A new desktop (finally)
My last attempt to get a new desktop PC didn’t go so well. So this time I did what I knew I should have in the first place… ordered the parts and built my own:
- Shuttle XPC SN27P2
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual-core 2.2GHz CPU
- Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel RAM
- eVGA Geforce 7950GT KO 512MB PCI-E x16 Video Card
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB HDD
- Samsung 18X DVD±RW w/ LightScribe
I ran some of the NVIDIA demos and tried out Far Cry for a bit tonight. It’s awesome.
All the CPU-Z stats are available after the jump…
Update: This six page SN27P2 review at Tom’s Hardware has a lot of pictures if you are interested.
January 24th, 2007 at 3:31 am
Out of curiosity, why not Conroe (E6300/E6400)? For the about same money much more power.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:30 am
I was about to make the same question. Right now Intel is basically raping AMD on the dual core segment.
January 26th, 2007 at 10:20 am
I’ll third the processor comments. I admire your AMD loyalty though :)
January 27th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
I guess deep down I’m just an AMD fanboy. :) Thanks for the comments though… point taken.
April 15th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
[...] Back in January I put together a new desktop, but for some reason I never got around to buying a new UPS to go with it. So today, while I was out picking up some other items, I used a $20 gift card I had kicking around and picked up an APC BE325R at Office Depot for $19.99. Not a bad price. [...]