Holiday Buyers' Guide 2006, Part 1: PC Components

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Just what we need, another California bimbo showing herself off. My neighbor girl is just as good looking. Who cares? Show the f'n hardware. When I want cute girls in little outfits I'll visit a porn site. You nerds go goo-goo eyed over any woman. Get a life.
 
Just what we need, another California bimbo showing herself off. My neighbor girl is just as good looking. Who cares? Show the f'n hardware. When I want cute girls in little outfits I'll visit a porn site. You nerds go goo-goo eyed over any woman. Get a life.
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California bimbo? I'm from Virginia, buddy! Don't make yourself look like a fool by stereotyping me.
 
Sarah,
Don't be offended by Ryan's comments. He's gay.
He has to be with a name like that. :lol:

I must admit I wasn't looking at the hardware either I was looking at your software. :wink:
Very nice.
Keep up the good work.
 
Decent article. I don't know why people are always ragging on AMD chips for overclocking. I have a 3700+ (2.2ghz) and have managed to get it up to 2.98ghz (prime stable for 6 hours).

And yes, we all agree that Sarah is beautiful. Of course more importantly she is a beautiful AND (presumably) intelligent woman who likes computer stuff!! Now that is a true rarity. You guys at THG are lucky to work with her (shameless compliment).

Other than that I like the looks of the OCZ ram, too bad I am still stuck with my S939 platform and my slow DDR1 🙁 .
 
Dear Sarah, first let me say.............................WOW
Earlier this year after i retired from Trucking i was involved in a terrible car vs motorcycle accident that left me w/o the use of my legs.
I'm a paraplegic now paralyzed from the waist down and life has been tough if not a little depressing at times........the wreck left me with a boatload of money but nothing to do so i got back into computers afer a 20yr hiatus.
Building my latest system and my friends here at Toms Hardware have really helped me cope with reality, but nothing like when i saw the pictures of you in the article....it was like looking at a Angel, you are truly a vision of loveliness and purity that brought new-found life into my soul.
Thanx for being you and i look forward to more articles and videos with your loveliness and stature gracing the pages.
Regards,
Mad-dog

BTW, if i was 20 years younger................censored
 
Dear Sarah, first let me say.............................WOW
Earlier this year after i retired from Trucking i was involved in a terrible car vs motorcycle accident that left me w/o the use of my legs.
I'm a paraplegic now paralyzed from the waist down and life has been tough if not a little depressing at times........the wreck left me with a boatload of money but nothing to do so i got back into computers afer a 20yr hiatus.
Building my latest system and my friends here at Toms Hardware have really helped me cope with reality, but nothing like when i saw the pictures of you in the article....it was like looking at a Angel, you are truly a vision of loveliness and purity that brought new-found life into my soul.
Thanx for being you and i look forward to more articles and videos with your loveliness and stature gracing the pages.
Regards,
Mad-dog

BTW, if i was 20 years younger................censored
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What a touching story. I'm so sorry to hear about your accident, but your optimism is enough to give anyone hope. I'm flattered by your comments and very pleased that the website as well as the pictures have served such a purpose.
 
take it easy. if they did not recommend a processor from each manufacturer, it might seem like faortism. Because they did, you are complaining?
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Recommendations have to be based on something. If an enthusiast webpage recommends something i expect it to be something of interest to enthusiast.

If they recommend something based on the fact that they, for whatever reason, have to recommend something from every manufacturer, no matter how good or bad, then why the frag am i reading this? That´s like... like listening to advertisment. 8O
 
Maybe that's what's causing people to be disgruntled about this Holiday Buyer's Guide - it's professing to be too many things to too many people. Gamers would ultimately have one list, overclockers a second list, bargain PCs a third, HTPC builders a fourth...

Since they can't please everyone all of the time, they're trying to highlight certain products they think have intrinsic bargain value. I don't have a problem with that.

To the guy who asked why you would get a $200 Mobo and not get a sound card, the answer is because you can hook your mobo directly up to your receiver via S/PDIF, and get both DTS-EX and DDL straight off of (ripped or original) DVDs, as well as PCM-quality for ripped CDs. Works great. No extra card.
 
Maybe that's what's causing people to be disgruntled about this Holiday Buyer's Guide - it's professing to be too many things to too many people. Gamers would ultimately have one list, overclockers a second list, bargain PCs a third, HTPC builders a fourth...

Since they can't please everyone all of the time, they're trying to highlight certain products they think have intrinsic bargain value. I don't have a problem with that.

To the guy who asked why you would get a $200 Mobo and not get a sound card, the answer is because you can hook your mobo directly up to your receiver via S/PDIF, and get both DTS-EX and DDL straight off of (ripped or original) DVDs, as well as PCM-quality for ripped CDs. Works great. No extra card.
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And this is, as you can see, only Part 1 of a 4 part Guide. There are more sections to come that may please those who critique this edition. There will also be a separate Holiday Buyer's Guide for MobilityGuru.
 
Seriously, that recommendation is a total nonsense.
Recommending Athlon X2 that is more expensive and being outperformed by E6300 which would overclock way more?
The C2Xtreme?

