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I'm spending $US 411/¤ 365 on computer-parts next month so my buildup will be like this (the bold are new parts the striked are the ones that will be repleased) AMD Athlon XP2400+ 2GHz ECS K7S5A Motherboard w/LAN Asus V9520TD GeForce FX 5200 128Mb DDR TV-out DVI AGP Creative Soundblaster Live! 1024 512Mb PC2100 DDR-RAM 80Gb Western Digital SE w/8Mb Cache 40Gb IBM w/2Mb Cache ATA 133 Yellow roundcables Samsung 52/24/52/16 Combo CD/RW-drive (black) Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Power Gamepad3 + ofcourse black keyboard, trackball, webcam etc. etc. I have NEVER used that much on my computer in one buy, and I especially look forward to playing GTA Vice City with a playstation-like joypad on TV-Out ...fuck that will rock! |
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I have never had a computer fully up-to-date....this will be the first time ever that I actually have something worth owning in that computer... btw..."repleased" is a funny word...ofcourse I ment "replaced"...erhm...yeah |
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It is going to be grreat forr you, I wish I had some money to buy a computerr that I would be willing to spend money on... get me? I'm not willing to buy stuff forr this. I need to starrt again. |
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I have kinda collected and bought parts over the last 5 years, and now I actually have 3 computers where two of them are build out of used parts. This third one has all the most up-to-date parts. Damn yeah...I look forward to it so much. Especially the TV-out feature. No more sitting by a crappy 15" and watching DVD's. |
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Unless you use the s-video or a component out tv-out looks like shit. You can't read anything and it's really fuzzy. Something about the way the high definition signal is decoded when to going to the tv makes it shit. S-video shows some improved quality if your tv supports it, but component out for HD-TV's looks perfect. And yes, having a computer with new hardware in it kicks ass and makes you feel important. One of mine was top of the line last september and is still pretty good. The other is old and ghetto built for file sharing only, and the other is a laptop. Good luck finding all those parts. |
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it's because the TV is 50-60Hz only ...it's not a problem when watching movies or playing games...The Geforce FX supports dual monitoring so you can still use the computer on your monitor while watching A movie from the same PC, but on the telly |
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...and btw, I have already found all the parts and they are in a saved Basket on a online-shop :) ...just waiting to get my money before I click "buy" :) |
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thats it, the 60hz thing. Even movies are still not as sharp, but it is tolerable. I just love high defintion pictures. I do watch a good amount of movies with the tv-out feature. I love having a movie full-screen on the TV but still having my computer monitor available. I even have my tv-out split upstairs so I can watch movies while I eat dinner. |
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Get the Seagate Barracuda 120GB special edition instead. The one with 8MB cache. -P |
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I highly suggest changing that graphics card for either a 5600 or a Radeon 9600. There still not too pricey, but much higher performance. The 5200 is basically like a GeForce4 MX series, that is to say shite, with directx 9. Also, what kind of motherboard are you getting? If it is a KT333 or anything similar, check into PC2700 memory. I have a feeling it won't be much more. Will you be gaming at all on this machine? |
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Sorry, I must not have noticed the last paragraph. If you'll be playing a game like GTA VC, please take my advice and don't get the 5200. |
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I already have a MoBo...and i'll stick to it...it's 266Mhz FSB yeah, but I think i'll manage. Yes people DO say to me that I should buy another card, but I stick to this one. I'm not the big gamer, and it's good enough for what I need. Besides it's cheap as hell....it costs less than what I paid for my TNT2 when I bought it. |
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with "card" i'm talking about the graphicscard i'm thinking that my next investment will be the Terratec 6fire 24/96 soundcard |
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VC can run on a TNT2 you know... |
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My rig: Athlon XP 2400+ Soltek KT333 Motherboard 1 GB Corsair XMS PC3200 memory GeForce4Ti 4600 Graphix card 80 GB Maxtor HDD 40 GB Maxtor HDD Audigy Gamer soundcard. Plextor DVD/CD-RW Runs nice. |
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It'll work, yeah, but it'll look like piss. I think we're coming from different places when it comes to games though. I want eye candy with my violence. That's pretty much all I do with my comp. |
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yeah I see your point but you have to take think about this: I don't have much money, and, I do not need a fancy system, I need a decent up-to-date system. And what i'm buying is more than I asked for already. I could have done with a GeForce3 and a XP1800+ wand kept the sd-ram (my MoBo can run both DDR and SD btw), but I wanted to invest a little more this time. |
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Yeah, I guess a 5600 would add an extra $75-100. The rest of your stuff is good, and you can always update at a later date. Like in a year or whenever. |
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That's an awesome deal, where are you shopping for that? I'd want the same except a pentium 4, 2.6 ghz |
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well i'll get my 1 year bonus next month, and I get the letter where it says how much my salery next month is on. So if it all works well i'll order sometime next week, and it will arrive within 2 weeks |
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damn I must be tired,....typing understandable rubbish |
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My computer is like this... 40gb OS drive 160gb Raid0 200gb media drive all-in-wonder 8500 SBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum DVD+RW CD-RW ASUS P4T533 mobo 2.4ghz p4 512mb ddr My other computer is just a backup of the the big one with a 250gb external drive and a 80gb internal, with a 350mhz processor in it. It cost me $80. The big one cost me more than I want to say... |
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huh? I meant where are you buying those parts for those prices. |
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shit i WAS tired yesterday...thought it said "when" and not "where" i guess... A scandinavian online-store |
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AMD Athlon XP2400+ Thoroughbred 2000MHz/2.0GHz 256Kb 266MHz 0.13 bulk SocketA SEK 739.00 / USD ~90.30 / ¤ ~80.30 Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Power Gamepad3 SEK 329.00 / USD ~40.24 /¤ ~35.73 Asus V9520TD GeForce FX 5200 128Mb DDR TV-out DVI Retail AGP SEK 864.00 / USD ~105.70 / ¤ ~93.85 2 X ISOTECH Harddisk Roundcable ATA 133 3 Connectors Yellow 0.60m SEK 149.00 / USD ~18.22 / ¤ ~16.18 (each) TwinMOS Original 512Mb DDR-DIMM PC2100/DDR266 184pin 266MHz CAS2.5 (AMD OK) SEK 899.00 / USD ~109.96 / ¤ ~97.65 |
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