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crank
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O.P. Getting a new box
Windows® XP Pro Edition
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+
2048MB (2x1GB) RAM
320GB sATA
DVD/CD-RW Multi DL
DVD16x
nVidia GeForce 7950 GX2
That's what i atleast want, but depending on the price i'm gonna go for a diffirent GPU from the nVidea GeForce 7 series. Altho i should ba able to get it, as i have €1700 for it (and €350 extra for my monitor but i can always cut a bit if i need some more for the rest).
Basicly what i want to do is get a gaming pc, possible to run vista later (these specs kinda asure that ). But i'm gonna put atleast one linux distro on it too.
Anyone got some tips on parts i should get combined with these (or instead), keep in mind that i hate Intel and dislike ATI
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09-09-2006 07:21 AM |
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user27089
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RE: Getting a new box
Geta a SATA 2 compatible Hard Drive rather than just SATA, it has a faster transfer speed.
Also, save up for the X2 4800+.
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09-09-2006 10:38 AM |
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crank
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O.P. RE: Getting a new box
quote: Originally posted by traxor
Geta a SATA 2 compatible Hard Drive rather than just SATA, it has a faster transfer speed.
Also, save up for the X2 4800+.
Well, i'm gonna see what i can get for my money, i need to know how much the price for it will be and maybe change some parts once i know it.
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09-09-2006 10:44 AM |
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Ezra
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RE: Getting a new box
Get a Intel Core Duo processor, they are kinda expensive but they are the best desktop processors you can buy now...
The E6600 'Conroe' is about €130 more than that AMD X2 4200+ and about the same price as a AMD X2 4800+
About the gpu I like ATi better, but that's just my opinion
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09-09-2006 01:59 PM |
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lizard.boy
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RE: Getting a new box
quote: Originally posted by Ezra
Get a Intel Core Duo processor, they are kinda expensive but they are the best desktop processors you can buy now...
The E6600 'Conroe' is about €130 more than that AMD X2 4200+ and about the same price as a AMD X2 4800+
About the gpu I like ATi better, but that's just my opinion
Heh, thats where my opinion changes. Any pc i would build would use an Nvidia GPU, but thats just me. I've heard ATI cards are better when you want to use tv out options.
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09-09-2006 02:49 PM |
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crank
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O.P. RE: Getting a new box
AMD Athlon64 X2 DualCore 5000+ (AM2)
2048MB (2x1024MB) DDR2
2x 250GB SATA2
DVD-RW Multi DL
nVidea GeForce 7900 GTX (512MB)
Asus M2ME Motherboard
PCI Wifi
Logitech Laser MX3000 Mouse and Keyboard (wireless)
19” LCD
Anyone feels like any comments? this is what i'm gonna order, apperantly i was overcalculating
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09-09-2006 03:14 PM |
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RE: Getting a new box
quote: Originally posted by crank
AMD Athlon64 X2 DualCore 5000+ (AM2)
2048MB (2x1024MB) DDR2
2x 250GB SATA2
DVD-RW Multi DL
nVidea GeForce 7900 GTX (512MB)
Asus M2ME Motherboard
PCI Wifi
Logitech Laser MX3000 Mouse and Keyboard (wireless)
19” LCD
Anyone feels like any comments? this is what i'm gonna order, apperantly i was overcalculating
Whaaaaaaaa? How much is that?
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09-09-2006 03:38 PM |
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crank
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O.P. RE: Getting a new box
€1811 (€1961 with XP Pro) if i counted right, so i might get a second 19" LCD (hell, maybe a widescreen 20"), or another pair of HD's, or a second DVD-RW. Altho a new cellphone could be usefull
This post was edited on 09-09-2006 at 03:49 PM by crank.
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09-09-2006 03:47 PM |
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Kenji
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RE: Getting a new box
maybe you could save moneyz by using parts from the computer you have now, thats what i do and i have saved about £200 and im gonna buy 2 lcd's when i get enough
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09-09-2006 03:54 PM |
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crank
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O.P. RE: Getting a new box
quote: Originally posted by Dazmatic
maybe you could save moneyz by using parts from the computer you have now, thats what i do and i have saved about £200 and im gonna buy 2 lcd's when i get enough
Well i can't blame you for not knowing but:
Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2 (5.1 - 2600)]
Mem: [Usage: 219/256MB (85.55%)]
HD: [Total/Free: 34.23/1.37GB]
CPU: [1 CPU - AMD Athlon Processor, 1.05 GHz, L1: 64KB L2: 256KB (83% Load)]
VidCard: [nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400]
Moni: [Some Piece Of Crap-monitor] (=> some 17" old thing)
There's not much useable in there no?
Edit: Typo
This post was edited on 09-09-2006 at 03:59 PM by crank.
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09-09-2006 03:57 PM |
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