This new computer however, is going to be the one I take to college so I want to have it 'pimped out' so to speak. I was looking at Alienware, but I want advice.
Essentially, I need a gaming rig. A fairly hardcore one.
Recommendations?
Currently running:
Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
RADEON 9800 Pro
Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS
Windows XP Home Version 5.01
767MB SDRAM
Thems the basics. So tell me, all of you people who are vastly more knowledgable then I; what is your recommendation?
(Don't cut down costs for my sake, just recommend what you'd get or would like to get and then I'll tell ya if it's out of my price range)
Thanks in advance. Oh, and the person who's recommendation I go with gets...a blowjob and an ice cream.
If you need info on actually putting a comp together, just ask. I think half the board has done it.
Edit: As for what I'd do...if I had over 1k, I'd probably get... Demos fucked around with this message on 08-16-2004 at 10:38 PM.
I can help you with everything else, but not right now since I'm playing planetside~
edit: yeah, keep the sound card as well
edit #2: IM me if you have questions Naota Nandaba fucked around with this message on 08-16-2004 at 10:39 PM.
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Demos obviously shouldn't have said:
What kind of memory? You can definatly bring the 9800, audio card, and perhaps memory over to a new one and save yourself money. If you build it yourself, you can also bring over your CD drive and floppy. Also, depending on if you like the size of the hard drives, you can re-use those, but I would really really suggest doing a full wipe and format on them.If you need info on actually putting a comp together, just ask. I think half the board has done it.
My hard drive is coated in a thick layer of shit. There are things on here that would give your Mom a Dirty Sanchez at the dinner table. Viruses and ad-ware out the wazoo. My stuff isn't even detecting it so I'm trashing this hard-drive, just gonna save my music files and some .docs and that's it.
I was actually thinking of selling the video and audio card. The RAM I was going to cart over, hoping to get a gig.
And Might, any flavor ya want.
And unless you just typed it in wrong, you won't be able to bring the RAM with you. You're going to have a hard time finding a board that can use SDRAM. Unless you meant DDR SDRAM, which means you can hold onto it, but you may still want to upgrade it since it's probably gong to be 266 (And you want 400).
Or swap these:
Athlon 64 3000+ Demos fucked around with this message on 08-16-2004 at 10:57 PM.
Asus K8V (K8T800 chipset) - Has scaling HT FSB, built in SATA & RAID, and Gigabyte Ethernet
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Demos had this to say about John Romero:
Antec Sonata Case
Athlon XP 3200+ Barton
2x of PC3200 (DDR400) 512mb memory
BIOSTAR M7NCD-PRO nForce2 Ultra400 Motherboard (What I use - works great)
Switch the XP to an A64 and a nice nForce3 board.
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Taeldian probably says this to all the girls:
Switch the XP to an A64 and a nice nForce3 board.
Yes.
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Taeldian had this to say about dark elf butts:
Switch the XP to an A64 and a nice nForce3 board.
Yeah, like this and the cheaper Socket 939 AMD.
Socket 940/754 are done. Waisz fucked around with this message on 08-17-2004 at 03:05 AM.
quote:You realize that's a lot better than many people here have. It's about comparable to the system I picked up 2 years ago, which hasn't given me any trouble worth noting. If your problem is spyware, viruses, etc., then a reformat will solve most (if not all) of your problems. (You'd need a second hard drive or backup media to salvage music & docs before the format.) I suppose you could offer to sell your system here once the new one's up and running.
Ozimander really knows where their towel is...
Currently running:Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
RADEON 9800 Pro
Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS
Windows XP Home Version 5.01
767MB SDRAM
If you're going for a prebuilt system, check Alienware and iBuyPower. They both let you customize specific parts, and have been reccommended by others around here. I haven't compared prices, so once you've plotted out the specifications, customize a system to meet them on each, and see who comes out better.
As for equipment, I'm probably not the best person to ask, since I haven't bought a computer in 2 years. Unless you're building it yourself, the nitty-gritty details (RAM and BUS speeds, etc) should be handled for you by the company assembling it. Just don't sell yourself short on items where the default configurations are low (like RAM) or on peripherals you're likely to use.
Ta-daa!
