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| Thread ID: 72980 | 2006-10-03 09:46:00 | NO0b,need gaming pc, budget 0f 20O0 | UShudQuack2 (11238) | Press F1 |
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| 488877 | 2006-10-03 12:40:00 | my advice would be to go for a 7900GT over a 7600GT. but this depends entirely on how much money you may have, and how strong your will power is when november rolls around, as that is when the G80 (nVidia DX10 8000 Series) Cards will be released (so ses numerous news sites) crappy thing is that apparently only Vista will support DX10, and at the moment, my non existant pet dog has a better chance of crapping out fairy dust than Microsoft have of releasing Vista any time soon. Of course Microsft is not stupid, some people might think Vista is rubbish and cool for some people. I have to agree the DX10 is for Vista only because this is the only thing that Microsoft can play monopoly game on it(If you know what I mean). Yo UShudQuack2, do you think you gonna pick one of the PC spec I've given you? That's the cheapest I can find for you. 7900GT is always better than 7600GT as you can see it is not very expensive since your budget is $2000, the most important thing for gamers in graphics card. If not the game play would screw up the whole thing because of laggy and crappy graphics. That's all I can do for $2000 budget. You can't get lots of fancy stuffs anyway. i.e. ViewSonic Monitors, Kingston Hyper X RAMs, Thermaltake cool looking CPU case, SilverStone PSU, higher clock speed of core 2 duo cpu, better asus mobo and etc. But good budgeting though. |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 488878 | 2006-10-03 18:46:00 | For gaming the graphics card is the most important component in your PC. Yes the latest Intel CPUs are faster the AMDs but thats not so important. Get the best graphics card you can. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 488879 | 2006-10-03 19:40:00 | Does anybody out there actually understand PedalSlammers posts? I love it how he cant make up a decision about what to buy for his own pc yet can make reckonmendations to other people? I'd love to know where he pulls this imaginary $500 per annum from? | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 488880 | 2006-10-03 20:01:00 | Does anybody out there actually understand PedalSlammers posts? I love it how he cant make up a decision about what to buy for his own pc yet can make reckonmendations to other people? I'd love to know where he pulls this imaginary $500 per annum from? my point exactlly, oh he gets the $500 dribble from the "moneydude":waughh: |
plod (107) | ||
| 488881 | 2006-10-03 20:34:00 | my point exactlly, oh he gets the $500 dribble from the "moneydude":waughh: Maybe hes trying to get himself a forum gimmick? |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 488882 | 2006-10-03 22:19:00 | Maybe hes trying to get himself a forum gimmick? That's actually a depreciation, you don't need to use that anyway. It's not that important. Except you want to know the market value of your computer after a few years, if you wanted to resell it and don't want to make a lost on it.:2cents: An estimate amount for your computer after two years is $2000-500X2(2 years)=$1000. It is actually true your computer price value will drop. I know we don't talk about financial things often in this forum, but just to let you know if you're on budget and needed to change your computer after a few years. The best lifetime is around 3 years but also must upgrade your graphics card every year. That'll cost a lot right? Not interested? PLEASE DO NOT READ MY FINANCIAL POST. Saving for a big Bling Bling machine.:2cents: |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 488883 | 2006-10-03 22:30:00 | Its not exactly a secert that computers depreciate, just like most other goods . Its just a fact of life, the moment you buy anything and take it home its already lost part of its value. Unfortunately there is no way to prevent this depreciation irrelevant of whether you wait 3months or 3years. If you decide you want/need a new pc then you shouldn't let depreciation hold you back, realistically its not a factor when buying a PC. *Out of curiousity do you have any crediable financial training PedalSlammer? |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 488884 | 2006-10-03 22:38:00 | Its not exactly a secert that computers depreciate, just like most other goods . Its just a fact of life, the moment you buy anything and take it home its already lost part of its value. Unfortunately there is no way to prevent this depreciation irrelevant of whether you wait 3months or 3years. If you decide you want/need a new