Suggest a Computer Plz.

[The_Mystic_Man]

Hey guys, in a month or two I will be in the market for a new gaming computer (Desktop PC). Any sweet advice you got on computer would help greatly! I would like a pc that is not to cheap, but not to high in price. One that you would buy yourself :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thx guys,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.:.M.:.

[devilheart14]

so pre-built??

 

 

 

or u wanna no things to look 4 in the comp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where u live as im in australia and have just seen some good ones latly,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

phil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:D :D :D

[The_Mystic_Man]

Im looking for a pre-built because I don't have the time to build one myself :( I live in the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C'mon guys :) I need some comp help.

[Mercifull]

Whats your budget?

 

 

 

Do you already have a monitor?

 

 

 

Do you have speakers?

 

 

 

Whats your minimum spec?

 

 

 

Where do you live?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cmon, you cant expect help without providing basic details...

[The_Mystic_Man]

Budget: anywhere from $1 :lol: to 2000 would be good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor: I want a new flat screen monitor. :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers: Just bought some new ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Specs: Windows Xp, Maybe amd athlon?, a pre installed video card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I live: In the USA 8)

[kingjoe2002]

Blah 2000 bucks. You can get a VERY nice computer. I would buy a used one. Go search on ebay. Look at the Dell Precision or Alienware cuz those two are usually good deals. (Im a lil biased on this cuz i usually go for computers with dual processors and RAID built in)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you can get with 2 grand:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dual 3-3.4gig Xeon or a 3.6gig P4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quadro FX-XXXX Geforce 6XXX or ATI 9XXX-AT X8xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-2 gb of ram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36gb of HD if your going for a SCSI 10k RPM - 15k RPM (usually its in RAID 0 config) 160+ if your just going for a regular ATA-133 drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good built in - Audigy sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a good examples:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 36890&rd=1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Pyro]

Dual CPU's? AGP? Naw, he wants a gaming box, and games are single-threaded. There might be a few exceptions, but not many.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would most likely get something like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMD Athlon64 3500+

 

 

 

1024 MB Ram (Of any brand that doesn't scream 'no name' out loud)

 

 

 

36GB 10k RPM SATA HDD (Western Digital Raptor)

 

 

 

200GB 7.2K RPM SATA HDD (Any)

 

 

 

Geforce 6800GT 256MB PCI-E [or] Radeon x800XL 256MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, this will not cost 2k US dollars. But it will be fast enough, and there is little reason to spend more. Of course there is room for improvement, but getting top-of-the-line stuff is usually a waste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No doubt you will be able to find other things to spend the excess money on :P

[kingjoe2002]

Dual CPU's? AGP? Naw, he wants a gaming box, and games are single-threaded. There might be a few exceptions, but not many.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would most likely get something like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMD Athlon64 3500+

 

 

 

1024 MB Ram (Of any brand that doesn't scream 'no name' out loud)

 

 

 

36GB 10k RPM SATA HDD (Western Digital Raptor)

 

 

 

200GB 7.2K RPM SATA HDD (Any)

 

 

 

Geforce 6800GT 256MB PCI-E [or] Radeon x800XL 256MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, this will not cost 2k US dollars. But it will be fast enough, and there is little reason to spend more. Of course there is room for improvement, but getting top-of-the-line stuff is usually a waste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No doubt you will be able to find other things to spend the excess money on :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like i said really depends on a person's habit lol. WHen i play games i have like a billion other stuff running, usually downloads with BitComet so dual processor is very nice in that situation.

[2LEWD4U]

i just bought a imac g5...2gig processer..9600 RADEON ...1 gig ram..flat screen(17").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol i know everone laughs at macs but i wouldnt own nething else...no viruses( or very few..been running a mac for over 5 years and have had only 3 minor viruses in that time) and no CONSTANT software upgrades..fixes for the upgrades..patches for the fixes of the upgrades etc . mac is MADE for ONLINE gaming and graphics right off the shelf

[Herr]

Made for gaming and graphics? That would explain why so few games are usable on a mac, and why the graphics card you specified ('9600 Geforce') doesn't exist.

