Just spent two grand....I hope Monarch was the right choice

[macewank]

Originally posted by: slots

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: slots

Originally posted by: BentValve
If I had $300 set aside for ram then id go with 2 1gb sticks of something over less ram that allows tighter timings. But whatever floats your boat I guess.

Cheap ram will not run quality games.

you are dead wrong.

Half-Life2 ? You need quality Ram, dont sell this game short.

you're missing the point.. there is a difference between CHEAP ram and Low-Quality ram.

all ram from places like Kingston, Corsair, Crucial... ALL of it is good ram. what you DONT want is joe-blow housebrand ram.. the low timings arent vital to anything, and as proven statistically the only thing the high-end ram is going to do for you involves programs like Sandra (so you can show off how awesome it is) and Winrar (so you can unzip/rar/whatever)

 

[Plumcuda1]

Wow ... you guys are a bunch of a$$e$$. Is jealousy that hard to handle that you have to crap all over the guy? Grow up. Its a nice system at a decent price.

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: automaton20
Ok
That is some crazy overpricing.. do they really suggest that ram ...???

No, I was just making fun of the OP's statement.

I mean, he bought two 512 memory modules for $330.00, and states that Half Life 2 needs great ram.

Any name brand ram would work fine, and I sure as hell would buy two sticks of 512 Mb DDR ram for $140.00 not $330.00.

He got raped on his computer. Well, Monarch didn't rape him, he actually has become the first person to figure out a way to rape himself.

I mean a SLI board, 6800Gt card, and a 80 Gb hard drive? A cd burner/dvd reader for $60.00? Plus an additional $7.00 for the burner software? Plus another $7.00 for the DVD software? $74.00 for a CD burner....wow.

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: Plumcuda1
Wow ... you guys are a bunch of a$$e$$. Is jealousy that hard to handle that you have to crap all over the guy? Grow up. Its a nice system at a decent price.

No, but when you post here a sytem that you are going to buy/have bought and you have made some questionable decisions, don's start attacking people who say you are paying too much.

If I was a noob, and felt the need to post a "look at me...look at what I am buying" thread, I would hope somebody would tell me I was making a bad choice.

I wouldn't say "Half Life needs it dude, you don't know what you talking about Willis".

 

[Plumcuda1]

SO he over paid for ram ... big deal ... no one here as ever over paid for anything?

 

[PurdueRy]

some of us were just pointing out the ways he could have saved money...which is what the OP asked for basically by putting up his computer and how much he paid. Others have turned it into a flame war.

 

[Plumcuda1]

Well I paid $6 for my system including shipping

 

[SrGuapo]

Originally posted by: Plumcuda1
SO he over paid for ram ... big deal ... no one here as ever over paid for anything?

We don't care that he overpaid (hell I got my 3200+ for $230!)... It is that he is just being a little stubborn about it and spreading WRONG information.

Sure, the $330 RAM will perform better, $190 better, no, but a 'bit' better. If he has no family, friends, girlfriend to blow money on, he might as well spend it on himself...

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: Plumcuda1
SO he over paid for ram ... big deal ... no one here as ever over paid for anything?

It's not the fact he overpaid for the ram.

It is he felt the need to come here and post. He obiviously wanted comments if he made a thread. Every comment here can't just be "Way to go guy, You are the man, Great choices!" Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes you just gotta tell the parents that is one ugly baby.

This was his first thread/post under this current username.

He gets defensive when people ask questions on why he decided to buy certain items. It really opened up for him with the "you have no money" comment and "cheap ram won't run quality games".

Anytime you post anything here and then show attitude, you are going to get attacked.....especially if you are brand new.

 

[Pciber]

Not a bad price, for a pre-built. Monarch does a few things I don't like, though.. like making you pay $8 for nero, and another $8 for Power DVD, when it comes with the lite-on cdrw/dvd-rom drive. So thats $76 for a $40 drive. Also, kids, notice it includes a legal copy of windows XP, which most of your systems dont have

I actually spec'ed out a system similar to that for $1600... i like mine better. Athlon 64 3400+ DTR, 1.5gb of DDR, 6800GT, 250gb hdd, DVD burner, etc. in an SFF system. with a 17" 16ms response lcd.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1512232

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: Pciber
Not a bad price, for a pre-built. Monarch does a few things I don't like, though.. like making you pay $8 for nero, and another $8 for Power DVD, when it comes with the lite-on cdrw/dvd-rom drive. So thats $76 for a $40 drive. Also, kids, notice it includes a legal copy of windows XP, which most of your systems dont have

I actually spec'ed out a system similar to that for $1600... i like mine better. Athlon 64 3400+ DTR, 1.5gb of DDR, 6800GT, 250gb hdd, DVD burner, etc. in an SFF system.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1512232

Yours also has a 17" LCD, 1.5 Gb of ram, DVD burner, and a 250 Gb hard drive.

