How much would you pay for this?
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DeathPact
Packed with death
ROFL @ bobvexes 512MB ram!!!! Your poor pc, its big and strong with a Small dick... dude upgrading your ram is seriously cheap and worth alot more that some other expensive stuff u got before it 
anyway
AMD>INTEL
anywayAMD>INTEL
I would pay a little over $1100 canadian on it, before shipping and whatever. That much if I were to build it myself...but you have built it, so how much is it and how much of it is building cost?
btw, You didn't mention what motherboard it is.
btw, You didn't mention what motherboard it is.
Without the monitor, probably no more than $1100.
It's kind of hard for me to say... I bought my own comp 3 years ago this month for about $1050,
done several upgrades since then:
17" CRT Phillips 107T
300watt SOHO (Alienware rip-off )
AMD XP 1800+
40 gb WD 7200 RPM
52x Aopen CD-ROM
Toshiba 3.5"
Altec Lansing AVS 500 (4 satellite speakers, 1 subwoofer)
Nvidia GeForce 4 Mx440 64MB
PC2100 512MB RAM (Kingston, I think)
shitty SMC networking card
standard keyboard/mouse
It's kind of hard for me to say... I bought my own comp 3 years ago this month for about $1050,
done several upgrades since then:
17" CRT Phillips 107T
300watt SOHO (Alienware rip-off
)AMD XP 1800+
40 gb WD 7200 RPM
52x Aopen CD-ROM
Toshiba 3.5"
Altec Lansing AVS 500 (4 satellite speakers, 1 subwoofer)
Nvidia GeForce 4 Mx440 64MB
PC2100 512MB RAM (Kingston, I think)
shitty SMC networking card
standard keyboard/mouse
Klein
...and also...
I'd pay also about 700 , but you can change the AMD 3400 to a 3000
The 3000 is much cheaper, and has good benchmarks...(well, check prices and benchmarks to get a good overview)
Also change the 1024 DDRam to 2x512 DDRam (if your motherboard has dualchannel)
You get much more out of them (or if you're bored, use 4x256 DDRam)
And is the Geforce a PciExpress or a AGP Videocard? It should be, PciExpress is better, and you can also upgrade the pc in a few years...
AMD > Intel
..and my Pc is:
Gigabyte Geforce 4 Motherboard
AMD 64 3000+
Radeon X600 256 MbRam Videocard
2x512 DDRam400 Twinmos 2.5
450 Watt Powersupply
20 Gb HDD
80 Gb HDD
16VD
and soon I'll get a Chieftech-Midi-tower
The 3000 is much cheaper, and has good benchmarks...(well, check prices and benchmarks to get a good overview)
Also change the 1024 DDRam to 2x512 DDRam (if your motherboard has dualchannel)
You get much more out of them (or if you're bored, use 4x256 DDRam)
And is the Geforce a PciExpress or a AGP Videocard? It should be, PciExpress is better, and you can also upgrade the pc in a few years...
AMD > Intel
..and my Pc is:
Gigabyte Geforce 4 Motherboard
AMD 64 3000+
Radeon X600 256 MbRam Videocard
2x512 DDRam400 Twinmos 2.5
450 Watt Powersupply
20 Gb HDD
80 Gb HDD
16
VDand soon I'll get a Chieftech-Midi-tower
_Zsuzsa_
Dumbo
_Zsuzsa_ said:
Yeah, my mobo is fubar too.
this is what im having in mind, eventually.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121207
and then 2GB of memory.
EagleFlyFree
crack you like an acorn
actually most socket 939 boards come with 4 slots, but even then you wouldn't do good to slap in 4x256 sticks cause you couldn't upgrade to 2gb later on
and yes, you better use 2x512 for dual channel
and yes, you better use 2x512 for dual channel
urinalcakemix
man who plays drum
Alright, time to go tech on your asses.
The Radeon 9800 Pro is an infinitely better graphics card, the 256bit version that is, over the 9600XT. The 9800P has 8 Pipelines, think of it as lanes on a highway, the more pipelines, the more data (cars if you will) can get through; whereas with less lanes, theres more congestion and is slower (bottleneck anyone)?.
The reason you might say the 9600XT is better, you may have the 128bit memory engine version, which really blew the big one, but a 256bit 9800Pro will play HL2, Doom3, Farcry etc with relative ease, on above average settings.
As to the thread creator; So many people can build computers nowadays, I wouldn't reccomend it. If you want money, find stores that are shutting down, get tehir shit 50% off and resell it on ebay. Or, pick up soda cans etc off the street, and go to the bottle depository and get $$ for each one (I dont think all states do this?).
Also, AMD 64 at this time does NOT support Dual Channel ,and even when it ever does, you'll only notice a 3-5% increase in performance. Intel's really shine with Dual Channel ram.
I havent done my homework on PCI-E in the past few months, but at the beginning of the year, AGP was still far superior than PCI-E, though PCI-E HAS SLI in its favor (i'd love to do that shit).
Also, the whole upgrade thing: AGP will still be around for a few more years, you cant get everyone to convert at once, especially with the BTX form factor fucking everything up, which should be sprouting up soon.
