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zhopudey

zhopudey

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Will be buying new rig by this month-end.:hap2: So all this month is the most exciting part - deciding the config :ohyeah:

Most probably, I'll be going for a loan, so Lam Rd is out. :(

Heres the quotation I got today form mnemonics. All prices are approx -

Asus A8N-E 7350
Athlon64 3000+ 7300
TwinMos 2x1GB 10500
2x80GB SATA Maxtor D+ 9 6200
ViewSonic E90 19" 12750
Altec Lansing MX5021 13900 :S
Zalman 5.1 Headphones 3000
Benq 1640 DVD-RW 3100
Pinnacle TV Tuner 1900
Logitech Optical Duo 900
VIP ZB01 w/Powersafe 450W 6750

To this I'll be adding:

Sapphire x800 gto2 (hopefully moddable)
M-Audio Revo 7.1
Seagate 7200.7 160GB PATA.

What do you guys think? I feel the prices are way too high. How much do you think he'll reduce? Also, any suggestions/changes in config?

Ohh....I forgot to add Fans. Does the zb01 allow fans for drive bays?
 
which powersafe is for 6750 ....

anyways for cabby i will say get something better .....

u got a nice configuration ..... y are u taking a ASUS as all here are screaming for DFi (hope fully available)
 
@Rahul, its powersafe 450W 24pin. Better cabby? This is a server cabinet.
The DFI lanparty will never fit into my budget. Will wait for more details on Infinity. Till then its a8n-e.

@Switch, z5300 is not even comparable. But the price is too high. I thought it was <10K. Lets see. Anyone called up apex @lamington?
 
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zhopudey said:
Will be buying new rig by this month-end.:hap2: So all this month is the most exciting part - deciding the config :ohyeah:

Most probably, I'll be going for a loan, so Lam Rd is out. :(

Heres the quotation I got today form mnemonics. All prices are approx -

Asus A8N-E 7350
Athlon64 3000+ 7300
TwinMos 2x1GB 10500
2x80GB SATA Maxtor D+ 9 6200
ViewSonic E90 19" 12750
Altec Lansing MX5021 13900 :S
Zalman 5.1 Headphones 3000
Benq 1640 DVD-RW 3100
Pinnacle TV Tuner 1900
Logitech Optical Duo 900
VIP ZB01 w/Powersafe 450W 6750

To this I'll be adding:

Sapphire x800 gto2 (hopefully moddable)
M-Audio Revo 7.1
Seagate 7200.7 160GB PATA.

What do you guys think? I feel the prices are way too high. How much do you think he'll reduce? Also, any suggestions/changes in config?

Ohh....I forgot to add Fans. Does the zb01 allow fans for drive bays?
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Dunno the mx5021 price seems a tad higher. Also Rockyme2002 mentioned he had got those zalman 5.1's for 2k.
 
hi u get altec lansing mx5021 in lammy for around 9-9.5 grands try to get it at that price u wont regret buying it personally own one:D :) :hap2:
 
zhopudey said:
Will be buying new rig by this month-end.:hap2: So all this month is the most exciting part - deciding the config :ohyeah:

Most probably, I'll be going for a loan, so Lam Rd is out. :(

Heres the quotation I got today form mnemonics. All prices are approx -

Asus A8N-E 7350
Athlon64 3000+ 7300
TwinMos 2x1GB 10500
2x80GB SATA Maxtor D+ 9 6200
ViewSonic E90 19" 12750
Altec Lansing MX5021 13900 :S
Zalman 5.1 Headphones 3000
Benq 1640 DVD-RW 3100
Pinnacle TV Tuner 1900
Logitech Optical Duo 900
VIP ZB01 w/Powersafe 450W 6750

To this I'll be adding:

Sapphire x800 gto2 (hopefully moddable)
M-Audio Revo 7.1
Seagate 7200.7 160GB PATA.

What do you guys think? I feel the prices are way too high. How much do you think he'll reduce? Also, any suggestions/changes in config?

Ohh....I forgot to add Fans. Does the zb01 allow fans for drive bays?
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Asus A8N-E 6600
Altec Lansing MX5021 8300
Benq 1640 DVD-RW 2900
VIP ZB01 w/Powersafe 450W 5500
prices here in pune...btw do not even think of getting the z5300 over the mx...i do not neeed to tell u :) ...u da audiophile :D
 
one piece of advice...

