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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: IPAndrews on July 28, 2004, 09:50:12 am

Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: IPAndrews on July 28, 2004, 09:50:12 am: Hi,

I'm desperately in need of a new PC in order to play Babylon Project R3 :thepimp: . I have priced up a machine below and I'm interested in knowing if anyone can beat what I already have or has any particular comments on the components I'm looking at:

35.24 Chieftec BX-02B-B-SL
17.62 E-Buyer's own 500w Power Supply Silver With Dual Fans
122.97 P4C800-E Deluxe (intel 875p chipset)
147.98 Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 3.0GHZ 800FSB
10.57 Thermaltake A1715 Spark 7 Cooler
64.03 Corsair 2 x 256MB sticks, DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC,
166.56 128Mb Excalibur (HiS) Radeon 9800Pro Ice-Q Platinum
20.00 a sound card. Dunno. Don't want to spend >20
520.94

My priorities for this system are 1) trouble free computing (I've owned a PC Chips motherboard for 7 years and I don't want any more hassle), 2) gaming / 3d speed, 3) quiet and cool. I don't want to spend any more than 520. :eek:
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: TopAce on July 28, 2004, 10:03:58 am: Do you really need a computer of this kind to play Babylon 5? ;)
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: Fury on July 28, 2004, 10:04:15 am: You'd be better off with an Athlon 64 system, cheaper and more performance in the long run. And make it either 1x 512 Mb or 2x 512 Mb of RAM. Don't get 256 Mb sticks, you will risk running out of memory slots. Using third memory slot in P4 system is not an issue because of low memory bandwidth, but using third in AMD system is not recommended. And get an Audigy 2 if you want 3D sounds. If not, stick with integrated audio.
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: IPAndrews on July 28, 2004, 11:58:30 am: Okay. Well here's my best attempt at an equivilent AMD machine.

35.24 Chieftec BX-02B-B-SL
17.62 Ebuyer 500w Power Supply Silver With Dual Fans
98.11 Asus K8N-E Deluxe, nForce 250Gb
146.08 Athlon64 3200+
47.51 Ebuyer 512 DDR400 PC3200 Extra Value Ram
166.56 128Mb Excalibur (HiS) Radeon 9800Pro Ice-Q Platinum
20.00 a sound card. Dunno. Don't want to spend >20
531.12

Lo and behold, it's 10 quid dearer!
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: Taristin on July 28, 2004, 12:20:44 pm: AMD > Intel

IMHO
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: kasperl on July 28, 2004, 01:31:47 pm: I'm getting a AMD 64 system soon, but my dad is apying for mobo, pro, 80 gig HD, screen, case, PSU, and that kind of stuff. I pay for another 512 stick, giving me a gig of RAM, and a Radeon 9800 128MB.

Mind you, that's costing me 250 euro's, which is quite a bit for me. The entire system is about 1500 euro's, but that's including screen and my additions.
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: StratComm on July 28, 2004, 01:51:32 pm: What's all of the fuss over the 64 bit systems? Future-proofing? With less than 2 gigs of ram, the extra 32 bits of memory addressing would be completely useless.
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: Gloriano on July 28, 2004, 02:13:39 pm: Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
What's all of the fuss over the 64 bit systems? Future-proofing? With less than 2 gigs of ram, the extra 32 bits of memory addressing would be completely useless.

Indeed, I'am gonna upgrade my P4 3.2 GHZ to 64_bit CPU
when it's needed more (Longhorn and things like that comes)

and I think my setup(P4 3.2, 3gb ram, Radeon 9800XT) is good enough for few years I hope

that is nice setup btw IP:)
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: redsniper on July 28, 2004, 04:26:33 pm: all I have to say is: when it comes to mobos, Asus 0wnz j00 :yes:
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: JR2000Z on July 28, 2004, 07:32:31 pm: Lucky for us, A64's price has been dropping tremendously in the last couple days.
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 28, 2004, 08:36:32 pm: Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
What's all of the fuss over the 64 bit systems? Future-proofing? With less than 2 gigs of ram, the extra 32 bits of memory addressing would be completely useless.
Because Prescott is useless, so people are looking to the Newcastle-based Athlon 64s for their new computers. Also, 64-bit is really good for marketing. It also allows some calculations to work faster.
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: kasperl on July 29, 2004, 05:55:30 am: And I might be upgrading to more then 2 gigs once the price drops.

Mind you, that'll take some time, especially since 2/3 banks are taking with the 512 sticks, buts still.
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: IPAndrews on July 29, 2004, 05:59:15 am: Quote
Originally posted by JR2000Z
Lucky for us, A64's price has been dropping tremendously in the last couple days.

£203.47 on EBuyer? Well I'm convinced :confused:
Title: Re: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: aldo_14 on July 29, 2004, 07:51:30 am: Quote
Originally posted by IPAndrews
Hi,

I'm desperately in need of a new PC in order to play Babylon Project R3 :thepimp: .

Subtle
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: Fury on July 29, 2004, 08:05:05 am: Hehe, getting a new computer and promoting TBP R3 at same time. Efficient, isn't it? :)
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: an0n on July 29, 2004, 08:22:05 am: I'm gonna go for the Bash Supremo 64.

Basically, 64 Chinese kids, locked in my attic and being forced to memorise long sequences of numbers.
Title: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 29, 2004, 12:25:29 pm: Quote
Originally posted by IPAndrews

£203.47 on EBuyer? Well I'm convinced :confused:
The 2800+ model (512kb L2 Cache, 1.8GHz, single channel memory) is at 155 USD. And the 3500+ (512kb L2 cache, 2.2GHz, dual channel memory) is at 352 USD. Those are decent price drops.
Title: Re: Re: New PC (once I find the money)
Post by: IPAndrews on July 30, 2004, 03:07:55 pm: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
Subtle

What does this word mean?