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Posted by TheChrisD on Friday the 23rd of January, 2009 at 3:31:33am UTC

Right, so Daniel, after commenting on the previous post about a cheap monitor on Dabs, I have now decided to see which is cheaper for my planned monster rig. Are Komplett, with their Blanch. pick up point and previous shopping experience, or… the other gaff, come out with more money left in my account?

Case – Thermaltake Black Armour

It’s a case, it really doesn’t make much of a difference what it’s like. I originally set my eyes on this particular one, and haven’t changed since.

Komplett: €138.57
Dabs: €121.27 

Power Supply – Something…

A monster machine that has a case that dosn’t have an in-built power supply means I need to get one. The more wattage the better! Unfortunately, proved to be a case of the uncompareable :(

Komplett: €143.01 (850W)
Dabs: €163.19 (1000W)

Motherboard – Asus P6T Deluxe+OC Palm

Now, this one did change quickly. Previously I was going for the Asus Striker II NSE, but with the advent of LGA Socket 1366, that changed things a bit. For about half an hour. Then I decided cheap is still good. The other problem was that dabs didn’t have the NSE, only the Extreme, which doesn’t take quad-core. So, had to go find a new one… Which meant going back to the 1366 stuff.

Komplett: €406.00
Dabs: €298.90

Processor – Intel Core i7 Quad Processor i7-920

Well, given I’m moving into Socket-1366, the old Q6600 is useless. Which means I’m now going for the i7-920 – the cheapest of all of them! At 2.66Ghz, it beats the Q6600 :)

Komplett: €282.00
Dabs: €271.29

RAM – OCZ Platinum XTC DDR3 1333MHz 6GB

The i7 processor, means I now need some triple-channel memory, which actually severely limits my options. I can either get Corsair CL9, or OCZ CL7. Which wins? CL7, duh…

Komplett: €165.00
Dabs: €186.39

Hard Drives – Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black 7200rpm 32MB

It’s a hard drive, duh. Although finding one that both places stocked and nearly agreed on the product number was hard…

Komplett: €125.00
Dabs: €107.38

Graphics Card – nVidia GTX 260 of some sort

The main problem with graphics cards are the amount of manufacturers out there making them. As such finding a match was hard. So here’s a comparison of the Gigabyte version (GV-N26OC-896H-B)

Komplett: €264.51
Dabs: €252.36

Monitor – Samsung 24″ Wide SM2443BW

I originally had my eyes on a 22″ version, but decided to go for a 24″ one anyway. This particularone has both VGA and DVI, whereas a cheaper version has only VGA. That’s it really.

Komplett: €289.00
Dabs: €241.16

Optical Drive – LG Electronics 22X DVD-RW/RAM IDE Lightscribe

It’s a DVD writer drive… woo…

Komplett: €29.12
Dabs: €19.44

OS – Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit OEM

It’s Windows. Big surprise there…

Komplett: €194.00
Dabs: €168.98

Delivery

Komplett quotes €60.22
Dabs quotes €34.95

Grand Total

Komplett: €2221.43
Dabs: €1972.21

Dabs works out around €250 cheaper for an ever so slightly more powerful build than Komplett. Some items, such as the graphics card, were very similar in price, while others such as the motherboard had a huge price difference (and yes I did make sure they were the same thing!).

As for delivery, well I can’t say much about either. They’ll both come eventually. Komplett have the niche in that I can get it delivered to near Blanchardstown for €7.50 to be picked up, but in this case that might not be as helpful.

In conclusion, I think we can safely assume that my original bookmark for Komplett has been replaced with one for Dabs.

PS: I hate you, Daniel…

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  • http://danielbrierton.eu Daniel Brierton

    You don’t really hate me, do you…? :( I helped you potentially save €250 :P

    • TheChrisD

      Yes, but was it worth losing an hour and a half of sleep this morning, because by anal-ness wanted the post done and out by the morning?

  • http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~revenant Revenant

    Doesn’t matter what the case looks like? Please. A good case looks nice, and provides good space to build and work in, as well as airflow to keep your computer cool.

    Also, I think you’re absolutely insane to be thinking about paying much more than €200 on a motherboard.

    Personally, I’m a fan of Samsung hard drives, but its really hard to go wrong with any hard drive. Seagate give the best warranty, Samsung are the fastest, but everyone I know seems to go for WD for some reason.

    One last note on Windows. After fecking about with the beta of Windows 7 for a while, I have a little bit of advice. Don’t pay for Vista.

    If you plan on building the PC soon, you have a free copy of Vista business and XP Pro as a CA student.

    But definitely hold out for Windows 7. So far, it is better than Vista in every way you care about, and a few ways you don’t care about. It is built off of Vista, it even has the same driver model, so it will not have any major breakages in its opening months.

    This is even obvious from it’s version number. Where Vista, is Windows 6, version 6.0.6000 on release, Windows 7 is actually a misnomer, it’s version 6.1.7000, built on top of NT6, the same base as Vista. XP was built on NT5, the same base as Windows 2000.

    • TheChrisD

      I’ve really liked the look of the Black Armour, since I first saw it. It’s a huge thing, and does have the looks I want in it.

      Good motherboard cost. The cheapest Socket-1366 one is €217.88 in Dabs, but I want to have a slightly more powerful board, than what I can get on a budget.

      I suppose I’m just going for WD since I use their external so much, and that they’ve never let me down… yet.

      The OS will all depend on what time I do build it, yes. It all depends on when I can get the money for it. If it’s soon, then I will probably use the free Vista we get. Otherwise I’ll buy Vista anyway and get the free upgrade promotion.

  • Steve

    Sorry to mention this but the LG Electronics 22X DVD-RW/RAM IDE Lightscribe is now €28.25 at dabs… but hey it’s still cheaper than Komplett…

    So much fun – So little cash…

    • TheChrisD

      Well in fairness, I did write this post about… 18 months ago, and since then prices have definitely changed a bit (along with Komplett having imploded as well).

      And I’ve also already made my rig, not as powerful as the one I outlined in this post, but it’s something that still runs like a dream and only cost around €1400.

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