondering , what are the cheapest trusted sites out there for computer parts that ofcourse ship worldwide?

this is what i kinda have in mind:-
nforce motherboard (anything would be great)
amd athlon 3500+
geforce 6800 gt

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:01 am

The cheapest are Newegg and Tigers Direct, not sure if they ship worldwide though.

http://www.newegg.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.com/

For cpus, don't believe everything they say. The "3500+" claim on an AMD chip does not mean it's as fast as a Pentium 3.5ghz. It's actually slower. Check benchmarks before comparing prices. Look through all category.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2003/02/17/benchmark_marathon/page26.html

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:30 am

i just found out that tigerdirect ships worldwide and if i pay with paypal i can get the items shipped in 1 buisness day Smile

sounds cool , but i live in israel so i hope that includes me as well

this is what hopefully i will be getting:-

eVGA GeForce 6800 XT 256MB DDR PCI Express Video Card and a FREE Copy of Age of Empires III PC Game! ------------- $119.99
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AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.20GHz / 512KB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / ClawHammer / Hyper-Transport / OEM / Socket 939 / Processor --------- $179.99
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ECS NFORCE4-A939 Socket 939 Motherboard $79.99 (not sure about this one yet)

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:38 am

Suggestion Kobaytso don't press the wrong buttons, or your going to get warnings. I see no reason for a report on this thread.

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:11 am

am so sorry about that , i was looking for a link for that specific post and thought that that button would show it like in other vb forums

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:17 am

Kobaytso wrote:

hey i am looking to upgrade my computer since am so sick of my intel and fx 5200 , so i was wondering , what are the cheapest trusted sites out there for computer parts that ofcourse ship worldwide?

this is what i kinda have in mind:-
nforce motherboard (anything would be great)
amd athlon 3500+
geforce 6800 gt

take 6800gs instead thats my IMHO

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:24 am

well yea i've ben thinking about getting a 6800 GS maybe 512 mb but will that be enough for the upcoming games i want some great graphics which is what i have never even seen , are the 6 series not good enough for the current upcoming games , or is the 7 series just way ahead of the current , like years ahead

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:45 am

6800gs is a great card for the money really yet the only cards that will deliver you a video revolution are the top of the line 7950gx2
or x1900xtx wich yet cost a fortune just check benchmarks and pick the card of your choice i say but 6800gs is a great card really just make sure you dont take the 512mb version since these extra 256mb are useless

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:48 am

dagger906 wrote:

The cheapest are Newegg and Tigers Direct, not sure if they ship worldwide though.

http://www.newegg.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.com/

For cpus, don't believe everything they say. The "3500+" claim on an AMD chip does not mean it's as fast as a Pentium 3.5ghz. It's actually slower. Check benchmarks before comparing prices. Look through all category.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2003/02/17/benchmark_marathon/page26.html

bullshit you show a mp3 encoding diagram and say the 3500+ is slower? ftw!
try the games on it it will rip the 3.5ghz p4 apart

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:58 am

Edited; here. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:03 am

evgi wrote:

dagger906 wrote:

The cheapest are Newegg and Tigers Direct, not sure if they ship worldwide though.

http://www.newegg.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.com/

For cpus, don't believe everything they say. The "3500+" claim on an AMD chip does not mean it's as fast as a Pentium 3.5ghz. It's actually slower. Check benchmarks before comparing prices. Look through all category.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2003/02/17/benchmark_marathon/page26.html

bullshit you show a mp3 encoding diagram and say the 3500+ is slower? ftw!
try the games on it it will rip the 3.5ghz p4 apart

The directx 9 and open gl benchmarks are also on that page. The gap is much smaller, but it's still there. Did you even look?

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:34 am

oh btw i just noticed tigerdirect doesnt accept paypal payments from international countries , just us , so does anyone know any other sites??

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:58 am

Quote:

The directx 9 and open gl benchmarks are also on that page. The gap is much smaller, but it's still there. Did you even look?

Nope but as I work with PC's everyday, I'm a hardware support tech', I know in real world everyday use the AMD is the winner, that's ignoring how much faster it's gonna be when it has proper 64 bit apps etc to run, the Pentium is stuck in the past as a 32 bit CPU quite simply there is no real reason to compare, the AMD wins all round especially when cost comes into the equation.
Good prices and service for UK buyers; http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/home.php
If you can only use PayPal then probably, Dabs is your best bet. Cool

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:12 pm

I'm getting a strange sense of deja vu . Laughing

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:25 pm

illogical wrote:

Quote:

The directx 9 and open gl benchmarks are also on that page. The gap is much smaller, but it's still there. Did you even look?

Nope but as I work with PC's everyday, I'm a hardware support tech', I know in real world everyday use the AMD is the winner, that's ignoring how much faster it's gonna be when it has proper 64 bit apps etc to run, the Pentium is stuck in the past as a 32 bit CPU quite simply there is no real reason to compare, the AMD wins all round especially when cost comes into the equation.
Good prices and service for UK buyers; http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/home.php
If you can only use PayPal then probably, Dabs is your best bet. Cool

well dabs is very expensive the amd athlon 3500 is $255 while in tigerdirect its just $179 , and the 6800 gs is for $205 while in tigerdirect its for $179 , i was hoping to find a site with tigerdirect prices or even better , and ships worldwide ofcourse and doesnt only accept paypal from the us , kind of really hard but i know there has to be a site