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| 432496 | 2006-02-21 00:39:00 | im looking at building myself a pc. whats the best combo of motherboard, graphics card, cpu, ram etc i can get for 1500. i also need a monitor (which i may buy second hand) case etc. any advice would be greatly appreciated. | chojin (9841) | ||
| 432497 | 2006-02-21 01:34:00 | Bang for buck, AMD cpu, PCIe for upgrade path. You could get motherboard with on-board graphic/sound for now and upgrade later. I trust you already have an O/S, XP needs min 512Mb ram to run smoothly, 1Gb for snappy response. Dual channel (2 x RAM modules) ram will help. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 432498 | 2006-02-21 01:43:00 | Yeah, going with Xp, 1gig at least. I have a handle on roughly what to spend on the certain components, but for things lke the cpu and graphics card I know that some are much better than others at the same price range, and I know squat about them. :waughh: Like, for instance, say I want around $300-$350 graphics card, but if the next card up is way better I would still consider it. I definately want PCIe aswell. |
chojin (9841) | ||
| 432499 | 2006-02-21 02:00:00 | Buying a PC is like buying a car: no matter what your budget, a dealer will find something to sell you! Got $1,500 to spend? you can find a way to spend $1,500 Got $15,000 to spend? they'll happily build you a $15,000 PC AMD used to give the best bang for the buck, but Intel is quickly closing the gap. I like AMD 'cause it sucks less juice, which means less heat, less cooling, and less noise. http://www.ascent.co.nz http://www.pp.co.nz |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 432500 | 2006-02-21 02:05:00 | So, you have to work out how much you have left over after buying Case/RAM/HDD's/sound card etc, so we can steer you to what you can then buy. With graphic's cards, we also need to know what monitor you have. 17/19" screen's have limit of 1280x1078, so it isnt worth buy x1900XT or 7800GTX's as you wont need such power. What games do you play if any. 300-350 for 6600GT will be sufficent, 6800GS is better @ 440 AMD athlon 64 3200+ @ least |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 432501 | 2006-02-21 02:07:00 | AMD used to give the best bang for the buck, http://www.ascent.co.nz http://www.pp.co.nz AMD still does give the best bang for buck! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 432502 | 2006-02-21 02:11:00 | what are you planning on useing it for? not much point pricing a gaming pc if your only going to use the basic's. for a budget pc i wouldn't bother with PCIe at the moment. somehow i don't think your goingto put $1000 video card in it. there will be plenty agp cards for some time yet. also at the rate they are desgning new sockets even cpu upgrades are going to be limited. just get something that will do what you need and will do it fairly reliabily. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 432503 | 2006-02-21 02:33:00 | tweak'e, i cannot agree with you and the agp stance at present. Granted agp cards will be out for a period to come, but please dont recommend an obsolute pathway when purchasing a new product, that is just retarded. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 432504 | 2006-02-21 02:48:00 | its only a budget pc. PCIe boards cost more. most likly he will NEVER use a PCIe card in a few years time he will most likly need a new cpu to match a new PCIe video card which will require a new motherboard (new cpu socket) anyway. the difference in performance between AGP and PCIe is minimal and most likly stay that way for the next few years. by the time he NEEDS a PCIe video card the pc will way out of date and not be able to be upgraded to match the video card, so he will need a new pc later on anyway. so why buy a feature he will never use? who's retarded ?? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 432505 | 2006-02-21 03:00:00 | I would have to agree with SolMiester. Best to get a PCIe mainboard. If budget doesn't allow a seperate PCIe video card get a mainboard with onboard video and a PCIe slot for later upgrade. PCIe cards don't cost that much than more than AGP cards any more. Example: I can get a 6600GT AGP for $209+gst and a PCIe 6600GT for $238+gst and the PCIe has 256MB while the AGP is only 128MB. |
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