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Old_Hickory
Pancake
posted 04-13-2003 05:57:36 PM
I took your advice and checked out ibuypower.com. I think i am going to to order my system thru them. Here are the specs and the price. Does this sound alright?


DDR 400 MSI-KT400 DDR 400 with 10/100 LAN, USB 2.0 + 8x APG Main Board
Mid Tower with 420 watt power supply
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Quantispeed Socket A CPU
DDR 400 512MB PC3200 Memory
80 GB Ultra ATA-100 7200 RPM HDD
NVIDIA GeForce-2 MX-400 64MB 4X AGPVideo card
52x24x52 CD-RW drive
3d stereo sound onboard
120 watts PMPO PCS stereo speaker system (might upgrade to a subwoofer system)
PCI 56k fax/modem/voice
PCI 10/100 ethernet card
1.44 floppy
PS2 Mouse (just use my wireless optical)
PS2 MultiMedia 104 key keyboard
Windows XP
standard 2X USB 2.0+2X usp 1.1 port

Cost 622

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Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 04-13-2003 05:59:47 PM
You said you're a casual gamer... might wanna bump your vidoe card up to a GeForce4 MX at least...
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Beta Tested
Pancake
posted 04-13-2003 06:12:07 PM
quote:
Kegwen stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
You said you're a casual gamer... might wanna bump your vidoe card up to a GeForce4 MX at least...

Yea seriously, if you don't go for a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 or a Radeon 9500. That'd be my choice. The GeForce 2 cards aren't too great for many new games, crawling framerates when I still used mine.

What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
Melphina's Magelo
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Lyinar Ka`Bael
Are you looking at my pine tree again?
posted 04-13-2003 06:14:38 PM
Bump the video card at least up to GeForce 4 and why do you need a fax modem if you have an ethernet card?


Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin

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Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 04-13-2003 06:15:13 PM
Lawst, I still have GF2 MX200 because I can't afford anything else.

DO NOT BUY A GF2 MX. UPGRADE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

This has been kegwen's "learn from my gaming woes" post

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Lyinar Ka`Bael
Are you looking at my pine tree again?
posted 04-13-2003 06:16:03 PM
Yeah, if you absolutely must have GeForce 2, go Ti, not MX

[ 04-13-2003: Message edited by: Lyinar Ka`Bael ]


Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin

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Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 04-13-2003 06:19:20 PM
quote:
Lawst Informat had this to say about pies:
PS2 Mouse (just use my wireless optical)

You can choose not to buy certain components it all. It will save you a few bucks. Same with the fax modem assuming you're not on dial up.

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Lenlalron Flameblaster
posted 04-13-2003 06:19:54 PM
Apparently a GeForce II MX can't run XP.

Well, that means I'm defying logic.

Grammar is your enemy! - While being able to understand someone's sentences might seem like a good idea for a proper essay, complaining on a forum scarcely leaves time for such trivialities. Write fast! You're angry, grrr! Make that show, and forget about things like capital letters, punctuation, and verbs.
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Old_Hickory
Pancake
posted 04-13-2003 06:20:39 PM
Meh. Don't know to much about the vid cards. Very casual gamer. If I see a game that is cheap and catches my eye. I might buy it. Going to a GeForce 4 Would only bump the cost up to 670..that isn't to bad.

Lyinar: I switch between 2 different states thru part of the year. One I have access to broadband, the other I use dial up. Hence the modem and ethernet.

Not getting the mouse only saves 2 bucks. Spare mouse could always come in handy.

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Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 04-13-2003 07:08:42 PM
quote:
Lenlalron Flameblaster's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Apparently a GeForce II MX can't run XP.

Well, that means I'm defying logic.

Uh, who said that?

It runs fine, because all GeForces use the same drivers.

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Old_Hickory
Pancake
posted 04-13-2003 08:14:09 PM
The final config within my price range:

DDR 400 MSI-KT400 DDR 400 with 10/100 LAN, USB 2.0 + 8x APG Main Board
Mid Tower with 420 watt power supply
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Quantispeed Socket A CPU
DDR 400 512MB PC3200 Memory
80 GB Ultra ATA-100 7200 RPM HDD
NVIDIA GeForce-4 MX-440 64MB DDR W/TV-Out 4x AGP Video Card
52x24x52 CD-RW drive
3d stereo sound onboard
480 Watt PMPO3 PCS subwoofer speakers
PCI 56k fax/modem/voice
PCI 10/100 ethernet card
1.44 floppy
PS2 Mouse
PS2 MultiMedia 104 key keyboard
Windows XP
standard 2X USB 2.0+2X usp 1.1 port

Cost:$671

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Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 04-13-2003 08:35:24 PM
lawst, how much more is a GF4 Ti4200?
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Old_Hickory
Pancake
posted 04-13-2003 08:58:24 PM
They didn't have one listed Fal. Only the 4600 for 199 more.
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Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 04-13-2003 09:00:40 PM
Ah. Then yeah, the MX440 may be your best bet...BUT if you want to save more money, i BELIEVE that the NForce 2 motherboards they have integrate a GF4 MX420, so you could completely get rid of the video card and use integrated. if you only game casually, its not that big of a deal.
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