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| Thread ID: 96603 | 2009-01-16 06:12:00 | How much for a decent pc build or upgrade? | 8ftmetalhaed (14526) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 739281 | 2009-01-16 09:06:00 | Just ask here for recommendations on parts | Blam (54) | ||
| 739282 | 2009-01-16 09:08:00 | If you want more than 1 GB of ram, forget 98. It cant handle it You'll need windows 2000 / XP + if you want 1 GB or more |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 739283 | 2009-01-16 09:11:00 | Would it work with the dual core cpu's and insane gpu's even? I'm putting together a parts list too using pricespy. I'll chuck up what i've got when I'm done. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 739284 | 2009-01-16 09:15:00 | Theres no point using an old OS, with new technology. And you still wouldnt be able to go over 1 GB of ram And you wont be able to update it now anyway And you may find it hard to find drivers for it. If you do install 98 |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 739285 | 2009-01-16 09:17:00 | Yeh I know.... I just HATE the idea of getting Vista. From what I've seen of my sister's laptop, it's impossibly slow, has very irritating interfaces, and is nothing at all like the traditional windows interface. Anyway, should this copy and paste correctly, does this look like a relatively decent build? EZ Cool 500W PSU $60.75 Cooler Master Elite 333 with no PSU $84.93 Asustek P5QL-PRO Intel P43 ATX Motherboard $172.13 ATI Radeon HD 4670 512MB PCI-Express $158.63 1GB DDR2-800 PC6400 SDRAM $19.81 x2 (or x4?) Western Digital 320GB Serial ATA HDD $84.93 Intel Pentium E5200 dual core 2.5GHz 800FSB 2MB cache $144.79 Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 $21.10 |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 739286 | 2009-01-16 09:20:00 | Shops will probably still sell XP You dont have to use Vista, just because its a new system Where in NZ are you? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 739287 | 2009-01-16 09:24:00 | auckland. te atatu peninsula, to be specific | 8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 739288 | 2009-01-16 09:26:00 | Everything you've selected is pretty good, I would get 2gb of RAm in Dual Channel instead of 4gb as 32bit Windows will only recognize 3.25gb of it anyways If you get a good HSF later you can overclock that CPU alot. Mobo is good, will provide room for upgrades |
Blam (54) | ||
| 739289 | 2009-01-16 09:29:00 | You can wipe the soundcard its onboard (the mobo has 8 channel sound) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 739290 | 2009-01-16 09:33:00 | Just wondering about OC'ing too... if done in small increments, would it affect stability and/or life of the system, providing it was suitably cooled if i did? This system has OC'ing locked, so I've never been able to experiment :) |
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