Guest [DW]Archaic January 22, 2003 Share Guest [DW]Archaic Guests January 22, 2003 AMD Athlon-XP 1800+ Processor Gigabyte 7VAX 400MHz FSB Motherboard 256Mb PC3200 DDR Memory 64Mb DDR, nVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 8xAGP Graphics 40Gb IDE UDMA/100, 7200 RPM Hard Drive 40x/12x/48x CD-RW Drive 3.5" 1.44Mb Floppy Drive AC97 3D Digital Sound Card 2 - USB 2.0 Ports, 2 - Serial Ports(16550A), 1 - Printer Port Tower Deluxe Case, Black 1 Year Parts, Lifetime Labor Warranty that with upgraded 512 DDR ram and a upgraded 128mb geforce4 vid card total comes to $814.00 with tax So anybody recomend me getting this? im kinda stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter January 22, 2003 Share Magruter Member January 22, 2003 Nope, I'm building mine for that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer January 22, 2003 Share [Mmmm]Homer Member January 22, 2003 No. The video card is junk. Look HERE for latest VGA charts from Tom's Hardware to compare. The XP1800 is a little behind the curve too, not that much to get top of the line. Looks like integrated sound on mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZDamage January 23, 2003 Share Guest ZDamage Guests January 23, 2003 Integrated sound on that mobo is pretty good for onboard sound. I would stick with that...... well..... wow..... my idea of a good system will cost a bit more. athlon xp 2600 with 333 fsb, radeon 9500 pro, Asus nforce-2 mobo, crucial PC2700 CAS 2.0 RAM. May be a bit more. AT work and no time to pull prices but will be much better worth the investment in the long run. you want ram that is in sync with with the 333 fsb of the cpu. PC2700 RAM is the same speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX January 23, 2003 Share NOFX Member January 23, 2003 Go Here I just ordered a comp for a friend from here. He got AMD 2000+ 60 gig 7200 rpm WD 512 pc2700 he has a good vid already and it only cost him 430. 450 with shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco January 23, 2003 Share Draco Member January 23, 2003 hey arch... if you just need it to play cs... that will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty January 23, 2003 Share Fatty GC Founder January 23, 2003 Sorry all, that was my baggage about NOFX, and my buddy Rev just helpen=d me check it in, so I removed everything referring to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r January 23, 2003 Share All Kill3r Member January 23, 2003 Sorry all, that was my baggage about NOFX, and my buddy Rev just helpen=d me check it in, so I removed everything referring to it. kk thx....was in middle of modifying my post and wouldnt let me....guess that cause it be gone now.... What i was saying is that you could prob get a 128meg video card and a faster processor and not raise that price any. You also should shoot for at least 512 in memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer January 23, 2003 Share [Mmmm]Homer Member January 23, 2003 What ZD and All_Killr said will get you a system that will last 2 years vs. 1 year. And sure you mostly use it for CS, but it would be nice for other stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZDamage January 23, 2003 Share Guest ZDamage Guests January 23, 2003 Homer,Jan 23 2003, 01:15 PM]What ZD and All_Killr said will get you a system that will last 2 years vs. 1 year. And sure you mostly use it for CS, but it would be nice for other stuff too. that is the point. CS is good but you may want to play Doom3 or some other game with game engines like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [DW]Archaic January 24, 2003 Share Guest [DW]Archaic Guests January 24, 2003 I think i am having a friend of mine build me one for 666 bucks... when i feel up to it i will post all the details and specs... if anybody cares, thanks for input people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asphyxiator January 28, 2003 Share Asphyxiator Member January 28, 2003 Challenge yourself, buy the parts and put it together yourself, you will learn a lot from the experience and you can say "oh yeah i built my computer, Dell just wasnt good enough for me." Trust me its not that hard. For the most part you really cant screw too much up unless you force something and if it doesnt fit, it means it doesnt go there. Make sure you always ground yourself too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r January 28, 2003 Share All Kill3r Member January 28, 2003 static is no good. i had another post in here....... *poof* it magically disapeared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Premier January 28, 2003 Share DJ Premier Member January 28, 2003 The buy vs build argument goes back centuries. There is never a clear winner. You just gotta pick the one that is a winner for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX January 30, 2003 Share NOFX Member January 30, 2003 haha buy vs. build. It is really simple if you know everything, but for someone who hasnt built before, may not be. I mean if it doesnt fit, dont force it rule, works good, which means you cant screw up. But when your motherboard has jumpers on it, instead of auto detect, you can fry your poop. Like running your ram on 333 instead of 266 or setting your cpu core voltage to high, or using wrong bus speed. It used to take all day but now its pretty easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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