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| 480480 | 2006-08-24 10:30:00 | . . . . you have alost 2 grand for a pc . Would that set you up a decent mix of all 3 interests? (surfer as in surfing net 3-4 hours a day) Would you sacrifice gaming to get better music qualities? Anyone can point me in the right direction? The reason I ask is I can surf the net looking and reading specs, but I do not really inderstand what im reading . TIA :thumbs: Basically need a tough PC that has to be upgradable at least and can handle a fairly decent input of live music . |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 480481 | 2006-08-24 11:36:00 | Elucidate? | Greg (193) | ||
| 480482 | 2006-08-24 21:19:00 | . . . . you have alost 2 grand for a pc . Would that set you up a decent mix of all 3 interests? Would you sacrifice gaming to get better music qualities? No . No . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 480483 | 2006-08-24 23:13:00 | Intel imac, safe for surfing, good for music, dual boot windows for gaming and yes the cpu are upgradable, although not condoned with apple | plod (107) | ||
| 480484 | 2006-08-24 23:16:00 | surfer? What are their computing needs? |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 480485 | 2006-08-24 23:23:00 | Intel imac, safe for surfing, good for music, dual boot windows for gaming and yes the cpu are upgradable, although not condoned with apple Wouldnt exactly say an iMac was good for gaming, dont those things only come with a X700? |
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| 480486 | 2006-08-25 01:32:00 | We'd need to know what bits you need - complete system or just the box? Upgrade box or the entire thing? Budget Gaming System Asus M2V motherboard - PCI-E, Dual Channel, Via K8T890/VT8237a, GB Lan, SATA 2, RAID, 6ch Audio AMD 64 3200+ Socket AM2 CPU, 1Gb DDR2-533 Seagate 200Gb SATA Hard drive ASUS 16x Dual layer DVDWriter ASUS 7600GT 256Mb Graphics, CreativeXW555 5.1 Speakers Thermaltake Silver Swing Case with 400w PSU Thermaltake Silver/Blue keyboard/mouse Combo, AOC 176S 17" LCD Monitor, Windows XP Home Total inc GST $1,995.00 This is budget, the graphics card is very minimal for gaming. And as you also want music - well, depends, I manage fine with onboard sound but for quality you would want a decent sound card. Perhaps with digital dolby out? They can cost up to $500. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 480487 | 2006-08-25 05:43:00 | The budget could be a down payment I guess. Max i would go is 4 grand. Upgradable I mean I could add on hardware at a later date (musicwise, say midi or mixers). When it comes to gaming though, thats the part i do not know about. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 480488 | 2006-08-25 21:37:00 | Then something along the lines of: Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard - NForce590, DualChannel, DualRaid, GigaBit Lan AMD 64 3800+ Dual Core Socket AM2 CPU, 2Gb DDR2-667 ASUS 7900GTX 256Mb Graphics Creative Xi-Fi Extreme Music Sound Plus whatever other bits you want. |
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| 480489 | 2006-08-26 08:35:00 | kick ass! :D | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
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