Originally posted by loggerbomb:
Originally posted by Big Daddy Kane:
My big ass post above




wow man thats alot of info, alot of it is over my head, though does sound promising, looks like i got some reading to do. Approx. how much will it cost for all those chips and heatsinks and what not you are advising me to get?



The parts vary, since they're off Ebay or similar sources.

Laptop should be quite a bit less than $1000. Anybody over $700 for that thing is trying to rip people off. Here is one for $650 on Ebay: link.

The video card might be around $250-$350 depending on if it's new or used and if it was bought when Dell screwed up and was charging next to nothing ($200) for the best card on the market at the time (the 7800GTX that is). They're apparantly still going for over $300, linky Will also need a 9 cell battery (link $42) and 130W brick (link $35) to use the 7800GTX card.

There is a processor on Ebay for $55 at the moment... link

The system Ram is $160 at the moment at Newegg (1GB each for $80). link

~$1200 for this system. Fairly current, except isn't a dual core, and doesn't do 64 bit stuff.

An equivalent new computer will be around $2500-$3000, but that also includes a warranty.

You can always check out the Dell Outlet for refurbished systems... it's where I picked up my 1 month old 9300 from for $1247 shipped next day air. The way I recieved it, it would have cost $2400 new. Not bad if you ask me!

Warranty on mine ran out in Feburary, so I started modding it. Before the wararnty was up, I put in the same 2GB G.Skill above. After that, I did the motherboard I got on Ebay for $100 a while ago due to me breaking off the headphone jack. Next was getting a P-M 725 and pinmodding it. Next up will be the 7800GTX for a huge jump in performance over my go6800 I currently have.

So far I have $1500 into it, and will have just under $2000 in it when I'm done. Not too bad for a laptop that outperformes something I would have paid nearly $4000 for in 2005

I also have a cover for the back of the LCD that is Cherry Burlwood woodgrain finish that I get complemented on EVERYWHERE!

Looks A LOT better in person, but here's a pic I took about 30 seconds ago:

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