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Pulled the Trigger
and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch
to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition) Power Supply: 470W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache) Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Chipset: nForce 650i Intel) (SLI Compatible) (Quad Core Conroe) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Super Talent at 800MHz (Dual Channel) (High-Performance) Floppy / Media: - No Thanks Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks Raid Option: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Sony DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 18x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Modem: - No Thanks Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Image Recovery System Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support Sub-Total: $1,427.00 Tax: $0.00 S&H: UPS Ground $0.00 Grand Total: $1,427.00 |
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I'm probably missing something... I bought a XPS 410 with same
processor (4M cache), 4G RAM, etc. for $1,059. What are you using your system for? If it's for gaming, I may be missing something important. You probably have faster components in that case. On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:43:44 GMT, "Nota Clu" wrote: and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition) Power Supply: 470W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache) Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Chipset: nForce 650i Intel) (SLI Compatible) (Quad Core Conroe) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Super Talent at 800MHz (Dual Channel) (High-Performance) Floppy / Media: - No Thanks Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks Raid Option: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Sony DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 18x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Modem: - No Thanks Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Image Recovery System Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support Sub-Total: $1,427.00 Tax: $0.00 S&H: UPS Ground $0.00 Grand Total: $1,427.00 |
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"Nota Clu" wrote in message news:4iyRh.40$AS6.10@trnddc04... and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition) Power Supply: 470W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache) Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Chipset: nForce 650i Intel) (SLI Compatible) (Quad Core Conroe) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Super Talent at 800MHz (Dual Channel) (High-Performance) Floppy / Media: - No Thanks Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks Raid Option: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Sony DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 18x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Modem: - No Thanks Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Image Recovery System Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support Sub-Total: $1,427.00 Tax: $0.00 S&H: UPS Ground $0.00 Grand Total: $1,427.00 Looks like a nice machine. Similarly configured Dimension 9200/XPS 410 would have been under $1000, but whatever floats your boat. Tom |
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On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:14:50 -0500, Journey wrote:
I'm probably missing something... I bought a XPS 410 with same processor (4M cache), 4G RAM, etc. for $1,059. Note: above price was from the Dell outlet. I will buy all future computers from the Dell outlet -- great deal, no problems. |
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"Nota Clu" wrote in message news:4iyRh.40$AS6.10@trnddc04... and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition) Power Supply: 470W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache) Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Chipset: nForce 650i Intel) (SLI Compatible) (Quad Core Conroe) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Super Talent at 800MHz (Dual Channel) (High-Performance) Floppy / Media: - No Thanks Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks Raid Option: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Sony DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 18x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Modem: - No Thanks Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Image Recovery System Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support Sub-Total: $1,427.00 Tax: $0.00 S&H: UPS Ground $0.00 Grand Total: $1,427.00 Good question, but I would have asked it before I pulled the aforementioned trigger!! B |
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This machine has faster RAM, but a slower video card than available with the
Dim 410. The motherboard chipset is more recent as well. What is interesting is that they compare their machines to Dells http://www.digitalstormonline.com/tw...alueintel2.asp "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... "Nota Clu" wrote in message news:4iyRh.40$AS6.10@trnddc04... and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition) Power Supply: 470W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache) Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Chipset: nForce 650i Intel) (SLI Compatible) (Quad Core Conroe) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Super Talent at 800MHz (Dual Channel) (High-Performance) Floppy / Media: - No Thanks Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks Raid Option: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Sony DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 18x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Modem: - No Thanks Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Image Recovery System Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support Sub-Total: $1,427.00 Tax: $0.00 S&H: UPS Ground $0.00 Grand Total: $1,427.00 Looks like a nice machine. Similarly configured Dimension 9200/XPS 410 would have been under $1000, but whatever floats your boat. Tom |
