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| Thread ID: 73338 | 2006-10-15 23:38:00 | About to purchase - please check my specs | Tukapa (62) | Press F1 |
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| 491763 | 2006-10-15 23:38:00 | Hi all I know there are posts like this all the time but I am about to purchase this (really - not just a pipe dream like half of the similar posts here). I am just wanting the knowledgable ones here to give me their opinion, any suggestions for change or any dogs of hardware thrown in here. Pedalslammer - I couldn't give two hoots about the Intel quadcore, depreciation or any other nasties, perceived or otherwise, around the corner. I am wanting to purchase now. Here are the specs: Asus M2V motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU Geil 1GB DDR2 800 Ram (2 x 512MB) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA HDD Asus DRW-1608P3S DVD Writer XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI Express Video Card Raidmax RX-9 SE case with 520W PSU Hauppauge WinTVR-PVR-150 MCE PCI TV card CMV 938DS WXGA 5ms 19" widescreen LCD monitor 1.44MB Floppy Drive Microsoft multimedia keyboard and optical mouse Logitech X-230 2.1 speaker system Microsoft Media Center 2005 OS with remote control That's about it. Any suggestions gratefully accepted. Cheers all. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 491764 | 2006-10-16 00:01:00 | Whats it being used for? Im guessing a media pc? You could probably save a few dollars and forget about the floppy drive. If you intend to game consider upgrading the video card to a 7950GT and change the CPU to a Core 2 Duo. Otherwise everything looks pretty good. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 491765 | 2006-10-16 01:19:00 | Specs look good, will be powerful :) Everything looks good, the one gripe I have is the PSU, but be warned I like top quality :thumbs: I know it comes with the case, it has pleanty of power in it, but I just don't trust low quality for a PSU, the case I have came with a PSU, but I brought an Enermax as they are top quality, there is one thing you don't want... and that is the PSU to fry everything :badpc: Don't underestemate the Floppy drive, I ended up taking this one out of my dead PC because it was surprising how much I needed it... flashing the BIOS, RAID drivers are two resons that you need a Floppy drive that come to mind instantly. Hauppauge cards can be a little hard to install (software), but when you find the trick it is fine and these cards are great. Those speakers will pound, I have the big brother to them (X-530) and these are amazing, best speakers I have ever used and the price! so cheap for what they are! Everything looks like it is compatible and will work :) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 491766 | 2006-10-16 01:19:00 | Looks fine. Not keen on the monitor brand. If for gaming I'd bump up the graphics card a bit too but otherwise - go ahead, just make sure its a reputable retailer. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 491767 | 2006-10-16 01:33:00 | Thanks all The only gaming that is expected to be done on it is Microsoft Flight and Train simulators. I did think about going to a 7900GT but was dubious if it would give an increase in performance equal to twice the 7600GT (considering it is twice as expensive to buy). As for the floppy drive - I originally built my own machine and did not install a floppy. Then I found myself wishing I had spent the extra $13 because I found several instances where I needed a floppy drive and I have since chucked one in. As an aside - what brand of monitor would you consider. This machine is for a friend of mine who went to Harvey Normans to look at their product and got a price for a system pretty similar to this. It had a 3Ghz Pentium D processor, 2GB Ram and a 6600 video card. They quoted $3199 and that did not include a monitor or speakers!!!!:eek: I have sourced the above for $2400 built up including freight so I think they are on the winning side!!! Cheers all. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 491768 | 2006-10-16 01:53:00 | Hi all I know there are posts like this all the time but I am about to purchase this (really - not just a pipe dream like half of the similar posts here). I am just wanting the knowledgable ones here to give me their opinion, any suggestions for change or any dogs of hardware thrown in here. Pedalslammer - I couldn't give two hoots about the Intel quadcore, depreciation or any other nasties, perceived or otherwise, around the corner. I am wanting to purchase now. Here are the specs: Asus M2V motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU Geil 1GB DDR2 800 Ram (2 x 512MB) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA HDD Asus DRW-1608P3S DVD Writer XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI Express Video Card Raidmax RX-9 SE case with 520W PSU Hauppauge WinTVR-PVR-150 MCE PCI TV card CMV 938DS WXGA 5ms 19" widescreen LCD monitor 1.44MB Floppy Drive Microsoft multimedia keyboard and optical mouse Logitech X-230 2.1 speaker system Microsoft Media Center 2005 OS with remote control That's about it. Any suggestions gratefully accepted. Cheers all.Yeah, nice specced computer. Just one thing.... when they ask for a delivery address, you know where I live :p |
Myth (110) | ||
| 491769 | 2006-10-16 01:58:00 | I'm a charitable bugger Tazz but not that charitable!!:thumbs: | Tukapa (62) | ||
| 491770 | 2006-10-16 02:00:00 | As an aside - what about the Viewsonic VA1912W monitor instead? Is this a better option than the CMV or would AOC be better? Cheers. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 491771 | 2006-10-16 02:31:00 | I like Philips and Samsung LCD's personally, but ive heard good things about Viewsonic, wouldnt buy one as i think asthetically they look like ass. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 491772 | 2006-10-16 03:07:00 | Dunno about the LCDs but the Viewsonic CRTs are very good (practical experience). Have heard good things about the LCD's though. | Myth (110) | ||
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