Panzer
Jul 7 2006, 05:47 AM
| | Ive nearly got enoughmoney to buy myself a computer, its going to be used for gaming and web design stuff. Will these specs do, yes/no/ what would you change?
Also please dont go say 500gb harddrive, watercooling, dual 2gb rams etc...
Dual 2.6GHz Processor
768mb RAM
80Gb Harddrive
A decent graphics card (havent looked into)
(hopefully) inbuilt 56k modem.
CD RW, DVD Reader.
Can i egt away with 512ram?? |
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God-Of-Earth
Jul 7 2006, 08:48 AM
Well personally id go with these tell me if its in your budget 3G - 3.2G CPU (INTEL) 120GB+ Harddrive No in built modem if your gaming you want Broadband Really good graphic card 256 - 512 (Splash out for future release of games) Also keep the RAM how you said if not more Hope this helps, It will be a good spec but not too expensive Good luck bro let me know what you think
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fffanatics
Jul 7 2006, 03:21 PM
I definitely would do atleast 1 gig of ram. Currently i run 1gb and still games push it to like 95 - 100%. I would recommend 2gig to 4 gig.
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Panzer
Jul 7 2006, 06:31 PM
QUOTE I definitely would do atleast 1 gig of ram. Currently i run 1gb and still games push it to like 95 - 100%. I would recommend 2gig to 4 gig. 4gb ram.... Youd need like 2 motherboards to fit them on lol. Get a better video card and youll run games fine. QUOTE 3G - 3.2G CPU (INTEL) You dont think dual processor? Anyone else got suggestions/comments?
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savge17
Jul 7 2006, 06:35 PM
For CPU if your into gaming go with an AMD processor. Its lightning fast for gaming, but Intel is better for design stuff etc. So its basically a tradeoff... whatever your more into.
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Panzer
Jul 7 2006, 06:54 PM
K thanks alot, theyre about the same price arnt they?
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delivi
Jul 7 2006, 07:40 PM
Think about adding the new PhysiX Gaming Physics Processor Unit(PPU). This will greatly improve your gaming performance.
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matto
Jul 7 2006, 10:17 PM
I noticed that you said you didn't know what video card you were going to choose. I'd highly recommend Nvidia for a gaming video card. They're quite good and powerful.
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Panzer
Jul 8 2006, 12:13 AM
K, living in New Zealand its alot more annoying, not as much to choose from and stuff. Most RAM and motherboard parts are easily obtained but not pro video cards 
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zach101
Jul 9 2006, 07:53 AM
hmm to be honest that will not game and will not even be tht good of a computer at least in my opinion. Im currently building a computer of my own. I set a 1600 dollar budget not counting shiping and handling and im buying all my self from tigerdirect.com (deffinetly the place to go if your geting alot of stuff and need good prices.) Any way for mine here is what im geting AMD Dual 3.0 processor 2 Gig Corsair ram 160 gig 7200 RPM HDD 19 acer LCD monitor 256 ATI (forgot the exact model) Any way ya that will be a sweet gaming rig and will do basically everything.  it should cost me when all is said and done about 1800 after shipping, perhipals and what not but at least in my opinion thats really not that bad considering all your getting.
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williamm
Jul 17 2008, 03:10 PM
QUOTE(savge17 @ Jul 7 2006, 01:35 PM)  For CPU if your into gaming go with an AMD processor. Its lightning fast for gaming, but Intel is better for design stuff etc. So its basically a tradeoff... whatever your more into. I'm a web designer, and i run a AMD Atholon 64x2 with 3 gbs of ram 256 Nvida 6200, which will soon be upgraded dont get enought FPS on games lol, and 300 gig drive. and i run 4 Adobe programs at the same time while runnung World of Warcraft. and i have no downtime on my computer try that out and see if that works for you.
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Panzer
Aug 10 2006, 08:11 PM
Keep us updated jtxdriggers, im interested on how your super computer comes along
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Dregnought
Aug 10 2006, 03:43 AM
I still reckon you should wait and save up THEN buy.. When you saved up enough you will have better componest for the same price... or the same for cheaper!
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jtxdriggers
Aug 9 2006, 10:37 PM
I've already gotten the case. And most of the reviews I've read about it say it has an extremely large amount of room. And I plan to order the motherboard next week. (I told you I'm doing this incredibly slowly, I really need some cash). But considering the size of the case I have, space is not really an issue. Thanks for the tip though!
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Panzer
Aug 6 2006, 04:48 AM
Well actually seeing your motherboard is the important thing, take into condsideration the size of the case as well. I took my computer apart and cleaned it all and some of the places were very difficult to get, the case size is fine but ive got so much stuff in there. Also be wary of dust and bits of hair, make sure you have reasonably easy access to getting those cleaned off, the last thing you want is to have your fans jammed in and they get clogged up with dust, they stop working and the CPU explodes... In short, get the motherboard and the case first.
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