Building my first system...

[Willz]

never bieng keen on amazon, yes thats why i want to buy from newegg, they have a massive selection,bazzillionssssssssssssssssssss of graphics cards ;p

 

[Exfoliate]

I though Monarch was good in the UK?

 

[Willz]

monarch, what, i have never heard of them :s

 

[Matt555]

if your in the u.k. try www.overclockers.co.uk or www.rlsupplies.co.uk they are pretty good and delivery is usually within a couple of days...thats where i get my stuff from :D

 

[Addis]

I think Venice is for normal Athlon64s and San Diego is FX line?
Try www.dabs.com or www.savastore.com.

 

[Willz]

so newcastle is better?

 

[Addis]

no Venice is better than newcastle. Go for it.

 

[Willz]

hmm,how much extra performance would i get from a venice 3500+ than a newcastle 3500+

 

[Exfoliate]

Oh, 10% maybe. Nothing huge, unless you oc it.

 

[Willz]

ah, i think al go with a newcastle then.

 

[Exfoliate]

They've got SanDiego 3700's Addis, but you knew that right?

 

[Willz]

how much extra performance will a sandiego 3700+ have than a newcastle 3700+

Also, were do they get these names from (san diego, venice, newcastle, winchester,)
lol are they all locations, 2 of em are in the uk, and proberbly usa aswell, 1 in france, and another in the use, why place names? :P

 

[Exfoliate]

Quite a bit actually concidering that SanDiego is socket 939 only and NewCastle was for 754 so you'll see like up to a 20% boost if you're lucky in some tasks. As for the place names I can't really say, other than you're correct about that, was Barton a city somewhere? Otherwise it would seem like only the 64-bit chips took on place names, could very well be wrong about that though.

 

[garye19355]

check some other sites, newegg is good but sometimes its prices are a bit high, and shipping costs a load.

wow, a xaser, i envy you, but i got my vento :)

I buy from Newegg also , but I also buy from ZipZoom Fly and hardly ever hear them mentioned. I just got thru getting my stuff for new puter and had to use both to get all I wanted. Such as;
NEWEGG
XASER III V2000A case $159.00
W/D 36 gig Raptor 116.00
Plextor 716A Burner 106.99
Scanner 84.25
Card reader 13.99
Floppy 11.00
Shipping 32.41

Zipzoomfly

Leadtek 7800GTX Video $554.99
Maxtor 300gig SATA H/D 177.50
Coolermaster 555W power supply 119.00
Athlon 64 4000 retail 473.90
Asus A8N-E M/B 113.00
Corsair 3200C2PT 2GB memory 250.00
Shipping 00.00

Pretty hard to find one place that has it all at the best price. What I really like about Zip is the freight is built into the selling price. Most all is " Free 2nd Day " , except cases.

 

[zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG]

dont give away that much for one big drive, get two raptors and raid them for 40$ more, half the space, twice the speed

 

[n0chi]

cool specs :)

 

[Exfoliate]

Yeah you'd get awesome speed for your load and search times, if I had that kind of money I'd do it. Wouldn't it be 4x the speed if a raptor is like 2x as fast almost, but raided is another 2x faster.
Save yourself $50 on the 7800: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122224
You might like that optical drive for reasons I don't know of but for speed this one seems just fine for a lot cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152047

 

[max12590]

Hmmm, RAID isn't a full 2x speedgain but it is very noticable.

 

[Exfoliate]

Okay so it isn't but theoretically it should be.