# $1700 later.. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 9, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535 "2006-04-09T21:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/21 "2006-04-10T09:30:12Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#): > > with what an intel :roll2: lol yeah right, i wouldent be cought dead with a shitty intel. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/22 "2006-04-10T09:37:37Z")
> lol yeah right, i wouldent be cought dead with a shitty intel. -Steve Jobs ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/23 "2006-04-10T10:15:47Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > lol yeah right, i wouldent be cought dead with a shitty intel. lol me either AMD FTW ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/24 "2006-04-10T10:18:13Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > -Steve Jobs HAHAHA I dont think they got it. I sure as hell did. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/25 "2006-04-10T10:24:01Z")
^^^ :word: that was perfect ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/26 "2006-04-10T10:55:37Z")
> [@98 Red Ex](#): > > HAHAHA I dont think they got it. I sure as hell did. I’m glad someone gets me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/27 "2006-04-10T15:08:29Z")
> [@Fetter](#): > > 2 gig of ram… about $100 or so… HDD $125 or so. I’m sure it’s not to overpriced. I looked that the processor though. Dang that’s expensive… lol. Didn’t you just get ripped off on a HDD? And you can’t get decent ram for $50/gig, it don’t happen. I think you got a decent deal, but I would have gotten a AGP motherboard, and not PCI-E … thats going the way of the dinosaur real soon. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/28 "2006-04-10T16:30:19Z")
I added everything up they gave you for the system,would cost me $750 to build.Not including the monitor.The processor isnt all that expensive,its only $355 at newegg. I forgot how expensive the FPD2185W is,the monitor alone is $599.I’ll give ya that,its one sweet ass monitor.The week it was released,staples had it for $4xx after you enter a few coupon codes,I wish I would’ve picked one up.One of the only monitors that has component and composite inputs.:tup: ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/29 "2006-04-10T16:44:09Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > I think you got a decent deal, but I would have gotten a AGP motherboard, and not PCI-E … thats going the way of the dinosaur real soon. isn’t PCI-E the newer technology of the two?(notice I did not say faster Last time I checked nothing used the 16x pipeline to make it outperform AGP cards yet) any information to back that up that I am not up to date on AGP cards are going to slowly be phased out of production, IMO and eventually PCI-E cards will become cheap enough to make SLI solutions feasible. (i hope) ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/30 "2006-04-10T16:50:23Z")
Its awful that all of the computer nerds are thinking “Newegg” because we know what to build and what parts to use… we always forget that the normal person would rather spend $1700 on a computer that he needs, because he doesnt know how to build his own. :tup: to the purchase. At least you didnt spend $1400 on a celeron or something! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/31 "2006-04-10T17:41:54Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > I think you got a decent deal, but I would have gotten a AGP motherboard, and not PCI-E … thats going the way of the dinosaur real soon. Sweet… good thing I already had a AGP mother board and got he AGP vid card… lol. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/32 "2006-04-10T20:27:45Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > isn’t PCI-E the newer technology of the two?(notice I did not say faster Last time I checked nothing used the 16x pipeline to make it outperform AGP cards yet) > any information to back that up that I am not up to date on > > AGP cards are going to slowly be phased out of production, IMO > and eventually PCI-E cards will become cheap enough to make SLI solutions feasible. (i hope) yes you are right PCI-E is newer and better than AGP i asked if they had a computer with AGP and they said no thats old technology this is better. i never heard about this newegg thing i always went on pricewatch is it the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![BubbleSparkxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@BubbleSparkxx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BubbleSparkxx)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/33 "2006-04-10T20:36:03Z")
newegg is the n3rd online source for g33kware. Fry’s Electronics is the Brick and Mortar version (which I now live close to heheh) Sounds like Tunerfreak got a decent deal - the 1700 bucks primarily paid for the monitor, the cpu, and the legit copy of XP Pro. Obviously the so called l33t haxx0r5 would slice their own wrists before buying any desktop from Dell / Gateway / HP / eMachines, but this seems like a pretty fair deal. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/34 "2006-04-10T20:40:41Z")
> [@98 Red Ex](#): > > HAHAHA I dont think they got it. I sure as hell did. I chuckled :mamoru: Waiting for Jack to explain the PCI-X thing. Last I checked AGP had already gone the way of the dinosaur, but I haven’t been reading Tom’s much lately. Maybe there’s an AGP-express coming?! Oh I know! ISA Extreme!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/35 "2006-04-10T21:30:22Z")
> [@BubbleSparkxx](#): > > Obviously the so called l33t haxx0r5 would slice their own wrists before buying any desktop from Dell / Gateway / HP / eMachines, but this seems like a pretty fair deal. How dare you put eMachines in the same class as actual computers!:rant: You should go hit up your own wrists for that one. eMachines are the worst waste of money from anyone I know that has got one. “Can you fix this?” “Why doe’s it do this?” “Because Johnny, you bought a box of shit.” And yes, after building my current computer, I would never buy a factory computer again. It’s 100x better to do it on your own if you know what to do, or if you know someone willing to help you out. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/36 "2006-04-10T22:16:19Z")
> [@Fetter](#): > > How dare you put eMachines in the same class as actual computers!:rant: You should go hit up your own wrists for that one. eMachines are the worst waste of money from anyone I know that has got one. Fetter - Let’s bomb them. Emachines are a dump in a box. ---
**Author:** ![Vile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vile/32/7595_2.png) [@Vile](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vile)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/37 "2006-04-11T05:17:34Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > I think you got a decent deal, but I would have gotten a AGP motherboard, and not PCI-E … thats going the way of the dinosaur real soon. still waiting to hear what you know and the rest of the world doesnt ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/38 "2006-04-11T05:42:43Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > I chuckled :mamoru: > > Waiting for Jack to explain the PCI-X thing. Last I checked AGP had already gone the way of the dinosaur, but I haven’t been reading Tom’s much lately. Maybe there’s an AGP-express coming?! Oh I know! ISA Extreme!!! Yeah, when I built my computer everyone was saying to stay away from AGP since the newer better cards were PCI-E. Ah whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/39 "2006-04-11T08:06:24Z")
so what do u guys recomend for a video card when i do upgrade? ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/40 "2006-04-11T08:14:29Z")
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