Need A New Computer.....

P-KhanP-Khan Join Date: 2003-05-27 Member: 16776Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">what would you guys recomend?</div> Well, I got something close to 833 dolars (did the exgange and all, and I have this).

Was gonna buy a new bass, but I thought..... hell, I use the computer almost 24/7 (school doesn't allow it <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->) so I'll get myself a new one.

I'm gonna go to St.Infigenia on Monday with my friend, and that place is like COMPUTER PARADISE (trust me, it's one huge avanue ONLY with computer stuff)!!! ahem.... anyways.... could someone help me here? I need a decent computer, and there's one thing for certain. I'll get one HD with 40 gig and another one with 80 gig.
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  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    My setup, when I am done, which is fairly cheap and good:
    AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (barton core) - ~ $70
    Asus A7V600 - ~ $100
    Generic 400-500W powersupply ~$60
    1GB DDR400 RAM ~ $100
    Superflower White ATX Case: ~ $50
    (not my current setup) Ati Radeon 9500 PRO - ~ $150
    100GB Harddrive: ~$100
    Windows XP Home: ~$100

    That should sort ya out for a while <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    <a href='http://www.store-istnc.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.store-istnc.com/</a>

    Where I got mine, don't judge it by the extremely-unfancy site, they have REALLY good service, and pretty good prices too.
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  • AeaAea Join Date: 2003-10-09 Member: 21552Members
    www.newegg.com
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    All I can say is NEVER buy anything that just came on the market less than 4 months ago. Even if it fits in your budget, you'll be kicking yourself in the nuts about 8 months down the road if you do.

    Money saved on slightly older gear can be used for upgrades in the future (which we all know you WILL need)
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  • NecroticNecrotic Big Girl&#39;s Blouse Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 53Members, NS1 Playtester
    Listen to [Who]Them and Beast and ignore everybody else who posts in this thread saying "olo get an athlon 64 bit 10googleflerps CPU they're only like two thousand dollars and run at about 3.2gig because nothing supports 64bit yet~" ¬_¬

    Cutting edge technology in the computer world is a very, very bad investment as it will be cutting edge for a maximum of 6 months and a minimum of two, and unless you're stupid and rich, or just stupid with a credit card you can't upgrade every 2-6 months just to keep top of the line.

    My system is an Athlon 2500+ Barton on an ASUS A78NX+ motherboard, 512DDR2100 and a cheapo Radeon 9200. The whole base unit including a snazzy case to wrap it all in came to ~£350 and I haven't yet found a game that makes it struggle. Even the DX2 demo ran quite well O:
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  • P-KhanP-Khan Join Date: 2003-05-27 Member: 16776Members
    Hum.... I'm now trying to decide my motherboard, my video card and if I'll use a Pentium or Athlon.....

    Uhm... could you guys give me names of these things? Like, the one you guys have, or decent ones....
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  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Any advice for someone with £1000 to burn on a new machine <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--P-Khan+Dec 28 2003, 03:50 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (P-Khan @ Dec 28 2003, 03:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Hum.... I'm now trying to decide my motherboard, my video card and if I'll use a Pentium or Athlon.....

    Uhm... could you guys give me names of these things? Like, the one you guys have, or decent ones.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I will totally recommend the nForce motherboards. There's a very good reason that Alienware use them. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Also, as to the Athalon 64's, hodge, currently you can get an A64 3200 and an Asus socket 754 mobo for around ?450, while it's expensive, it's not quite horrendous. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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