pc then you shouldn't let depreciation hold you back, realistically its not a factor when buying a PC. *Out of curiousity do you have any crediable financial training PedalSlammer?Just showing an example of depreciation that's all. I wait for my new PC in the first quart of 2007 because I want a fancy PC with good parts in it, and most of all is that quad core + a heatsinker that is better than Intel provided. For me getting my computer in NZ will cost around $3000-$3500 a fancy PC, but if I get it from China imagine how much I'll save(SAME FANCY PARTS IN BOUGHT IN NZ)? |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 488885 | 2006-10-03 23:14:00 | That's actually a depreciation, you don't need to use that anyway. It's not that important. Except you want to know the market value of your computer after a few years, if you wanted to resell it and don't want to make a lost on it.:2cents: An estimate amount for your computer after two years is $2000-500X2(2 years)=$1000. It is actually true your computer price value will drop. I know we don't talk about financial things often in this forum, but just to let you know if you're on budget and needed to change your computer after a few years. The best lifetime is around 3 years but also must upgrade your graphics card every year. That'll cost a lot right? Not interested? PLEASE DO NOT READ MY FINANCIAL POST. Saving for a big Bling Bling machine.:2cents: Sorry, but since when would a four year old computer be worth absolutely nothing? I don't think you actually know how depreciation can be calculated and what it actually is. Its pretty much a useless factor when buying computers, unless you're a business since depreciation on computers is tax deductable. In your calculation, you're saying the computer won't be able to be sold for anything, which is highly unlikely, since you would probably be able to sell it for parts, and get some value from it. My 5 year old computer still performs everyday word/websurfing/e-mail etc perfectly, starts up very quickly and cost ~$2k back when I bought it. Still plays games too (all be it on lower settings). Also depreciation is the consumption of the future economic benefits over the lifetime of the asset. It is NOT an estimate of current market value!!! Wouldn't it end up costing more buying from China? The cost of the flights to and from? What about warranties?! And if you wait for Quad core from Intel, K8L would be around the corner from AMD. And if you wait for K8L from AMD, 45nm Quad core from Intel and so it continues. To OP: I just (2 weeks ago) built a new computer for around your budget (and my overclocks on stock cooling): CPU: Intel C2D E6300 (1.86Ghz @ 3.08Ghz - 440x7) Mobo: Gigabyte P965-S3 RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2-667 Value RAM (@ DDR2-880) Graphics: nVIDIA 7900GS (Palit brand -dual slot cooler) DVD Writer: Liteon SHW 1635S HD: 2x80GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 (I'm a light data user) Case: Thermaltake Mambo Power Supply: Thermaltake Purepower 460W Monitor: Viewsonic VA1912wb (19" widescreen) I got all this for around $2200, prices, naturally have come down a bit in the past week or so, so check out pricespy, monitor was $400 so you could get a 17" for about half that I guess. Since max resolution on a 17" is usaully 1024x768, you don't really need a $500 graphics card, since you're gaming at a less demanding resolution than say, 1600x1200, and so the power of the CPU is entering into the framerate equation (as opposed to being purely bottlenecked by the graphics card). Good luck! |
Marmion (9274) | ||
| 488886 | 2006-10-03 23:21:00 | That's actually a depreciation, you don't need to use that anyway. It's not that important. Except you want to know the market value of your computer after a few years, if you wanted to resell it and don't want to make a lost on it.:2cents: An estimate amount for your computer after two years is $2000-500X2(2 years)=$1000. It is actually true your computer price value will drop. I know we don't talk about financial things often in this forum, but just to let you know if you're on budget and needed to change your computer after a few years. The best lifetime is around 3 years but also must upgrade your graphics card every year. That'll cost a lot right? Not interested? PLEASE DO NOT READ MY FINANCIAL POST. Saving for a big Bling Bling machine.:2cents: The Goverment works on a 48% depeciation of computer hardware for the first finiancial year, You statement that you knock $500 off a year is pure rubbish. In the cold hard light of day the value of a computer drops its arse the very second it is purchased. |
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