dr_bowtie Posted November 20, 2006 you can contribute alot of the rising board cost to the sky high price of copper.... last year it was going for a $1.00 a pound....earlier this year it's been almost $5.00 a pound and no looks of comming down....? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thraxz Posted November 20, 2006 Leave it to Asus.... Ugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HITandRUN Posted November 20, 2006 ASUS no way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MACarter02 Posted November 20, 2006 ASUS Striker Extreme Socket T NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard. 400 dollars. PNY VCG8800XXPB GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card. 659 dollars. CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1111 (PC2 8888) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory. 610 dollars. PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR EPS12V 1000W Continuous @ 50°C Power Supply. 599 dollars. Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 ST3146854LW 147GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin Hard Drive. 759 dollars. PLEXTOR Black 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 16X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM 8M Cache IDE Blu-ray DVD Burner with replaceable beige front bezel. 850 dollars. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor. 1,499 dollars. Relizing you just spent 5,376 dollars on a computer, and forgot to buy a case...... priceless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calvintang Posted November 20, 2006 i bet branding took a good 20% Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Polizei Posted November 20, 2006 You forgot a controller card for that SCSI drive. Probably about $5,800 now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MACarter02 Posted November 20, 2006 lol. knew it! You mean that 400 dollar mobo doesnt have SCSI controller card??! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
red930 Posted November 20, 2006 lol. knew it! You mean that 400 dollar mobo doesnt have SCSI controller card??! Well its got raid, for sata drives. And you also forgot 2x cards...you DID just blow $400 on an Sli motherboard after all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MACarter02 Posted November 20, 2006 yea... you know... now that i think about it, maybe moderation is the key with this computer hardware buying stuff... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spyvie Posted November 20, 2006 ...you also forgot 2x cards...you DID just blow $400 on an Sli motherboard after all. That board will do triple SLI, and so will the 8800s... http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4873 I kinda like the idea of a diagnostic display on the rear I/O, maybe we'll see some of these features on a 975 LP board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calvintang Posted November 20, 2006 if you put it in a case, how do you view it? with a mirror? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curtybob Posted November 20, 2006 if you put it in a case, how do you view it? with a mirror? heh heh... brings to mind a good old Motley Crue song. "... Hot Child! Always walked behind you for the rear view, rear view..." Slice of Your Pie, from the Dr. Feelgood album. Ok... I feel old now. But, I do hope this is not the sign of the future standard. This motherboard, the Venus (which I would have actually paid for), a few of the Fatal1ty boards... all with a hefty pricetag. Things like this are gonna push my retirement back to the funeral zone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