[2LEWD4U]

lol so you are right..here you go:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 "widescreen

 

 

 

2 ghzPowerpc G5

 

 

 

667Mhz frontside bus

 

 

 

512k L2 cache

 

 

 

512 DDR400 SDRAM(upgraded to 1 gig)

 

 

 

160GB Serial ATA hard drive

 

 

 

slot-load 8x Superdrive(double layer)

 

 

 

ATI Radeon 9600...ha

 

 

 

128MB DDR video memory

 

 

 

56 k internal modem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BETTER?

[zonda]

lol so you are right..here you go:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 "widescreen

 

 

 

2 ghzPowerpc G5

 

 

 

667Mhz frontside bus

 

 

 

512k L2 cache

 

 

 

512 DDR400 SDRAM(upgraded to 1 gig)

 

 

 

160GB Serial ATA hard drive

 

 

 

slot-load 8x Superdrive(double layer)

 

 

 

ATI Radeon 9600...ha

 

 

 

128MB DDR video memory

 

 

 

56 k internal modem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BETTER?

 

 

 

not for 2 grand... no

[The_Mystic_Man]

Macs are sooo expensive, you pay an extra what? 200-400$ for the "sleek design" :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Btw guys, your input is awesome :D If anyone else could give me some ideas, that would be rockin. :lol:

[____]

Ouch pyro, don't supose you would be willing to back up the need for a 10K rpm hdd?

 

 

 

They're nice, but i'd be more inclined to suggest them for people looking for heavy media editing pc's than gaming :-?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, if you want a TFT, then you better be getting a single figure ms.

 

 

 

And depending on size, chances are you'll be looking at 300-400 on that for a decent brand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I'm with pyro with most of it other than the 10k rpm WD drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- AMD Athlon 64 3500+

 

 

 

- 1GB dual channel DDR

 

 

 

- 200GB 7200 rpm SATA HDD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't argue with the video card.

 

 

 

Not familiar with their price so whichever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The only other thing which will posibbly run you into some trouble is the motherboard and a GOOD case.

 

 

 

And knowing the purpose, I'd go with either two 80mm intake front bottom, with either two 80mm exhaust top back. Or 120mm fans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probably wouldn't hurt to pickup a few meters of cable sleving and heat shrink aswell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, you could possibly bump that up to a 3800+ or perhaps 2GB dual channel ddr.

 

 

 

doubtfull on both though since I'm not 100% sure on the cost of the 3800+ in the states. It's fairly cheap in Australia though. I used both in a similar setup a few weeks ago which got up to about 2.7K Australian. I'll just get the list now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take note these are Australia prices listed....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU - $739.00

 

 

 

AMD AthlonÃÆââââ¬Ã¾Ãââ 64 4000+ Processor Retail (939)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD - $158.00

 

 

 

Seagate Serial ATA 200GB 7200RPM 8mb Cache

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAM - $395.00

 

 

 

2G GeIL PC3200 400MHz DDR Dual Channel Series (2X1024MB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOB - $165.00

 

 

 

Gigabyte K8NSULTRA-939 nForce3 Ultra Chipset Motherboard (socket 939)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor - $399.00

 

 

 

Samsung 713N 17 inch TFT Silver 8ms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case - $175.00

 

 

 

Antec Superlanboy Aluminum Case( with PSU)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I think that's just over AU$2K without stuff like keyboard, cd-rom drives, etc.

 

 

 

Might need some slight tweaking or you could get come c/c on this system which is listed as being a "gaming beast" by the company staff:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMD AthlonÃÆââââ¬Ã¾Ãââ 64 3500+ Processor Retail (939)

 

 

 

ASUS A8N-SLI nForce 4 SLI Socket 939 Motherboard

 

 

 

1024 GeIL PC3200 DDR Dual Channel Series (2X512MB)

 

 

 

Western Digital 200G SATA 7200 rpmHDD

 

 

 

2 x Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D GF6600GT 128M PCI-EX16TV-OUT/DVI in SLI Mode

 

 

 

LG DVD16X+- Super Multi DVD Rewriter with Software (Dual Layer Black )

 

 

 

Panasonic 1.44 Floppy(black)

 

 

 

XG Viper Black/Blue 500W Case With 4 in 1 Acrylic window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's just over AU$2K aswell but you don't have a monitor with that...

[Pyro]

Ouch pyro, don't supose you would be willing to back up the need for a 10K rpm hdd?

 

 

 

There's no need for a 10k rpm HDD, but I would prefer having one rather than spending tons on a slightly faster processor. You'll get faster loading times for various tasks, including boot.