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| Thread ID: 53647 | 2005-01-23 06:09:00 | Picking Hardware: For hardware experts. | Tribomb (5547) | Press F1 |
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| 317214 | 2005-01-23 06:09:00 | Hi! I am going to buy my hardware for my new PC tomorrow hopefully. I don’t really know too much about the good brands of hardware at the moment, as I have not been keeping up with everything :confused: My friend has given me a list of components; I will post them after this. I have about $2500 to spend on it. What would be a good system? The main purpose for it will be gaming and homework. Thanks Mike |
Tribomb (5547) | ||
| 317215 | 2005-01-23 06:11:00 | Whats your location,and do you already have a shop in mind? And post your list. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 317216 | 2005-01-23 06:12:00 | Overclockers Elite, Tower Case, Front USB, 400W ATX PSU, Black Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP motherboard, Socket 754, Athlon64, 3xDIMM, DDR, 8XAGP, 5xPCI, Firewire 800, 8xUSB 2, SATA, ATA, LAN, ATX AMD Athlon 64 3400+ CPU, 2.2 GHz, Socket 754, Retail Pack with fan Legend 512MB, DDR-SDRAM, DIMM, DDR400 Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3200822AS, 200 GB, 7,200rpm, 8192K cache, SATA-150, Fluid Bearing Gecube Radeon 9600 XT video card, 256MB DDR, 8XAGP, TV Out, DVI, With CSCZ Sony CRX-320E188K CD-Writer, 52R/52W/32RW/16DVD, Internal, IDE, Beige Sony Black Faceplate for CRX300E188/CRX320E188 Gigabyte GO-W1608A, Dual Layer DVD Writer, DVD 16R/16W/4RW, CD 48R/48W/24RW, Internal, IDE, Black Generic 1.44MB, Internal, Floppy Disk Drive, Black AOC Pure Flatface 9KLR-SLK 19" monitor, .25dp, 1600x1200, Silver/Black Creative Inspire 5.1 5200 Speakers, Black Genius GM56PCI-LA, 56K modem, Internal, PCI Any thing to much, or to little?? Is it good?!? :help: |
Tribomb (5547) | ||
| 317217 | 2005-01-23 06:13:00 | I am in Christchurch. I was thinking of dragonpc.co.nz or ascent.co.nz, whichever is cheaper. | Tribomb (5547) | ||
| 317218 | 2005-01-23 06:29:00 | List looks fine, Personally i would go for a better video card (nvidia 6600gt) | Metla (12) | ||
| 317219 | 2005-01-23 06:45:00 | do you really need a FDD? it may save 20 bucks :p. What type of internet connection do you have because you may not need a 56k modem and this will save a pci slot aswell. maybe a stupid question, but i dont know the answer, can a dvd writer also write cdr's? |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 317220 | 2005-01-23 07:03:00 | do you really need a FDD? it may save 20 bucks :p. What type of internet connection do you have because you may not need a 56k modem and this will save a pci slot aswell. maybe a stupid question, but i dont know the answer, can a dvd writer also write cdr's? Yea, I think I will keep the FDD, if the computer decides that it will not work they can be useful sometimes. I am on a 56k internet connection. And I have no idea about your last question. I think that they can, if you have one that does both.. |
Tribomb (5547) | ||
| 317221 | 2005-01-23 07:05:00 | Oh, It has a separate drive for that anyway. there is a DVD burner and CD burner :D | Tribomb (5547) | ||
| 317222 | 2005-01-23 07:07:00 | maybe a stupid question, but i dont know the answer, can a dvd writer also write cdr's?Not really stupid at all. I was confused when it I first heard of it. My conclusion is that a DVD is just an extended version of a CD. So a DVD Writer can write anything up to 4.7Gb (or 8.4 if it's a Dual Layer). The capacity of a CD is 700Mb. Therefore, yes it can. :thumbs: |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 317223 | 2005-01-23 07:08:00 | Oh, It has a separate drive for that anyway. there is a DVD burner and CD burner :D What's the point? Ditch the CD-RW and save yourself $40+ Also for $2500 I think that is a bit of a rip off. I'd be looking at approximately $2000 (or slightly more depending) incl. GST for that system. |
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