Comments | zero44: Another PC update.

zero44

Another PC update.

Jul 02, 2005 11:30

OK, so I'm starting to hammer down some actual choices now. Big thanks to tontetsu and natdog who have listened to me ramble on about this stuff for hours and has helped me with a lot of this. Also thanks to others who offered suggestions so far (chris1979, dissension, bluedrakeMonitor: Dell 2001FP. (I know, I know, the 2405FPW is better, but I can't afford to dump $950 on a monitor, nor ( Read more... )

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eladria July 2 2005, 15:42:50 UTC

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1071020

There, good, high quality RAM, coming in about $50 cheaper than the RAM you picked. Might try looking for similar parts on www.tigerdirect.com as they tend to be cheaper.

lee July 2 2005, 20:04:41 UTC

http://www.datamem.com is who I use for RAM when I can get someone in the US to order it for me, it's cheap and the customer service rocks.

bluedrake July 3 2005, 03:23:26 UTC

Dont forget www.crucial.com/

lee July 3 2005, 21:59:50 UTC

Yeah, but they certainly ain't cheap =)

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pikamyst July 2 2005, 19:00:23 UTC

You're paying way too much for a machine ... you're already 200$ above tiger (my laptop), which plays everything I want. When I built my desktop, it cost me about $350. I would've been up to $700 with a high-end video card, which you haven't even selected yet.

As for the switch to AMD, I also swapped with my desktop, and I wish I hadn't. I have never had such an unstable machine. It crashes about twice a month, and that's too often for me.

zero44 July 3 2005, 18:03:57 UTC

Give me the specs of your laptop/desktop, I'm curious as to how you got a good gaming machine that will last several years with that kind of money. Do you have a wholesale license or something?

lee July 2 2005, 20:06:33 UTC

Personally, there is no way I'd run RAID0 without RAID1, it's just too risky for my data, but that would mean extra drives and a motherboard that supports RAID1 (or an add-in card, more expense). Why bother with RAID0?

zero44 July 3 2005, 15:22:57 UTC

I may end up doing RAID1, the motherboard supports it...

dwaxman July 2 2005, 20:24:00 UTC

I wont argue as to the rest of the machine; as I would NEVER buy another Wintel (WinAMD) machine. BUT, I can tell you that keyboard is a piece of crap. I used one for a day and managed to break two of the keys. I admit; I am a hard typer. Yet, my MS Natural Elite has lasted months at work. My Apple Pro keyboards last about 6 months a piece.

bluedrake July 2 2005, 20:29:28 UTC

Monitor: $400
Keyboard: $35
Case/PSU: $120
DVD/RW: $50
CPU: $267
Board: $205
2GB Ram: $286

Ditching your old relic of a machine for a killer frag box? priceless --There are somethings money cant buy for everything else theres MasterCard ( ... )

bluedrake July 2 2005, 20:30:14 UTC

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1389580&CatId=0

low rider shall be built! zero44 July 3 2005, 16:27:26 UTC

Find me something nice that goes with red aside from the Diablotek one (which isn't bad but it's unfortunately only a mid tower and comes with a PSU, trying to avoid that) if you don't mind... blue is overdone. Plus the motherboard has red LEDs on it, so I don't want them to clash. (Yeah, I sound like a woman on that, don't I...)

zero44 July 3 2005, 16:34:43 UTC

Also bear in mind some Mid Towers won't let my motherboard fit in there, as it's a 12" by 10"...