PC hardware sales and good deals (RETAIL or ONLINE sales NOT personal sales) ....

ok ill ask a question first then post me deal of the day.

1. which is better Sam the HD3870 or 8800GT and why?

2. Q9550

posted that in the OC thread..

 

The 8800GT, it's about 15% faster, and nowadays seemingly the same price.

 

Rob,
It's interesting that when I google the Manufacturers part number from MicroCenter's add, I get this!
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAWQ
C1 Stepping!

Russ

 

this is what i see at my microcenter.
Q9550 SLB9V which is the E0 stepping....
they had about 20 of them tuesday when i was there.thats all i can say. its what i see with my own 2 eyes
the Q9550 E0 stepping they just got in this past weekend. that add is from a couple weeks ago. with the C1 stepping box code. the online add im sure hasnt been updated and im sure it wont be for a while..

i will go over and take pictures of them and post them.

 

Rob,
No need to do that. I wasn't questioning you, I just ran it through google, which took me to Intel's page using the box number MC provided. I thought it was funny! LOL!!

Russ

 

The 8800GT would be the better choice. I remember Sam regretting his choice when his 3870 gave him so many problems.

 

Go here and weep my brothers.

....gm

 

The nearest MicroCenter is 50 miles in Tustin. They have them in stock, although I don't know how many. Given the population of this area, I would imagine they would have a number of them unless Intel is limiting how many of the E0 stepping they can get.

If you would like, order one on line from there and I will have it picked up for you and then ship it to you. Just tell them the Tustin CA store is where it will be picked up!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

40 bucks for 4GB OF RAM!!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220227

 

boozer Patriot has been known to be "one" of those companies to avoid in the past. Have you had some experience with them or any friends?? Just curious as I'm not in the market for 4GB of RAM atm.. but it's not to far away me thinks.

....gm

 

Well I've never used it. It had good reviews on newegg so I didn't think it would have many problems.

 

The HD3870 was much better with later drivers (8.4 onwards) but that doesn't take from the fact it was noticeably slower than the 8800GT.

 

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0253118

 

DUDE!!! PM me or Yahoo Messenger!! LOL... we needs to chat.

....gm

oh... nice sale on those Antec fans.

 

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Socket AM2 Dual-Core Processor 3.1GHz $86 & Free Shipping with Promo Code

$6 Promo Code
EMCBAAKCC

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...L100908-_-ProcessorsDesktops-_-L5C-_-19103272

Want to fiddle with AMD's fastest Dual Core for Cheap? Here you go!

Russ

 

92 dollars, that's epic. The nearest competitor to it at stock is at least 20 bucks more.

 

Of course the E5200 does OC quite a bit... 4Ghz under decent air cooling.

 

The E5200 is a fair bit slower stock though, the E7200 is the comparison chip I used, and even then I'm not sure.

 

Gotta love overclocking

The E6750 is faster than a X2 6000+ from all the tests I have seen. That's at a stock 2.66Ghz.

 

Yes but when they stopped selling that it ran for $190. The 6000+ costs less than half that.