Final Pc Decison Help!!!!1111!!!oneone&#33

[saintdragon]

oh yes, one thing, what are better for games? radeon cards or nvidia?

EDIT* crap forget that sorry! i just remebered something, anyway, well i might aswell add that is there much difference between 6600gt-6800gt apart from the price, i want to know how much they differ in poformance...

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You will not be able to afford a 6800GT for £540, as you need to leave money for everything else.

Get:
6600GT
Athlon 64 3200 skt939
A Skt939 Motherboard.
2x512 Corsair RAM
SATA150 Hard Drive 160GB
A Case + PSU.

Do you need a mouse, keyboard and LCD screen??!

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ok, i think il go with this, but iv seen a few different 6600gt cards and i dont know which one to get? same follows for the others :i know which case i want to get already though

 

[saintdragon]

ok, this is what i have, i got the guide lines from hanz, i think everything is compatible tell me what you think, just goes over £550 i think... vat is included in all of them, but postage isnt, but that will get sorted later...

mother board - £100

6600gt grapics card - £141

amd athlon 64 venice 3500+ - £147


dual 512mb ram corsair - £65

maxtor 120gd hdd - £40

case 350 watt - £35

so... please say somehting, i want to get this right...

-thanks allot you wonderful people out there B)

 

[Hanz™]

I'll say something. Ebuyer are really really REALLY pissing me off. They had meant to deliver the parts I ordered on Wednesday, but on the site, it seems to be trapped on "Pick in Progress". Now, I need to get the parts by Saturday in order that I can build the PC before I go to University. So today I got in touch with them via phone.
This is a truely horrendous experience, in order to get through on the phone, you have to keep phoning until you don't just plain get rejected, as the lines are so full, and get onto hold. 1 in 15 times or so, you will get onto hold. You then have to wait on the phone for about 5-30 minutes. Quite often at this stage you can get disconnected, in which case you have to repeat the whole process again.

I have in about 4 hours of trying to get in touch with them, only got to talk to somebody once.
That person on the end of the phone told me that - he could not speed up the process at all, and that I should get the PC parts, in a couple of days time.
Which I reluctantly agreed to.
But look at no. 10 here?

10. My order is overdue, when will I receive it ?

We very much regret that we have not met your expected delivery date on this occasion. At Ebuyer we aim to meet or beat our customer's expectations. On rare occasions, where we exceed our shipping capacity a small number of orders may be held behind in our warehouse. Rest assured that any orders that are delayed will be upgraded to a Priority express service and shipped immediately the following day to be with you the next business day.

The Priority Express Service, is a next day delivery.
We'll see whether I get the PC parts tomorrow, but I very much doubt it. I have tried getting in touch with them again, but I have not been successful.
BASTARDS!

 

[saintdragon]

I'll say something. Ebuyer are really really REALLY pissing me off. They had meant to deliver the parts I ordered on Wednesday, but on the site, it seems to be trapped on "Pick in Progress". Now, I need to get the parts by Saturday in order that I can build the PC before I go to University. So today I got in touch with them via phone.
This is a truely horrendous experience, in order to get through on the phone, you have to keep phoning until you don't just plain get rejected, as the lines are so full, and get onto hold. 1 in 15 times or so, you will get onto hold. You then have to wait on the phone for about 5-30 minutes. Quite often at this stage you can get disconnected, in which case you have to repeat the whole process again.

I have in about 4 hours of trying to get in touch with them, only got to talk to somebody once.
That person on the end of the phone told me that - he could not speed up the process at all, and that I should get the PC parts, in a couple of days time.
Which I reluctantly agreed to.
But look at no. 10 here?

10. My order is overdue, when will I receive it ?

We very much regret that we have not met your expected delivery date on this occasion. At Ebuyer we aim to meet or beat our customer's expectations. On rare occasions, where we exceed our shipping capacity a small number of orders may be held behind in our warehouse. Rest assured that any orders that are delayed will be upgraded to a Priority express service and shipped immediately the following day to be with you the next business day.

The Priority Express Service, is a next day delivery.
We'll see whether I get the PC parts tomorrow, but I very much doubt it. I have tried getting in touch with them again, but I have not been successful.
BASTARDS!

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sorry to hear that, well i have allot of time so im in the safe zone, but what i really want to know is that am i getting a good or bad buy?