I don't know about whether those Abit and Foxconn mobo gonna do well, but Gigabyte and Asus have bene proven to be great motherboards for C2D, even better overclockers ... afterall it's 975 chipset ... the P965 express is an overall better overclocking ...

Meh, I recommend going through my guide, the link on my siggy, it's not the perfect/best around, but I personally think it's better.
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:lol:

While i agree that it is a great guide, you have to admit it´s not really the same.


You could wear that short blue something and show off some of those fancy "components" of yours though... 8)
 
I created an account just so I could tell some of you how shameless you are. THG probably brought a lot of this on themselves by having an attractive "model" in the article, but have a little class and keep the comments PG.

Thanks for the guide. As others have stated, it's kind of all over the place, but some good information there. You went from a budget processor to a processor cooler that won't fit in my house. Still looking forward to seeing what else is out there, even if it isn't grouped in a way that makes sense to me.
 
Sarah,
Don't be offended by Ryan's comments. He's gay.
He has to be with a name like that. :lol:

I must admit I wasn't looking at the hardware either I was looking at your software. :wink:
Very nice.
Keep up the good work.
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I'm gay? Micah is my middle name. You shouldn't assume that I'm gay. As far as being with women, I have bragging rights. You shouldn't assume things, nor take other's sexuality and use it as an insult. Shows your narrow-mindedness. Sarah, I could give a crap about your looks. I'm here for hardware, and I think that having old creeps like this guy goo-goo over your physicality should be an insult to women everywhere. Women's suffrage takes a hit everytime a woman dons a skimpy outfit and allows men to "compliment" them. The truth is these horny bastards are just desperate for attention. Maybe if they had some respect for women and some dignity women would pay more attention to them. Read the next quotes, I rest my case.

Dear Sarah, first let me say.............................WOW
when i saw the pictures of you in the article....it was like looking at a Angel, you are truly a vision of loveliness and purity that brought new-found life into my soul.
Thanx for being you and i look forward to more articles and videos with your loveliness and stature gracing the pages.
Regards,
Mad-dog

BTW, if i was 20 years younger................censored
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oh and on the subject of sweet little sarah, my slave to be, i have to say why so much clothes. you had plenty of hardware to cover you software as someone else put it. perhaps if you weren't wearing that elf costume it would distract less. that is my reason for wanting you naked anyway :twisted:
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PLEASE.

Sarah, if you do a good job - then great. If Tom's wants to let readers know what it's people look like, post a "work family" photo. Not some pics that are going to get replies from guys with hard-ons. Have more self respect, or maybe you need to further your education with a lesson on how men see women.
 
Pfff, how come you get to be a Princess - are you dating one of the devs?

Err, not that I want to be a Princess of course 😳
 
Oh, and Cali bimbo had more to do with the clueless/Paris Hilton/sex object type. Which is how I see these pictures. 🙂

Edited to add yet another pathetic quote...

You could wear that short blue something and show off some of those fancy "components" of yours though... 8)
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Actually I'm more of an agnostic/atheist. Raised conservative though. I see myself as a humanitarian having a world perspective. I'm not anti-american. I'm anti-ignorance. I think people need to have a better understanding of human nature and of cultural differences.

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You guys don't honestly think I'm not aware that I may be largely unpopular? "Crazy unpopular people" are often the ones that open doors, invent things, and shape the world in which we live. I could sit around smoking pot, wacking it to porn, or being a political puppet. I may not be popular or famous, but at least I'm genuine.
 
This is guide is stupid.
How can they recommand the Athlon 64 X2 4200+ when u can get the E6300 and overclock it to an X6800??

Obviously Core 2 Duo is FAR more price/performance efficient.
Dont trust this guide.
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Probably because they were trying to hit really low prices for the budget item and the x2 4200+ is still cheaper than the E6300 by like $30 or $40. So what if the conroe is faster? It's all about choices dude.
 
I honestly think it's good to stay on track. How is a woman in an elf's suit that distracting anyway? She's not THAT scantily clad...this IS supposed to be a hardware forum. Which reminds me of what I said earlier...keep it hardware and drop the elf suit pics.
 
I wouldn't have volunteered to pose for the Buyers' Guide if this kind of attention bothered me. Any woman, regardless of looks, has to put up with a good deal of unwanted attention from men. That's life. In this situation, I don't take the comments to heart, and I'm not offended by some of these Rated R comments. If I was, they'd be gone. I know I have more to offer than just looks. It's all in good fun, guys.
 
I really shouldn't even dignify this with a response, but I'm not running for president so I will.

"A lot" is two seperate words. Begin your sentences with a capital letter and always capitalize "I" anyway, it gives you stature. Formerly doesn't have an "a." "If she don't like it"?: Self explanatory. Apologize - no S.

I think women should be able to think for themselves, that's kind of the point here...if they want to be seen and used as sex objects, hey...I'm all for that. I'll open a harem and make money off you fools. Sound good Sarah?
 
hey sarah what games? if any do you play and what computer setup ?
do you have? 😀 that kinda stuff.

i hope some dont post back with the (women shouldnt play games crap)
or anything like that.

im just asking a question 😀
 
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