DONT BUY MAXTOR DM9 DRIVES !!!! :O

they are amongst the worst drives ever made - I know cause I have 3 running right now and it is not just me saying this check at the Storagereview.com forums.... now I have the 250gb PATA and 160 + 120GB SATAs. I had 2 120GB SATA Maxtors die on me this year and the third has some bad sectors.

On the other hand the Maxtor DM 10 drives are supposedly pretty good.

The BEST drives to buy are the Hitachi T7K series but these are not available here - what is available is the next BEST drives - the Hitachi 7K series ... I bought a Hitachi 7K series 160Gb PATA drive 4 days back fro 4050/- . NICE drive !!!

The 7K80 Hitachi 80GB SATA2 drive was mentioned as BEST HDD in the Sept issue of CHIP and the Maxtors were amongst the last :D
 
DFI Motherboards aren't going to be that expensive and they are definately worth that extra few thousands.

Don't buy the MX5021, just get the Z5300, awesome speakers !

Also, with the M-Audio Revolution you won't get EAX support, a big downer in games, so consider an X-Fi Music for $120. AFAIK like the Revo it also doesn't resample below 48kHz...
 
Thanks everyone. These are approx prices he gave. Will speak to him again.
@Eazy, will ask again about Hitachi.

@Anish, the mx5021 is for music. For games i'll use the headphones. And EAX support is not very important for me. Its Sound quality in music and Movies. Anyways, I might just add a X-Fi after a few months.
BTW, anyone has any idea about the Viewsonic E90? He said in G-Series only 21" was currently available :S. The newegg reviews for e90 are really good.

And how are the Pixelview and Avermedia TV Tuners? He said he doesnt deal with Compro.
 
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Thanks everyone. These are approx prices he gave. Will speak to him again.
@Eazy, will ask again about Hitachi.

@Anish, the mx5021 is for music. For games i'll use the headphones. And EAX support is not very important for me. Its Sound quality in music and Movies. Anyways, I might just add a X-Fi after a few months.
BTW, anyone has any idea about the Viewsonic E90? He said in G-Series only 21" was currently available :S. The newegg reviews for e90 are really good.

And how are the Pixelview and Avermedia TV Tuners? He said he doesnt deal with Compro.
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MX5021 is 9100 bucks last time I checked at computer selection. Also the RAM is 5100 bucks per gig. Do yourself a favor and buy all the stuff from lamington. Since mnemonics has a huge stock of 517 chips, get the 3000+ venice from them ;). Also don't bother for anything other than MX5021. Forget the Z5300, it is more accurate than even the Z5500 :P. For 9K, there are no better speakers you'll get in India... computer or otherwise unless u buy second hand :). Look for the G series monitors. E series ones suck... have major geometry issues.
 
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I need to take a loan for this. So lamington road is not possible. I'll ask anish about the prices again. The total will end up 1-2K more than lamington I guess.

@Eazy, I meant has anyone used the viewsonic E90? Any idea about its quality?
 
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Also don't bother for anything other than MX5021. Forget the Z5300, it is more accurate than even the Z5500 :P.
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bang on!...thats the only reason i sold off my z5500's...nothing comes close to my mx5021's in terms of quality...
 
Hey zhopudey
Nice Rig there but
Get a Hitachi or Segate 2 x 80GB if u wanna do raid0

Also that MX5021 is really costly.

Is that Viewsonic better than Samsung 997DF [Donno]

@appo - were u not satisfied with that z5500 that u sold it
 
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@appo - were u not satisfied with that z5500 that u sold it
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naa, those spks were great, no doubt abt that...but my mx were faaar sweeter...n i had no need for 5.1 sound, the only reason i bought them was cuz i thought that they will sound better than mx...
 
@quad, I will ask him about the Hitachi and Seagate drives. Also will ask for proper price of the mx5021.

I don't know much about the monitor. Couldn't find any proffesional review. I asked him about the G-Series, he said only 21" is available, that too for some 29K :S.

Guys, which TV tuner would you suggest for under 2K? How are the avermedia and Pixelview tuners?

Also, does anyone have the zb01 cabby? How is it? Could anyone post interior pics?
 
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