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  1. Oct 6th, 2002, 05:59 PM #1
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    Can someone price this out for me...

    Could someone price this system out for me at an American site that is reputable and has good prices? I'm trying to get an idea of how the prices between the US and Canada vary, taking exchange rate into account.

    XP1600
    Acceptable CPU cooler
    Any Quality KT333 board w/Audio
    512MB PC2700 name brand RAM
    60GB HD
    GF4 Ti4200 64MB w/TV Out
    LG 915FT+ Monitor (one sweet piece of hardware)
    Decent Case, Mid Tower, 300W.
    Some network card
    Some 40x CD Burner.

    Skip the KB/Mouse/Speakers/Floppy

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    Epox 8K5A2+ $100
    XP1600 $60
    COOLER MASTER DP5-7H53F (70mm aluminum)- $14
    Kingston 512mb PC2700 - $140
    Abit GF4 Ti4200 64MB with TV out - $145
    LG 915FT+ - $321
    Antec SX830 case - $80
    Liteon 40x - $56
    D-Link NIC $11

    Total it up...
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    i think you may be on to something justin...

    have you bought from them before? do they ship to Canada?

    and the worst of all....does anyone know if i have to pay duties?

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    I'd suggest an xp 2000+

    They'd nicely priced.
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    Looks like a decent cooler for a decent price:

    http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/...y_Code=CPC-AMD
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    I got this codegen case, 450w, 3 case fans, and lots of bays.

    $58, It's a good deal.

    I'd suggest a mobo without on board audio. Unless you don't care about quality.

    Micron ram is good. www.crucial.com

    Maxtor or Western Digital for your HDD.

    You may want to rethink your video card choice.

    I don't know bout the LG monitor....
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    Originally posted by siyan
    i think you may be on to something justin...

    have you bought from them before? do they ship to Canada?

    and the worst of all....does anyone know if i have to pay duties?

    -C
    I have no idea if they ship to Canada or not, I know that Newegg doesn't though. Check MWave's site. However their ResellerRatings is quite good
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    From the MWave site

    Do you ship to Canada?
    Yes, we do currently ship to Canada. However, we are unable to accept Canadian (International) credit cards. Therefore, we would require payment by wire transfer.

    Please keep in mind that our web site is not equipped to quote shipping charges for Canada. Therefore, please send an e-mail to [email protected], if you are interested in receiving accurate shipping charges for your location. Be sure to include the exact items that you are interested in purchasing, along with your shipping address.
    It's in the FAQs. Seems like a bit of a pain but you can do it.

    Now to improvise on your recommendations, I forgot the hard drive, but get a Western Digital, Maxtor, or Seagate. Not IBM.

    I would also spring for a 128MB video card. Get a Ti4200 with 128MB of memory, if you can't afford it, try a Radeon 8500 128MB (it's a little slower than GF4, but a little faster than Ti500...overall a pretty fast card), 128MB cards are more future-proof.
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  11. Oct 7th, 2002, 06:38 PM #9
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    I would never touch AMD or CELERON again...

    go for PENTIUM...

    INTEL rocks...(except CELERON)

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    Originally posted by wrack
    I would never touch AMD or CELERON again...

    go for PENTIUM...

    INTEL rocks...(except CELERON)

    Cheers...
    AMD owns. I have a $60 XP1600 that's overclocked to 1.75GHz and matches or beats some of the expensive P4s out there. That's what I call an In-hell smackdown!

    Back up your statements with facts now.

    If you're going to bring up heat, please don't. If you buy junk like $5 coolers or Radio Shack thermal grease of course it's going to get hot.
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    And I've been pretty successful so far bringing AMD chips into a business environment. They save us a bit of money.
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    I've been pretty successful goggling at AMD chips in the store... when oh when will I get a new computer?
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    you could always check www.pricewatch.com, www.pricegrabber.com or www.computershopper.com to compair hardware prices.

    and once you find the right price you can go to www.resellerratings.com to see what other's have said about the company.
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    Well, ended up getting the following

    XP2000
    GF4 128MB (albatron...it was only $240 canadian and had VGA, DVI, and TV)
    512mb samsung
    that Epox Justin lieks
    pair of Maxtor 60s
    liteon 40x CDRW
    Inwin S506 300W
    Same monitor

    kept hte built in Raid, Lan, Audio...cheaper

    about $1820 Canadian before the keyboard, shipping, stuff liek that...not bad.

    too bad its not mine its for a friend.

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    Originally posted by Jungle-Man
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    It's in the FAQs. Seems like a bit of a pain but you can do it.

    Now to improvise on your recommendations, I forgot the hard drive, but get a Western Digital, Maxtor, or Seagate. Not IBM.

    I would also spring for a 128MB video card. Get a Ti4200 with 128MB of memory, if you can't afford it, try a Radeon 8500 128MB (it's a little slower than GF4, but a little faster than Ti500...overall a pretty fast card), 128MB cards are more future-proof.
    wire transfers are nasty...

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