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| Thread ID: 39062 | 2003-10-26 04:46:00 | Is this a good computer system? | Wilky (776) | Press F1 |
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| 186696 | 2003-10-26 04:46:00 | I'm custom building my own computer, and have picked these components for it. Case: Antec sonata midi-tower Motherboard: Intel D875PBZLK CPU: P4 3.2ghz 800mhz FSB RAM: 2x 256mb pc3200 ddr sdram hd: seagate barracuda v 120GB SATA-150 7200rpm gfx: ati radeon 9700 pro sound: audigy 2 6.1 de cd rom: btc f56e 52x cdrom cd writer: btc 5224im 52x32x52x cd writer monitor: viewsonic p90f keyboard: microsoft black multimedia keyboard ps/2 mouse: logitech mx-310 speakers: creative inspire 2400 2.1 external hdd: maxtor personal storage 7000 Is this a good configuration? I want to use it for gaming, internet, image editing and designing websites. thanks. |
Wilky (776) | ||
| 186697 | 2003-10-26 04:54:00 | Yea, but try to get 1!!! 512 stick of ram Faster I was told :) and for sound 5.1 is good and its not to daer to buy and srry for all spelling errors | Gods-Hitman (1419) | ||
| 186698 | 2003-10-26 04:56:00 | Pretty nice, whats the cost? Is it cheaper to get 1 512mb ram stick than 2 256mb sticks? Advantage with 1 stick, you keep a slot spare for future upgrades. What about a dvd rom instead of cdrom? Or a dvd/cd-rw como drive - more space for upgrades. Does that soundblaster card come with the big addin that goes in the drivebay? Thats another drivebay gone if it does. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 186699 | 2003-10-26 05:02:00 | I don't want nor need a DVD drive, and I don't have room for 5.1 channel speakers at the moment. The mobo supports dual channel ddr so i am sticking with 2 256 bits of ram, and I will be installing windows 98SE (hey, I like it) on it so more than 512mb of ram is a no-no. I'm not sure if the sound card has the drive bay thing, but I don't really need it, I only want to get decent audio for games. The total cost of the computer is $4420 inc gst. |
Wilky (776) | ||
| 186700 | 2003-10-26 05:10:00 | Dual channel ram is faster then 1 stick,but your wasting all that good hardware by sticking win98 on it. Imo BTC drives are rubbish,and yes i own one and i wish i didn't. And why the 9700pro?...plenty of good priced 9800 pro's around. |
metla (154) | ||
| 186701 | 2003-10-26 05:15:00 | What is wrong with BTC drives? Don't work well with safedisc, slow? | Wilky (776) | ||
| 186702 | 2003-10-26 05:46:00 | > Dual channel ram is faster then 1 stick,but your wasting all that good hardware by sticking win98 on it. Mmm yes, waste of $4420 using Win98 with a 3.2Ghz cpu. You can't even turn Hyper Threading on, but hey what the heck you'll be able to run Starcraft and Age of Empires 1 at 300fps! |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 186703 | 2003-10-26 06:25:00 | Agree with PoWa, that BTC are badly made drives. Had more failures with them than any other brand. Apart from that, looks like a sweet machine. Your question though is relative, it depends on what you want to do with it. Over the top for my mum with her browsing and e-mail. Great for myself which does a spot of gaming. So is this a status thing, or do you want to do something specific? |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 186704 | 2003-10-26 06:25:00 | I might consider getting XP. MIGHT. It's way slower and I hate the interface. I know I will be putting a distro of linux on as well. | Wilky (776) | ||
| 186705 | 2003-10-26 06:26:00 | And this will be all purpose, with a fair chunk of gaming. | Wilky (776) | ||
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