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| Thread ID: 97918 | 2009-03-04 07:01:00 | Lets Build a PC March 2009 | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 753312 | 2009-03-04 07:01:00 | Same old story. What's the best bang for buck CPU,Video card,Motherboard? Building a killer game machine capable of running the latest games?, What's the desired CPU,Motherboard,Video card combination? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 753313 | 2009-03-04 07:06:00 | Alright, Hypothetical scenario :lol:, Say someone was to launch a business selling a top quality system to small business what would be recommended? I assume Seagate drives are still recommended?,what's the sweet spot price wise? are 1TB drives now the desired size? Intel cpu's?, whats the current king of the hill in regards to bang for dollar? Recomended chipst on the motherboad? Most capable of the low end video cards? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 753314 | 2009-03-04 07:22:00 | I reckon 500gb is best bang for buck, 1TB drives IMO tend to fail more often Seagate/Or western Digital. Intel CPU-Q6600 is good overall, but I reckon E8400 is a better choice, both overclock easily. For the budget Intel CPU-E5200 is pretty good, VERY overclockable, cheap AMD Phenom 2 Black Edition seems like good value, not sure how it handles OCing tho Chipset....P45...P43 is slowly disappearing Nvidia 9600GSo seems best for a cheap card, Ati 4850 for the middle range. And 4870 for the top range. Maybe two. Also- i7's are starting to be affordable, in a few months they might actually be within reach to the typical consumer, would open a realm of new possibilities.... Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 753315 | 2009-03-06 03:28:00 | Do Cray's count? | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 753316 | 2009-03-19 07:34:00 | Do Cray's count? With suitable software, and a good operator, they can count pretty damn well ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 753317 | 2009-03-23 02:58:00 | Alright, Hypothetical scenario :lol:, Say someone was to launch a business selling a top quality system to small business what would be recommended? Metla's hit the sweet spot for me there, we are not all gamers or bleeding edge fans. This year I am looking to replace my main business computer, which is a P166 running Windows 2000. Motherboard is Intel and ram is 512MB. I have OS & programs on one disk and all data on another. You can laugh, but the only time that speed is ever an issue is when I have to process large graphics files, which is very rare. I will finally get a proper video card though, so that I can run my old flight sim program, but don't need the latest and greatest. I'm looking to replace the old box with something probably capable of running 64bit software (just in case the 32 bit options fade away) I'll use XP-Pro as I have an unused copy and I will again have separate OS and program disks but this time I will run both in raid configuration (don't know what number but not striped across two disks) making 4 disks in total. I'll be running a virtual machine as well to cope with my need to run DOS instrument programs (no chance of upgrades) WFWG 3.11 and probably W98 for other technical software that can't be upgraded or replaced. I still need serial and parallel ports too, my instruments don't play well at all with serial or parallel to USB converters and refuse to communicate. All that may be an unusual mix, but I run a specialised business and I don't need a bleeding edge computer, just top reliability and data protection. Because I intend to keep it running for a number of years I also want a nice conservative case (was looking at Lian Li but they dropped the one I liked :() I'll (broadly) spec it only, not build it myself because I don't have the knowledge, skills or time to get it all optimised. I shall watch this thread with interest for good ideas and recommendations. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 753318 | 2009-03-23 04:37:00 | Metla's hit the sweet spot for me there, we are not all gamers or bleeding edge fans. This year I am looking to replace my main business computer, which is a P166 running Windows 2000. Motherboard is Intel and ram is 512MB. I have OS & programs on one disk and all data on another. You can laugh, but the only time that speed is ever an issue is when I have to process large graphics files, which is very rare. I will finally get a proper video card though, so that I can run my old flight sim program, but don't need the latest and greatest. I'm looking to replace the old box with something probably capable of running 64bit software (just in case the 32 bit options fade away) I'll use XP-Pro as I have an unused copy and I will again have separate OS and program disks but this time I will run both in raid configuration (don't know what number but not striped across two disks) making 4 disks in total. I'll be running a virtual machine as well to cope with my need to run DOS instrument programs (no chance of upgrades) WFWG 3.11 and probably W98 for other technical software that can't be upgraded or replaced. I still need serial and parallel ports too, my instruments don't play well at all with serial or parallel to USB converters and refuse to communicate. All that may be an unusual mix, but I run a specialised business and I don't need a bleeding edge computer, just top reliability and data protection. Because I intend to keep it running for a number of years I also want a nice conservative case (was looking at Lian Li but they dropped the one I liked :() I'll (broadly) spec it only, not build it myself because I don't have the knowledge, skills or time to get it all optimised. I shall watch this thread with interest for good ideas and recommendations. Cheers Billy 8-{) If you were in Ch Ch I would suggest Rob99,don't know who Auckland lad is. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 753319 | 2009-03-23 05:51:00 | Metla's hit the sweet spot for me there, we are not all gamers or bleeding edge fans. This year I am looking to replace my main business computer, which is a P166 running Windows 2000. Motherboard is Intel and ram is 512MB. I have OS & programs on one disk and all data on another. You can laugh, but the only time that speed is ever an issue is when I have to process large graphics files, which is very rare. I will finally get a proper video card though, so that I can run my old flight sim program, but don't need the latest and greatest. I'm looking to replace the old box with something probably capable of running 64bit software (just in case the 32 bit options fade away) I'll use XP-Pro as I have an unused copy and I will again have separate OS and program disks but this time I will run both in raid configuration (don't know what number but not striped across two disks) making 4 disks in total. I'll be running a virtual machine as well to cope with my need to run DOS instrument programs (no chance of upgrades) WFWG 3.11 and probably W98 for other technical software that can't be upgraded or replaced. I still need serial and parallel ports too, my instruments don't play well at all with serial or parallel to USB converters and refuse to communicate. All that may be an unusual mix, but I run a specialised business and I don't need a bleeding edge computer, just top reliability and data protection. Because I intend to keep it running for a number of years I also want a nice conservative case (was looking at Lian Li but they dropped the one I liked :() I'll (broadly) spec it only, not build it myself because I don't have the knowledge, skills or time to get it all optimised. I shall watch this thread with interest for good ideas and recommendations. Cheers Billy 8-{) Some cheap motherboards still have serial and parallel ports (mine has a serial port and a header for a parallel port). If all else fails, get PCI cards. I'd recommended at least 1GB of RAM when running a virtual PC, no matter what the actual OS's are. Also, single cores are pretty much obsolete except in netbooks and other cheap portable PCs, so I'd suggest a Core 2 Duo at least. In terms of hard drives, get one bigger than 80GB (:p) if you're more concerned over price per GB than overall price. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 753320 | 2009-05-20 20:52:00 | "Need a new desktop on a tight budget? Here's how to build a surprisingly robust system for about $400" (USD). www.pcmag.com AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ ASUS M2A-VM |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 753321 | 2009-05-26 08:59:00 | AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+ it's enough | jima520 (14672) | ||
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