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Geek Culture / New PC... Need much help......

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=ChrisB=
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Posted: 21st Aug 2005 12:29
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Well, recently, I have been wanting to upgrade my computer. I need some ideas of where I can get a REALY good system for AS LITTLE MONEY AS POSSIBLE. Its not that I'm a cheap guy or a money horder, its that I'm kinda running on alowance, and I need a new system soon. I'd like to get a Dell or Alaenware, but they cost so damn much . And I've searched my as* off for "free" PCs, but couldnt find anything.

I'm trying ebay, but... I just need ideas.

Here's what I'd like:

Petnieum D @ AT LEAST 3.2 GHz
AT LEAST 1GB Memory
nVidia G-Force 7200
160 GB Hard Drive
Surround sound card
Dual Latyer DVD Burner
DVD 16X
CD-R/RW
LAN
Win XP (doesnt matter the verson, I got the Pro disk)
Good, BIG LCD monitor

I know its alot, but I'd love it if someone could give me some ideas.

Thanks,
Chris

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dark coder
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Posted: 21st Aug 2005 14:11
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well for those specs id guess your looking around the £700 mark maybe more?, the main bulk of the price is from the monitor as they cost alot .

anyways isnt it easy to just look around on various sites? kelkoo,dabs,e-buyer etc etc


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John Y
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Posted: 21st Aug 2005 14:45
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If you get a good motherboard then that will sort out your LAN and Sound.

(Convert to $ as appropiate)

A decent TFT will be £200+

Hard drive £80

DVD £30

I don't know about Pentiums, got an AMD X2 and highly recommend that; probably cheaper as well.


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TDP Enterprises
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Posted: 21st Aug 2005 16:59
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wow, thats gonna cost you a pretty penny to buy those specs...

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AMD is not cheaper then a P4 celeron but I think AMD would out preform any Pentium chip =) i got a AMD 2800+ all my new systems will be built with AMD chips

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RegenProZ
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Posted: 21st Aug 2005 19:10
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Hey guys,

Attached is a picture of my monitor..pretty big


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 21st Aug 2005 22:08
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And completly irrelivent.


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Darkbasic MADPSP
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whats that other dbpro thing?

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Darkbasic MADPSP
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Posted: 21st Aug 2005 23:09 Edited at: 21st Aug 2005 23:19
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Found one for you don't count on tht spec tho

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ultimate-Gaming-Pentium-D-2-x-2-8Ghz-2Gb-DDR2-250Gb_W0QQitemZ5232753876QQcategoryZ14294QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and another

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/F961A-Pentium-D-820-Dual-Core-Computer-System-TFT-LCD_W0QQitemZ5231985875QQcategoryZ14294QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You might want to goto a pc fair

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=ChrisB=
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Hey, thanks! Olnly broboblem is, I live in the US , so... shipping and handleing, ya know. But oh well, I think I'll wait it out with "the old box" .

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go to NEWEGG.com, build your own system...newegg is the best because they have cheap prices and they ship REALLY fast. i usually get mine in 2-3 days without any of that extra bull shipping crap stuff

and go AMD, intel sucks. Dont look at the clock speeds to compare the two. AMD's are more powerful, even though they arnt as fast. more "torque" as it were

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2005 20:21
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Just make sure you buy the parts individually and build it yourself. You save a massive wadge of stinking green. My compo cost just under £1100 for the base unit. That's:
AMD 4000+
K8N-SLI MB
Twin GPU 6600GT 256MB (SLI ready)
2GB corsair ram
twin 120GB seagate HDs
dvd drive
dvd writer drive
SB Audigy Platinum (with front panel facia)
Swish antec case.

With my posh monitor and posh old speakers it came to £1800. A lot of money, but I am guessing it'd cost me about £2500 - £3000 if I'd bought it ready built (based on comparing it with ready built specs from good value stores).

It's all from EBuyer and these days MBs/CPUs/Cases (especially antec) come with good instructions if you don't know what you're doing. Also, you can use it as an opportunity to buy a load of OEM software that you might otherwise have got using naughty methods. ahem.

Attached a piccy of my compo setup.

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=ChrisB=
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2005 20:44
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Holey crap! Thats a TOIT computer!

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Personally I'm not looking at the minute, but a friend got a Mesh recently and it was a pretty good price. Normally I would consider making my own, but he wanted a new unit. I found him the one below, but he had already ordered the Mesh.

http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10281817&pid=5&rstrat=3169

Only downside with the one above is the cards are only 128mb each. Still, pretty decent for a whole system.

I like it when they don't force monitors and the like on you. His Mesh was a pretty decent machine, but since I wasn't bothered with monitor (love my current one), keyboard, mouse etc it worked out around £200 more expensive than what he had *without* a monitor, by configuring your own on their site (compared to the review machine).

Cheers

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Quote: "AMD 4000+
K8N-SLI MB
Twin GPU 6600GT 256MB (SLI ready)
2GB corsair ram
twin 120GB seagate HDs
dvd drive
dvd writer drive
SB Audigy Platinum (with front panel facia)
Swish antec case.
"

*Drools*

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2005 22:54
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Mwahahaha *rubs hands together in evil selfish satisfaction*

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John Y
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2005 00:12
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I have the same spec except

AMD X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
Dual SLI Geforce 7800GTX

mwhaha


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You guys are looking to burn a hole into ur desk with those specs.


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=ChrisB=
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2005 08:24
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Burnin in hell, babey!

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Yeah yeah ... but ... but ... but ..... uhh ...

ok you win.

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