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| Thread ID: 43063 | 2004-03-02 06:54:00 | Upgrading my computer....... need advice | Shaggy (4731) | Press F1 |
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| 219526 | 2004-03-02 17:31:00 | Hay, If ur on LAN XPpro would help so If you have the $$ go for what Megaman seid, but Home is what im using and its giving me no problems. |
Gods-Hitman (1419) | ||
| 219527 | 2004-03-03 09:01:00 | thanks, i dont use lan so lucky me . . . . I'm looking at one for $2200 in a dell catalouge P4 3 . 0 GHz Ht Tech Win XP Home 512 Pc3200 DDR_SDRAM at 400 mhz 80GB With a little 2 at the top (80GB2) Intergrated Ethernet ????? Intergrated Audio 128mb Geforce FX 5200 Graphics 48X DVD4 (little 4)/CD-RW Combo Drive (Burn CD's Play DVD's) 17 " CRT Monitor (16 . 0" vis) Microsoft Office Small Business Edittion (includes Word, Excel, Outlook 2003, Powerpoint & Contact Manager) PreLoaded NAV 2003 OEM Version 1 year limited next bussiness day on site service Upgrades WINXP Prof $138 Prob wont get 128mb Ati 9800 PRO Graphics Card $288 is it worth getting? Basically I Would like to know 1 . for a pure game playing machine is it good for the price? 2 . Whats Ethernet, & how much worse is intergrated? 3 . ow much worse will sound be with the intergrated sound card? 4 . the combo dvd/cdrw is it still alright? 5 . is the graphics card upgrade worth it? 6 . the ram with the DDR etc, is that a good one, cause i remember reading that its a fast one or sumthing? And Thanks everyone for helping so much! Daniel |
Shaggy (4731) | ||
| 219528 | 2004-03-03 09:10:00 | The video card is the worst performing one in the current line of cards, it may run most current games at a satisfactory level (which depends on your interpretation of satisfactory) because its being pushed by a grunty cpu but will seriously affect gaming performance. | metla (154) | ||
| 219529 | 2004-03-03 09:11:00 | uh.....perhaps i should have read your post better,take the ati9800pro upgrade,it is currently the best on the market. | metla (154) | ||
| 219530 | 2004-03-03 09:15:00 | thanks metla | Shaggy (4731) | ||
| 219531 | 2004-03-03 09:25:00 | also check what onboard sound it uses. it may be better to get seperate sound card. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 219532 | 2004-03-03 09:29:00 | i know, hopefully I can get that..... thanks for the advice |
Shaggy (4731) | ||
| 219533 | 2004-03-03 09:31:00 | Here's what I think you should get: 19 Inch CRT AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton's core which can be overclocked to 3200+ EASILY) 120 GB Seagate Serial ATA HDD 1 GB of Twinmos Winbond RAM (dual channel package) Abit NF7-s Motherboard (This board is one of the best for overclocking and will almost gurantee ur 2500+ to run at 3200+ speed) ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Which ever brand ... as long as it doesn't use infineon ram) Case with 400 PSU. The rest u can choose urself as they are not performance related. The above setup should be well under $2000 and will perform very close to a P4 3 GHz with the same graphics card. BTW, the mobo comes with onboard SoundStorm which if u use the digital output can match the quality of the Audigy2s |
Kenshin (2501) | ||
| 219534 | 2004-03-03 09:45:00 | IMHO its a little overpriced and underspec Any reputable computer dealer should be able to build a comparable system and have seperate dvd and cd-rw plus a 120gb hardrive for $100 less than this, using decent brand name parts I'm not knocking dells they make ok systems and they have there place in the market but its not eye an wateringly attractive deal. But if you do decide to go with it Combo dvd-cdrw are ok especially in space limited cases but they are something of a compromise performance wise. The 5200 vid card in any brand/flavour is now an entry level card you need more grunt Onboard audio should be fine DDR 400 ram is the fastest ram commonly available If u dont Lan don't worry about ethernet capability |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 219535 | 2004-03-03 09:52:00 | I know dell is kinda over priced but they have good warrenty + they wont go bust lol, I might get one from a smaller business somwhere in Palmerston North..... thanks for answering all of the questions to. what does all of the squared mean? like 80gb2 (little 2 squared) |
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