My New Computer!

Jammer · July 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Just in time for 2.0!</div> -Intel 865 Motherboard with built in Audio,800mhz Frontside bus, 6 usb 2.0, 4 PCI, AGP, built in Gigabit lan
-Intel Hyper-Threaded 2.4 Ghz P4
-80 Gig SATA HD
-GeForce 4 128meg 4200 TI
-48x CDRW
-17" Monitor
-Mouse, KB, Speakers, etc

:-) This baby is gonna be hot. Dual 2.4 ghz Processors (thats what hyperthreading is, basically). Put all your system functions on 1 CPU, put all gaming on another :-) Its gonna be sweet.

I'll have it by late friday at the earliest, monday by the latest!

GreyPaws · July 2003

MmmmMMm 2.4 800mhz bus. Yum.. but HT sucks right now, its still getting alot of bad press. Can you disable it in BIOS?

BlaqWolf · July 2003

nice... how much is all this costing ya?

FlatlineUTD · July 2003

You can't specify for games to run on "one" of your processors.

Intel likes to say it's the equivalent of having 2 processors, but it's really not.

All it basically does is divide CPU cycles, sort of like RAID HDD configurations.

Once they get HT working right and reliable it'll be great, but for now it's not too hot. When they demoed it at the CPL it went slower then their comparision machine. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Wittman · July 2003

so mine's a 2.8 GHz with HT Tech, so that means dual 2.8 GHz processors? damn, can't wait till friday when it gets here

Javert · July 2003

What's the price on that baby? And when will HT be "good"?

OttoDestruct · July 2003

Do you guys remember MMX? Well HT right now is sorta like that. It sounds nice and all, but youre probably not really going to notice a huge difference.

kida · July 2003

ack, wait for hl2!!!! by then prices will drop by tenfold, well not really, but yes, it will roxers more until then!! But anyway, that is a fine comp you got there sir.

Javert · July 2003

True, P4 prices will drop during the fall when P5 debuts.

Wither · July 2003

Sick system <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'>

lolfighter · July 2003

Murphy's law states that if you build a new computer "just in time for game x", game x will not run on it.

Nil_IQ · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jul 24 2003, 08:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Murphy's law states that if you build a new computer "just in time for game x", game x will not run on it.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
You better hope it's compatable with DirectX 9 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

CrouchingHamster · July 2003

I'll be waiting for Autumn / Winter, just long enough for the P5's and Athlon 64's to start popping up, hopefully the prices of current "top spec" chips will fall through the floor..

I dare say I can save myself a few quid on the gfx card as well if I wait a bit.

At the end of the day, whatever I get's going to be obsolete by the time I get it home from the shops..oh well, such is the nature of the PC.

Dread · July 2003

Congrats, you have a new computer.

Now I'll just go outside and stab myself in the eyeball.

Edit:....<b>with</b> a pointy stick

Jammer · July 2003

Hyperthreading gives you 2 logical processors on 1 chip, so its like having 2 CPUs, kinda. The process isn't perfected yet, but its the future. I also have the second generation HT, so hopefully it'll be better.

I'm upgrading (a) for college and (b) since my current machine a 500mhz Celeron with a 64meg GeForce2 PCI :-/

Hyperthreading will only really offer a performance game in proccesor intensive tasks, such as video editing, CAD, or games :-) I'm fine with that.

The whole system is running $1200 bucks. If you ever buy a computer...
1. Look locally. The little guy will always have better quality than a chain.
2. Comparison shop. I check out 3 prices before finding this machine.
3. Don't rush it! Prices change quickly. The longer you wait, the cheaper it will be. So ask yourself, "Do I really need a new machine?"

NumbersNotFound · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Hyperthreading will only really offer a performance game in proccesor intensive tasks, such as video editing, CAD, or games :-) I'm fine with that.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

Actually, HT does better in multi tasking than in single intensive applications...

In benchmarks it does about par with other CPUS of it's cycle speed at games and single applications, but blows all the others away in multi tasking.

You can't get something out of nothing, and HT is no different, while it's two logical processors it's physically impossible for those two logical CPUs to both run at 2.4GHz.

and 1200 for all that? I have plans for a similar system (only difference is no SATA and 1.47GHz athlon, get SATA and a 2400+ and you're looking around 800-850) and it's running around 700bucks with LCD flatpanel.

Jammer · July 2003

Dude, its a good deal.

Well, 160 is taken up by XP Pro :-)

$200 graphics card
$400 dollar motherboard/proccesor
$100 for various drives (floppy, CDRW)
$100 for Mouse, keyboard, power supply, speakers, etc
$160 for Monitor.
$160 for XP Pro.

they are retail, off the shelf prices. You can probably get them cheaper at computer shows, outlets.
Thats the price break down, and of all the local places it was the cheapest. Also, don't forget I'm paying for labor too. :-)

A comparable system @dell.com was about 500 bucks.

Necrotic · July 2003

Just spent about £300 on building myself a new system; asus mobo with nforce2 chipset, athlon 2500+ (already o/c to 2800 bwahahah), 120gb WD HDD and a radeon 9200 because it was cheeeeaaap. And the sexiest case ever....

Considering my last computer was a celeron 600...I've noticed a slight improvement ;D

NumbersNotFound · July 2003

What, pray tell, is this sexy case?

My New Computer!

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