-thanks for the warning anyway though

 

[Hanz™]

I'll say something. Ebuyer are really really REALLY pissing me off. They had meant to deliver the parts I ordered on Wednesday, but on the site, it seems to be trapped on "Pick in Progress". Now, I need to get the parts by Saturday in order that I can build the PC before I go to University. So today I got in touch with them via phone.
This is a truely horrendous experience, in order to get through on the phone, you have to keep phoning until you don't just plain get rejected, as the lines are so full, and get onto hold. 1 in 15 times or so, you will get onto hold. You then have to wait on the phone for about 5-30 minutes. Quite often at this stage you can get disconnected, in which case you have to repeat the whole process again.

I have in about 4 hours of trying to get in touch with them, only got to talk to somebody once.
That person on the end of the phone told me that - he could not speed up the process at all, and that I should get the PC parts, in a couple of days time.
Which I reluctantly agreed to.
But look at no. 10 here?

10. My order is overdue, when will I receive it ?

We very much regret that we have not met your expected delivery date on this occasion. At Ebuyer we aim to meet or beat our customer's expectations. On rare occasions, where we exceed our shipping capacity a small number of orders may be held behind in our warehouse. Rest assured that any orders that are delayed will be upgraded to a Priority express service and shipped immediately the following day to be with you the next business day.

The Priority Express Service, is a next day delivery.
We'll see whether I get the PC parts tomorrow, but I very much doubt it. I have tried getting in touch with them again, but I have not been successful.
BASTARDS!

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sorry to hear that, well i have allot of time so im in the safe zone, but what i really want to know is that am i getting a good or bad buy?

-thanks for the warning anyway though

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How much do you have to spend? And does this have to include mouse & keyboard, and TFT screen?

 

[saintdragon]

well my budget as said before is around £550-ish, il get a mouse and key board from a shop, and a screen will come another time...

thank you...

 

[davey g]

I think that motherboard is a bit overkill.

Also, be careful with ebuyer. They have gone downhill lately. I had to cancel my order because several items went out of stock despite me ordering them while they were in stock and having them allocated to me. Unfortunately, they are cheap and have a wide range of stuff so I might end up having to order from them when I get to uni and waiting it out.

 

[saintdragon]

I think that motherboard is a bit overkill.

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over kill? not good is it? well il look for another one?

EDIT* man i hope i dont run into any trouble like the both of you, but i feal sorry that you guys did

 

[davey g]

It's a really good motherboard but it's a high-end motherboard in a mid-range system. Are you planning on getting another 6600GT? If not you can do without the SLI and go for a cheaper motherboard.

 

[saintdragon]

It's a really good motherboard but it's a high-end motherboard in a mid-range system. Are you planning on getting another 6600GT? If not you can do without the SLI and go for a cheaper motherboard.

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il get that one, then if i need to then i can upgrade easily later right... thanks for advise, but if i can get it i might aswell scrape in...

 

[Hanz™]

It's a really good motherboard but it's a high-end motherboard in a mid-range system. Are you planning on getting another 6600GT? If not you can do without the SLI and go for a cheaper motherboard.

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Well I have a midrange system, and I bought the BEST motherboard I could. I just want to have lots of room to upgrade in the future.

 

[Rico]

I'll say something. Ebuyer are really really REALLY pissing me off.

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Plus my order, which got frozen on 'Ship Date' for two weeks despite being Priority Express. Customer service reps said they'd have it delivered in two days TWICE but nothing happened. They also said it was allocated to me but some parts went out of stock! And finally, they didn't refund my shipping when I cancelled the order - and refuse to do anything about it unless I send a written letter to their 'accounting department' which is probably in the same room as the guy answering the eNote.

 

[saintdragon]

***hopes they wont screw me!***

thats really inlucky, i mean 3 people from here alone have got problems recently, wtf is happening!? Meh, il still give it a try...

 

[saintdragon]

im just wondering...this mother board is allot better then the one i chose right, and it comes with dual 6600gt graphics cards, and the amount im gonna pay for the mother baod and graphics card on my list before comes to nearly the same price, so what i want to know is this bundle worth getting this instead. it sounds really good to me, but im no expert as you know and can see

-thanks

 

[Shadow of Chaos]

a dual 6600 is not bad, it wont give you the best gaming experience, a 6800GT is much better in most cases.. and the 6800 ultra is just infront (barely) of the 6800GT.

My advice, if you are a gamer.. go for the 6800 GT, if you like games but dont want the best (or cant afford it) then just get the 6600.

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/revie...XJsX3BhZ2U9Ng==

 

[saintdragon]

i ordered it already well i ordered a 6600gt and it is a 256mb card, its the only 256 6600 i could find, so i got it, and most 6800 are 256mb, i know the performance doesnt match, but ah well, my mobo can have upto 2 graphics card if they are the same...