thinking of buying a new computer

Andres · Post by **Andres** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 12:04 am

NEC Multisync E1100+ 21" .28 Dot Pitch SVGA Monitor 219.00

Asus P4B533-E with Pentium®4 478PIN 2.53Ghz 533Mhz & Fan $449.84
*can be overclocked to 3010Ghz*

Black LITE-ON 40X12X48X E-IDE CD-R/CD-Rewritable Drive, OEM 84$

Black Toshiba SD-M1612 16X ATAPI DVD-ROM, OEM 48$

Kingston 512MB DDR333 PC2700 184-pin Computer System Memory

Module, Non-ECC, Retail box 144$

Black Directron SF-201T All-Aluminum Computer Mid-tower Case w/ 2
Side & Top Windows 176$

ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200 179$

total 1383$

FurryCurry · Post by **FurryCurry** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 12:07 am

Now all you need is a hard drive or 4.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 12:14 am

FurryCurry wrote:Now all you need is a hard drive or 4.

Gonna say the same, possibly he's using his current one.

I don't like to waste a lot on the case, but if you must have the spiffness.

Other then that, looks pretty nice. I'd get a 1.6A(o'c it to 2.2+GHZ) over a 2.53 just to save the $100 and spend it on another hard drive.

~klinky

Reverend Hammer · Post by **Reverend Hammer** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 2:03 am

I would just get a Chieftec mid-twoer to use as the case, and spend the left over money on HD space. Because a nice case won't do a bit of good if you don't have anywhere near enough room for those HuffyUV DVD rips.

BTW, do you absolutely have to go with the high-end P4 route? As klinky said, you could drop to a lower speed that will OC rather well. You could go with an AMD setup and save some money there, and not really lose any processing power.

Long story short: HD space over anything else.

Reverend Hammer
Who could use some more HD space.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 8:32 am

My suggestion isn't to get the P4. Save a hundred bucks or two, and buy an AMD Athlon Xp2200+. A recent benchmark test shows that an AMD Athlon Xp2200+ (Or was it 2100+? I think it was 2100+..) at 1.8GhZ (Or 1.73GHz for 2100+) beat a P4 2.53GHz PC.

Andres · Post by **Andres** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 12:24 pm

I have a 120GB WD 7200rpm 8MB cache for it. and a 60GB IBM 7200rpm MB cache. I don't know. I just don't trust athlons.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 1:02 pm

Actually I use a AThlon XP 1.4Ghz, I like AMD and they're a good value. If you want a P4 that's fine. I always like getting the most bang for my buck and I don't really who it's from. Wayy back when I wanted to get a Cel300 and oc' it to 533Mhz as that was the hot ticket back then. Then the Duron600 came out and that was the hot ticket, I actually got one and clocked it up to 950Mhz ~stable~. I made most of my AMVs on that system.

I believe the P4 will give you better perfomance in things like 2D content creation as it's got a big memory bus and things like SSE2. The Athlon is excellent for 3D things(gaming, 3ds, lightwave) since it's got a nice FPU.

So either way as long as you're getting deal, I say for it.

~klinky

Mask of Destiny · Post by **Mask of Destiny** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 3:33 pm

I just don't trust athlons.

It's not the Athlon you have to worry about, it's the chipset. Some of those VIA chipsets are awfully quirky. The AMD ones seem to be a bit more reliable.

Black Directron SF-201T All-Aluminum Computer Mid-tower Case w/ 2 Side & Top Windows 176$

I wouldn't spend that much on a case. You can pick up a case for about $30 or $40. The difference would be better spent on a hard drive, or maybe some extra RAM. The former being the more important of the two.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 4:04 pm

Well, a case with those windows you can see through is worth the money.

Andres · Post by **Andres** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 9:23 pm

the case has windows on everyside. It's looks nice. AMD are the hardest to OC because they fry.As I've said before. I have two HD's for the machine.