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On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:43:44 GMT, "Nota Clu"
wrote: and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? Next time you pull the trigger, make sure that the gun is pointing away from you. Not really my sentiments, just hate to waste a good joke :-) I do hope you enjoy your PC. |
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The chip set and mother board were PC World magazine's top ranked in the
April 2007 edition (page 113). I downgraded the video card as I am not really a gamer anymore. AND a similar Dell as you noted is much more expensive! "Keith" wrote in message . .. This machine has faster RAM, but a slower video card than available with the Dim 410. The motherboard chipset is more recent as well. What is interesting is that they compare their machines to Dells http://www.digitalstormonline.com/tw...alueintel2.asp "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... "Nota Clu" wrote in message news:4iyRh.40$AS6.10@trnddc04... and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition) Power Supply: 470W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache) Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Chipset: nForce 650i Intel) (SLI Compatible) (Quad Core Conroe) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Super Talent at 800MHz (Dual Channel) (High-Performance) Floppy / Media: - No Thanks Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks Raid Option: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Sony DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 18x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Modem: - No Thanks Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Image Recovery System Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support Sub-Total: $1,427.00 Tax: $0.00 S&H: UPS Ground $0.00 Grand Total: $1,427.00 Looks like a nice machine. Similarly configured Dimension 9200/XPS 410 would have been under $1000, but whatever floats your boat. Tom |
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Of course it is cheaper on THEIR webpage. Reality is that the Dell is
likely a little cheaper. That said, if you're happy, who cares? "Nota Clu" wrote in message news:J7NRh.1379$op4.127@trnddc08... The chip set and mother board were PC World magazine's top ranked in the April 2007 edition (page 113). I downgraded the video card as I am not really a gamer anymore. AND a similar Dell as you noted is much more expensive! "Keith" wrote in message . .. This machine has faster RAM, but a slower video card than available with the Dim 410. The motherboard chipset is more recent as well. What is interesting is that they compare their machines to Dells http://www.digitalstormonline.com/tw...alueintel2.asp "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... "Nota Clu" wrote in message news:4iyRh.40$AS6.10@trnddc04... and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? System Configuration: Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition) Power Supply: 470W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache) Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Chipset: nForce 650i Intel) (SLI Compatible) (Quad Core Conroe) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Super Talent at 800MHz (Dual Channel) (High-Performance) Floppy / Media: - No Thanks Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks Raid Option: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Sony DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 18x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Modem: - No Thanks Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel) Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Image Recovery System Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Desktop 2.0 (Multimedia Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support Sub-Total: $1,427.00 Tax: $0.00 S&H: UPS Ground $0.00 Grand Total: $1,427.00 Looks like a nice machine. Similarly configured Dimension 9200/XPS 410 would have been under $1000, but whatever floats your boat. Tom |
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On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:43:44 GMT, "Nota Clu"
wrote: and as threatened, bought a Digital Storm. Plan to over clock this biatch to 3.0 GHz: Did I make any mistakes? When will you receive your PC? What do you plan on using it for. (if anything is personal feel free to skip). Just want to focus on the positives and the fun you'll be having. When you say you want to overclock it, what will that gain you. You aren't into games which would have first come to mind. Are you into video processing? I find the processor that you have speedy enough for all tasks I have thrown at it (although I havne't done video processing with it yet). I bought my XPS 410 from the outlet to have a XP desktop with maximum specs with hardware that has drivers for XP. In a way it's insurance because my E510 P4 is being stressed. I don't need two desktops, but am keeping the E510 as a test PC for shareware and other programs. Finally I love the 640m laptop (also Core 2 w 4M cache). I lucked out. I didn't know there was a 1440 x 900 resolution. I thought I would be getting WXGA. This makes the 640m the ideal laptop size from Dell for me (although I suspect I might like some of the latitudes better). I think I am going to extend the warranty a year (wonder if I can do that after the fact for the same price as if I had purchased it at time of purchase). That would give me 3 years of complete care. Anyway, what are you planning on using your system for? |
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