For the record, Deefuzz bought the same thing so if I was a sucker, he was too. It was $600. Just the PC. No monitor, etc.

 

Looks pretty good to me.

What is this VGA that you speak of?  

My Radeon has 2 DVI outputs. One goes to my HD monitor, and the other has a DVI/HDMI adaptor with the HDMI cable going to my HDTV.

 

But looks like a solid purchase there!

 

they still sell computers with modem cards in it...

and just curious, what brand of comp is this...Dell, HP, Sony, Gateway, E-Machine???


but for a quad-core, thats pretty good...especially what you can upgrade it to.

 

I'm a bit puzzled on two things: why such a bogan graphics card, when a 512MB 8800GT would have been better value.

and why not use three 1GB memory sticks?


Other than that, fucking solid rig mate  

 

Looks really sweet. But you gotta swap that GFX for a GF8800GT, GF9600GT or HD3870.

 

its dual channel, which i think means that the memory must be used in pairs...

 

You got it off woot.com didn't you.

Either that or it was the exact same one they were selling yesterday.

I wish I had the extra cash to get one this week.  

 

Actually yeah Primus and I both bought one of these from Woot.com yesterday  

To answer OmegaScourge's question it is a Gateway. We were both in the market for a new PC and it seemed pretty decent spec wise for the price so we said "what the hell"

 

Well, the video card does have component outputs so it can be hooked up to a TV that way for HD video if need be.

I don't play any computer games so I think the video card will probably suffice. The quad core should do wonders for my 3D render times in 3D Studio Max too.

 

It's a solid deal.

The Q6600 processor runs at 65nm. The newest rounds of Intel Core 2 Quads (Q9450) will be released in 2 weeks. These burn at 45nm. With the cooler operating temperature, it's more efficient out of the box.

Currently, the Q6600 chip alone is $200 (+tax) from Microcenter.