thinking of buying a new computer
- Andres
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thinking of buying a new computer
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$
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
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- klinky
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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
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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.
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
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- klinky
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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
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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.I just don't trust athlons.
I wouldn't spend that much on a case. You can pick up a case for about $30 or $40. The difference would be better spent on a hard drive, or maybe some extra RAM. The former being the more important of the two.Black Directron SF-201T All-Aluminum Computer Mid-tower Case w/ 2 Side & Top Windows 176$
- NicholasDWolfwood
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