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08-27-2008, 09:04 PM
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Computer shopping
Okay so Ive saved up a bit of money to buy a new computer and since I'm not that great with them i wouldn't mind a few suggestions on what to buy. I would place my budget in between 600-700$.
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08-27-2008, 11:04 PM
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Do you know how to build them yourself or willing to learn?
If not then we might need to find you a brand PC, which we don't recommend but there are some good ones out there. Also will you needing a monitor, keyboard, etc?
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08-28-2008, 08:18 AM
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I don't really know how to build one, but i am willing to learn. I also have a monitor, keyboard and so on. I would love to build my own but I'm not really sure where to start. I think I'll try that budget build i saw on an other forum and maybe i can find a friend to help me putting it together hehe
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08-28-2008, 09:08 AM
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well i can tell you where to buy some nice ready made gaming rigs for that price in the uk but in the us i have no idea
actually ive just done the currency conversion and its about £300-£400 so you wouldnt get much for that over here Merged posts -- McC
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08-28-2008, 10:53 AM
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if you must buy a brand name and your in the us i would just get a dell. your problably gonna have to upgrade the video card but other then that should be fine.
there are people out there who can build the computer for you once you get all the parts but with a budget like yours i think it wouldnt be a good idea. most charge hundred bucks to put pc together. is your operating system figured in that budget as well? |
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08-28-2008, 11:22 AM
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If you want to try to do it yourself, Pwn posted some good links
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Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases $99.99 LITE-ON Black Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners $23.99 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops $66.00 BIOSTAR TFORCE TA780G M2+ AM2+/AM2 Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TFORCE TA780G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards $79.99 (-$10 MIR) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives $59.99 G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory $39.99 (x2) PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies $109.99 (-$30 MIR) SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards $129.99 (-$20 MIR) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - Operating Systems $99.99 Total: $759.91 - $60 in rebates = $699.91 without S&H. Notes: -The motherboard has an integrated video card (HD 3200), that you will need to disable in the BIOS to have the stand alone video card work correctly. -The reason why I played with the price so near your max budget is because it leaves a lot of room for upgrades in the future, the motherboard can handle Phenom CPU's, and it can use up to 16gb 1066 RAM. -The motherboard will accept 1066mhz RAM if you're using a Phenom (AM2+ socket) CPU, at the moment for the budget you are using a AM2 CPU and 800mhz RAM. -Vista 64 is there because to use more than 3gigs of RAM you need a 64 bit operating system, and XP 64 is recognized as a "business" OS and some games and free programs don't work on it (AVG, Messenger, etc). -The reason I went AMD is because the AM2+ boards are cheap with big RAM capability (sadly most of them have integrated video), while all the Intel 775 (current high end CPU) that are cheap and good only accept 4gig RAM as max, all the others are in the hundreds. And as I said, I'm sure other will trow different templates, and knowing Pwn he'll trow a cheaper and better one 
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08-28-2008, 12:24 PM
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Wow thanks. One of the things i forgot to metion was that when i have the money i would like to upgrade and i wanted to have a computer that left room for that but looks like you already cover it hehe.
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08-28-2008, 09:08 PM
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This spec is just a bit over budget, running about $20 more expensive than Pedro's list but it does have the advantages of faster CPU/GPU & double the RAM/HDD size.
Case Antec Three Hundred Black ATX Mid Tower Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases $59.95 PSU OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500W ATX12V / EPS12V Active PFC PSU Newegg.com - OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500W ATX12V / EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies $59.99 - $30 rebate = $29.99 Optical Drive LITE-ON Black DVD Burner with LightScribe - Retail Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - CD / DVD Burners $29.99 GPU EVGA GeForce 9600GT Superclocked 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16 Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N862-AR GeForce 9600GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards $119.99 - $20 rebate = $99.99 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 - Retail Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops $119.99 RAM Mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 Dual Channel Kit Newegg.com - mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory $129.99 - $25 rebate = $104.99 Mobo ASUS P5K PRO LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Newegg.com - ASUS P5K PRO LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards $104.99 HDD Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s - OEM Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives $69.99 OS Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Basic DVD - OEM Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Basic for System Builders Single Pack DVD - Operating Systems $89.99 Sub-total $784.87 Ship to Brownsville, TX $8.25 Sub-total + shipping $793.12 Less Mail in rebates $ 75.00 Grand Total $718.12 Use mobo integrated sound, with room for an additional 4Gb of RAM, and LGA 775 is the current Intel socket so there are plenty of CPU upgrade options available.
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08-28-2008, 09:53 PM
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Actually the template I made has 4 gigs of ram hence the (x2) and it's added in the total
 I tried working with Intel but I wanted to keep the motherboard under $100 due to the budget thing
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08-28-2008, 10:53 PM
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Thanks for the info its been very helpful but i was wondering about windows vista. I have herd that it can be a pain in the neck sometimes. How is it running video games? the last thing i want is trying to play WAR and having my computer freak out on me heh
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