Plus you are paying a little extra since it is a SFF system.

Nice system though

 

[TantrumusMaximus]

Welcome to the SLI club! Wait until you see HL2 on that rig!

 

[ribbon13]

For $1800 I could built a dual opteron, and that's with a Tyan board.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Why do people feel the need to rip someone for letting someone else build their rig?

 

[Jeff7181]

Maybe this is what the OP expected to hear by posting his new PC...

OMG!!! Dat iz ub3r 1337 yo! You iz gunna tear it up in HL2 fo sho!

 

[ribbon13]

If you mean me, I was just saying it was over priced. It was his money, and his choice, and he didn't do too bad. I mean, people do buy components at Best Buy and Compusa, and we would just laugh at them.

 

[beany323]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
If you mean me, I was just saying it was over priced. It was his money, and his choice, and he didn't do too bad. I mean, people do buy components at Best Buy and Compusa, and we would just laugh at them.

I thought everyone went to best buy for their computer stuff?!?!? Man all that knowledge they have!!

I actually went to Fry's 2 weekends ago, looking at monitors and some kid was helping me.. i looked around and found a kid who looked like a total nerd... he was so much more helpful!! don't buy that monitor.. you can get this one cheaper and does this and that.... lol....

 

[beany323]

Originally posted by: Plumcuda1
SO he over paid for ram ... big deal ... no one here as ever over paid for anything?

yep..... ex-wife.. :shocked:

 

[necine]

If he got a deal on the pre-built no one would rip on him... that's a good rig, don't get me wrong. It's just not $1800 good... it's about $1200 good.

 

[slots]

Ok im back from work, some of you are having fun ripping my system. I am sure i could have done it cheaper, but its still a better rig than the average pre-assembled crap from Dell or HP.



Plus, its not an outrageously priced alienware type rig with the green and blue cases with side windows.

Im not an expert, but i think i did ok. Actually to tell you all the truth, i pretty much took the advice of this website.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGSBG/article.php/3465831

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: slots
Ok im back from work, some of you are having fun ripping my system. I am sure i could have done it cheaper, but its still a better rig than the average pre-assembled crap from Dell or HP.



Plus, its not an outrageously priced alienware type rig with the green and blue cases with side windows.

Im not an expert, but i think i did ok. Actually to tell you all the truth, i pretty much took the advice of this website.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGSBG/article.php/3465831

all we are saying is you could have paid about $500 less and had the same system

 

[sparkyclarky]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: slots
Ok im back from work, some of you are having fun ripping my system. I am sure i could have done it cheaper, but its still a better rig than the average pre-assembled crap from Dell or HP.



Plus, its not an outrageously priced alienware type rig with the green and blue cases with side windows.

Im not an expert, but i think i did ok. Actually to tell you all the truth, i pretty much took the advice of this website.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGSBG/article.php/3465831

all we are saying is you could have paid about $500 less and had the same system

I'm not sure about $500, but it does seem to be a bit expensive.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: slots
Ok im back from work, some of you are having fun ripping my system. I am sure i could have done it cheaper, but its still a better rig than the average pre-assembled crap from Dell or HP.



Plus, its not an outrageously priced alienware type rig with the green and blue cases with side windows.

Im not an expert, but i think i did ok. Actually to tell you all the truth, i pretty much took the advice of this website.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MHGSBG/article.php/3465831

all we are saying is you could have paid about $500 less and had the same system

I'm not sure about $500, but it does seem to be a bit expensive.

$500 easy. its almost $200 on the RAM alone

plus he spent about $170 on a case and PSU?

he could have easily knocked off another $50 with a 6800GT

a $60 cd burner-dvd player? he could have gotten a DVD burner for that price

$275 for a CPU??? he could have gotten a 3200 for $100 less and would have never noticed a difference, and he could have easily overclocked it to 3500 speeds.


and i dont even want to pick through the rest

 

[Wadded Beef]

Originally posted by: slots

Originally posted by: BentValve
Id say you overpaid by a solid $200 and you could have 'pinched' a system with the same performance for about $300-$800 less.

Wrong.

lol "wrong"

poor guy is in denial that he got ripped and cant come up with anything other than "wrong"...
you spent $14 on generic goop that should come free with the overpriced heatsink! oh well, i've seen worse...

 

[Wadded Beef]

Originally posted by: slots

Originally posted by: BentValve
Id say you overpaid by a solid $200 and you could have 'pinched' a system with the same performance for about $300-$800 less.

Right,you have all the answers but no money.

you have the wrong answers and less money =]