Oh, and if anyone ever wants to go into the PC building business: charge flat rate for builds, I've been doing it for years, I get $125-$200/build, but I clean up the wires nice, benchmark it, install free software that I personally use (at the request of the customer) and benchmark it for at least 48 hours (24hrs of Prime95) to make sure its stable, and to make sure the customer is getting a quality product.
The Radeon 9800 Pro is an infinitely better graphics card, the 256bit version that is, over the 9600XT. The 9800P has 8 Pipelines, think of it as lanes on a highway, the more pipelines, the more data (cars if you will) can get through; whereas with less lanes, theres more congestion and is slower (bottleneck anyone)?.
The reason you might say the 9600XT is better, you may have the 128bit memory engine version, which really blew the big one, but a 256bit 9800Pro will play HL2, Doom3, Farcry etc with relative ease, on above average settings.
As to the thread creator; So many people can build computers nowadays, I wouldn't reccomend it. If you want money, find stores that are shutting down, get tehir shit 50% off and resell it on ebay. Or, pick up soda cans etc off the street, and go to the bottle depository and get $$ for each one (I dont think all states do this?).
Also, AMD 64 at this time does NOT support Dual Channel ,and even when it ever does, you'll only notice a 3-5% increase in performance. Intel's really shine with Dual Channel ram.
I havent done my homework on PCI-E in the past few months, but at the beginning of the year, AGP was still far superior than PCI-E, though PCI-E HAS SLI in its favor (i'd love to do that shit).
Also, the whole upgrade thing: AGP will still be around for a few more years, you cant get everyone to convert at once, especially with the BTX form factor fucking everything up, which should be sprouting up soon.
Oh, and if anyone ever wants to go into the PC building business: charge flat rate for builds, I've been doing it for years, I get $125-$200/build, but I clean up the wires nice, benchmark it, install free software that I personally use (at the request of the customer) and benchmark it for at least 48 hours (24hrs of Prime95) to make sure its stable, and to make sure the customer is getting a quality product.
The Leper
Apostles Triumph
[Hhaha, i wouldnt pay too much for a Intel, fuck that. AMD AThlon 4GHz with the new mother board from AMD that supports the 4 ghgz is amazing. Id pay like upwars of 2000 for all that. Nothing more cause its easy to put comps together, Also, if your going to put it on ebay, get some games together to include, youll get more buyers. Nice idea though.
The Leper
Apostles Triumph
EagleFlyFree
crack you like an acorn
"amd64" doesn't exist, though athon64 at this time DO support dual channel in their socket 939 versions but not in socket 754. nerdowned.
Venymous
The Grey Eminence
im afraid to add up my shit and the upgrades for it...over $2000 i know
Thermaltake Xaser III w/ 450w PSU
P4 2.4ghz
Abit IC7-Max3 mobo
Corsair XMS 1gb ram
eVGA 6800 Ultra
Audigy 2
10k rpm Raptor 36.7gb
80gb/40gb Maxtors
48x CD-RW
DVD-ROM
Klipsch 5.1 Ultra
Viewsonic G90FB
Logitech laser mouse
and i had $300 custom water cooling system, but i sold it
Thermaltake Xaser III w/ 450w PSU
P4 2.4ghz
Abit IC7-Max3 mobo
Corsair XMS 1gb ram
eVGA 6800 Ultra
Audigy 2
10k rpm Raptor 36.7gb
80gb/40gb Maxtors
48x CD-RW
DVD-ROM
Klipsch 5.1 Ultra
Viewsonic G90FB
Logitech laser mouse
and i had $300 custom water cooling system, but i sold it
Venymous
The Grey Eminence
i love my 6800 ultra, but even it can't run Everquest 2 on max gfx. that game is just insane on a card. you would need a mobo that supports dual video cards (one for top half of screen, one for bottom half) and then spend $6000 on nvidia quadros.
Here is some nice info about the 9800 Pro vs. the 9600XT.
My 2 computers' exact specs:
Machine 1:
Asus K8VSE Deluxe Socket 754
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1.5 GB PC3200 DDR400
Samsung 160 GB 7200RPM IDE HDD
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Machine 2:
Abit K8T800 Pro Socket 754
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
512 MB PC3200 RAM
Maxtor 200 GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
Radeon 9600XT 256MB
Machine 1 = Doom 3, High Settings, CHOPPY.
Machine 2 = Doom 3, High Settings, SMOOTH!!!
My 2 computers' exact specs:
Machine 1:
Asus K8VSE Deluxe Socket 754
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1.5 GB PC3200 DDR400
Samsung 160 GB 7200RPM IDE HDD
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Machine 2:
Abit K8T800 Pro Socket 754
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
512 MB PC3200 RAM
Maxtor 200 GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
Radeon 9600XT 256MB
Machine 1 = Doom 3, High Settings, CHOPPY.
Machine 2 = Doom 3, High Settings, SMOOTH!!!
I dont know what you've done to your system, but Im running Doom3 on an Athlon64 with only 1gig of Ram smoothly.. and Im pretty sure I only have the 128bit version of the 9800Pro so my guess is that something else is slowing down your computer.
