Getting A New Computer
02-16-2003, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 1Revvin7' date='Feb 15 2003, 07:49 PM
v18R3.0.0/enu i think thats the model #??? its a sony vaio, pentium 3, 256mb ram, 5gb hd space,
02-16-2003, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Feb 16 2003, 12:36 PM
xp you can get free
Ok so what would it cost me for a...lets say...
p4 2.5ghz
512+meg Fast ram (don't know what its called)
FAST motherboard
60 or 80gig HD
CDRW/dvd drive
I guess thats what i need?
02-16-2003, 08:13 PM
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Ok so what would it cost me for a...lets say...
p4 2.5ghz
512+meg Fast ram (don't know what its called)
FAST motherboard
60 or 80gig HD
CDRW/dvd drive
I guess thats what i need?
p4 2.5ghz
512+meg Fast ram (don't know what its called)
FAST motherboard
60 or 80gig HD
CDRW/dvd drive
I guess thats what i need?
You will save a lot of money if you go with an AMD Athlon XP, trust me, mine's faster than a 2.1Ghz P4 and it was A TON cheaper (I have an XP 2100+).
512 MB DDR 3200 - $80
Asus A7N8X - $115
HDD are about $1 a gig, so $80
I got a BUSlink burner from Bestbuy for $24.99...it's 48/12/50.
AMD XP 2400 - $139 (The only thing you'll need is a good cooling fan, like a Thermaltake Volcano or something equal).
I happen to be building a comp. right now...for $100.
02-16-2003, 09:06 PM
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Well took it into comp usa, couldn't get better than a getforce2 vid card, and no more than 20gb d, motherboard too small or someshit. Decided on a Dell 4550 w/ pentium 4 @ 2.4ghz w/ 533mhz front side bus/512k l2 cache, 512mb ram @ 333mhz, 128m ati radeon 9700 tx v-card, 60gb 7200rpm hd space, windows xp etc. Will be ordering it within 3 days, how does this sound guys?
