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| Thread ID: 66811 | 2006-03-07 22:24:00 | I'm buying a new pc, comments please... | WestMclaren2004 (7303) | Press F1 |
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| 436517 | 2006-03-07 22:24:00 | AMD Athlon 64 "Venice" 4000+ Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe OR AOpen i915GMm-HFS 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 1 GB PC3200 DDR2 RAM GeForce 7800 GT Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic DVD-RW Drive – Plextor PX-740A/SW Onboard Gigabit OCZ Powerstream 520 Watt this is my idea of a medium-high end pc, good enough for me... any comments as to recommendations and critics? thanks, WM2004 |
WestMclaren2004 (7303) | ||
| 436518 | 2006-03-07 22:34:00 | Getting a monitor as well? Make sure it is 19" min with a neat pc like that. DDR2 Ram with an Athlong? Maybe wait for a 7900 GT ? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 436519 | 2006-03-07 23:02:00 | U wont be able to use DDR2 with that socket 939 athlon 4000+ Wow, like the sound card and video card, will need a native 1280x1024 LCD panel or better to appreciate the graphic's card. Personally though, if I was buying now, I would get dual core 3800+ instead of the single core 4000+... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 436520 | 2006-03-08 00:23:00 | I went for the 4800+ / 7800 GT with water cooling and lots of bells and whistles. It replaced a 3.2GHz socket 478 PC with 6800 GT. I have no ball and chains, AKA wife and kids. My primary motivator was a curiousity how could I build a powerful, but whisper quiet PC. Cost wasn't really a factor. All told I think I spent about $3,600 excluding monitor. Is it 3x better in any way than a $1,200 PC. Not a chance. Is it even twice as good? Nope. Having said all that, I agree with SolMiester. The 3800+ currently gives a good bang for the buck. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 436521 | 2006-03-08 00:31:00 | AMD Athlon 64 "Venice" 4000+ Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe OR AOpen i915GMm-HFS Don't think i915 chipset can get along well with AMD CPU :) |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 436522 | 2006-03-08 00:41:00 | Think I'd go for two hard drives instead of the one ginormous one. | Greg (193) | ||
| 436523 | 2006-03-08 00:45:00 | Think I'd go for two hard drives instead of the one ginormous one.I'd second that. I have my OS on one and my games and data on the other. | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 436524 | 2006-03-08 00:58:00 | Excellent. Can't see anything wrong with it. Enjoy! | pctek (84) | ||
| 436525 | 2006-03-09 04:18:00 | or is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Socket 939) better? | WestMclaren2004 (7303) | ||
| 436526 | 2006-03-09 04:21:00 | AMD 4400+ or 4800+ X2 on an Asus A8N derived board (bliss :D but higher end) | Myth (110) | ||
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