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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:02 am
Does anyone have any recommendations? My PC is about to die - i have a feeling. Its been acting up of late and is fairly outdated. It has survived so much abuse over the years its not funny.
I will look to build a new one - budget pc with excellent amount of ram/performence speed would be ideal. Whats the latest on these things (to test you out)?
Also, nothing bellow 150/200GB of space is of no interest to me. Post away your specs if you'd like...
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Damien-X Morbid Metal Incarnate
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Posts: 1476
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted:
Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:16 am
my 120gb hdd died months ago! so right now my specs are shit
P4 1.3ghz
40gb HDD
512mb DDR Ram
GeForce FX 5200 128mb DDR2 GPU
LG 52x/32x/52x CD Burner
Imation 8x/16x DVD Burner
HP keyboard & mouse
Compaq S4100 Scanner
HP DeskJet 710C Printer
CMV 17" LCD
gonna get my own comp when I get enough money and give this to my sis
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Location: Lake Macquarie
Posted:
Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:46 am
Three letters- AMD.
militia HM Staff
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:58 am
Indeed! Ive had my AMD since 2001 - never looked back allthough seems Intel chips are slightly expensive? That is why they will sack 1000 managers to stay competitive haha
Monitor
17" LG 1750SQ-SN (8Ms) LCD
(Upgrade from 17" LCD to 19" LCD (LG 1950SQ-SN (8Ms)) = $100)
Total Approx - $1,300
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Damien-X Morbid Metal Incarnate
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Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:46 am
shit! that's pretty cheap man!
I'd definitely get that! but I'd change that a bit and get 2 hdd's (250gb & 320gb, both 8mb Western Digital SATA) and get a different gpu (Inno3D GeForce 6600 512MB 128-bit DDR2) and 2gb DDR RAM (2 x 1GB)
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LukeLord HM Contributor
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Location: Lake Macquarie
Posted:
Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:02 pm
pretty good spec for that price, only thing I would do different is go Raedon.
oliver HM Staff
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted:
Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:44 pm
militia wrote:
Indeed! Ive had my AMD since 2001 - never looked back allthough seems Intel chips are slightly expensive? That is why they will sack 1000 managers to stay competitive haha
This is what I might (subject to change) go with:
AMD PC
CPU Type/Speed
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor, Socket 939, 512KB L2 Cache
(get Dual Core for VISTA)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9(V2.2)
(GET AN ASUS BOARD!!!)
LAN
On-Board 10/100/1000
Memory
1Gb (2 x 512Mb) DDR PC3200
(1gig should be ok, but 2 would be better)
Hard Disk
250Gb Western Digital 8Mb SATA
Graphics
Gigabyte X1600XL 256 PCI-E
(thats a might good video card, are you seriously that into gaming? I think atm NVIDIA cards might be better?
Case
Omni Black
Yeh whatever case
Monitor
17" LG 1750SQ-SN (8Ms) LCD
(Upgrade from 17" LCD to 19" LCD (LG 1950SQ-SN (8Ms)) = $100)
Get 19" widscreen for $300 (good for DVD movies)
Total Approx - $1,300
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Posted:
Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:09 pm
gotta love the cheap dvd burners *strokes his*
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Décadent HM Contributor
Joined: Aug 09, 2004
Posts: 1051
Location: Brisbane
Posted:
Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:44 pm
I don't trust cheap burners anymore. I'm on my third CD burner in about 5 years, and this one has gone to shit too (can't burn above 12x speed, otherwise it destroys the disc). So when I finally get around to replacing it, I'll get a nice, high quality DVD burner.
Also, this is what I got in January, for $1300
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
2GB DDR RAM
Motherboard (don't remember the make/model, but onboard sound and LAN as usual)
250GB Maxtor HDD
GeForce 6600 GT 128mb PCI-E
And a new power supply. I already had a case for it all.
militia HM Staff
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Posts: 3018
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted:
Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:09 pm
Thanks for everyones feedback.
oliver wrote:
militia wrote:
Indeed! Ive had my AMD since 2001 - never looked back allthough seems Intel chips are slightly expensive? That is why they will sack 1000 managers to stay competitive haha
This is what I might (subject to change) go with:
AMD PC
CPU Type/Speed
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor, Socket 939, 512KB L2 Cache
(get Dual Core for VISTA)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9(V2.2)
(GET AN ASUS BOARD!!!)
LAN
On-Board 10/100/1000
Memory
1Gb (2 x 512Mb) DDR PC3200
(1gig should be ok, but 2 would be better)
Hard Disk
250Gb Western Digital 8Mb SATA
Graphics
Gigabyte X1600XL 256 PCI-E
(thats a might good video card, are you seriously that into gaming? I think atm NVIDIA cards might be better?
Case
Omni Black
Yeh whatever case
Monitor
17" LG 1750SQ-SN (8Ms) LCD
(Upgrade from 17" LCD to 19" LCD (LG 1950SQ-SN (8Ms)) = $100)
Get 19" widscreen for $300 (good for DVD movies)
Total Approx - $1,300
Are you getting a DVD burner for 45?
Oli
The idea is to get a cheap alternative to Mid range budget gaming PC.
Ive heard that ASUS and GB are nowdays the same. In the past GB had problems. I have an ASUS now and to be honest it never had any problems. I have all the other stuff including DVD burner. Widescreen? Maybe...
Thnx again!
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militia HM Staff
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted:
Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:56 pm
Ok, after talking with Oli we came up with the following to buy:
amd64 socet 940 dualcore 3800+
$425
asus m2n-e
$165
segate SATA II 320GB 7200.10 drive
$148
ddr2 2gig kit corsair
$225
video leadtek 7600gt
$255
viewsonic wide screen va1912w
$345
case shaw
$50
Tot approx: $1583
The CPU price may drope before end of this month by $100 which would be sweet. This will be one hell of a machine to get!!!! I agree, this looks way better than what the initial idea was - for virtualy the same money.
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Damien-X Morbid Metal Incarnate
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted:
Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:42 am
holy crap! that's cheap as hell man! where did you find those prices?
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Posts: 873
Location: Lake Macquarie
Posted:
Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:17 am
Goran I would recommend you not skimp on a $50 case with a shitty power supply, if it goes them everything goes rice bubbles. At the least buy a decent power supply and replace it in the cheap case, there is nothing worse than a fryed HDD that had photos and MP3s- gone.
Damien-X Morbid Metal Incarnate
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:59 am
true that, I'm gonna spend at least $100 on a power supply and case
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whatever case
I agree, this looks way better than what the initial idea was - for virtualy the same money.
