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bigwong235
07-30-2002, 01:52 AM
so... i've just went and bought a monitor. now i need the rest of the stuff. anyone have any suggestions on what kind of a machine i could build for around 900-1000 dollars? i've spent lots of time at dell/gateway, but i think that me and my friends could make a better one for the same amount of money.
wylin
07-30-2002, 12:20 PM
[quote:6fed84f3ff="bigwong235"]so... i've just went and bought a monitor. now i need the rest of the stuff. anyone have any suggestions on what kind of a machine i could build for around 900-1000 dollars? i've spent lots of time at dell/gateway, but i think that me and my friends could make a better one for the same amount of money.[/quote:6fed84f3ff]

www.slickdeals.net 400$ dell deal dude so cheap!
FClubPrez
08-17-2002, 12:04 AM
Get a p4 2.8 ghz barebone and add each component separately.
wylin
08-19-2002, 10:51 AM
why so fast just a P4 2.4 ghz barebones would work for most people.!

heres wat i'd build for college student.

Pentium 4 2.26ghz retail box cpu - in expensive fast 533 FSB cpu
ASUS p4B-533 mother board w/o raid - stability and asus reliablity
512 megs of ram via 2 sticks of name brand DDR2100 ram get name brand on this one
toshiba 16x DVD-Rom - good oem choice
Lite-On 40x CDR/W - cheap and fast 60$
Western Digitial 120gig Special Edtion 8 meg cache E-IDE Hard drive - fast and lotsa room for ur pirated materials
Phat Alluminum Case from Lian Li or cool master'
350-400Watt Antec or Energymax Power supply

Vidoecard
Geforce 4 4200 128 meg based card

Sound
Soundblaster Audigy OEM - cheap and w/ firewire controller.

NIC
linksys 10/100 - 5-15$ nuff said





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FClubPrez
08-19-2002, 04:49 PM
Because that was his price range and 2.8 outperforms a 2.2 but a massive amount. Not to mention it can be overclocked to nearly 4 ghz.
wylin
08-19-2002, 09:07 PM
2.8 i think ur being a lil enthusiastic thats not out last time i checked the fastests P4 is 2.53 right now dork. 8/19/02. the 2.8 wont be out for another month and will cost 600$ or so when released. For a student i'd go a lil mid-low end most arent rich.

http://65.119.30.151/productimage/11-119-004-06.JPG



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FClubPrez
08-21-2002, 04:48 PM
No you foolio, you must've checked too long ago or something. They've been out.
wylin
08-21-2002, 05:11 PM
go look at latest CPU reviews Athlon XP @ 2.0ghz and 2.133ghz vs. p4 2.53 dork
FClubPrez
08-21-2002, 07:24 PM
err =(
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/m...uct_Code=120716 (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120716)

gg no re T.T
bigwong235
08-21-2002, 09:42 PM
puahaha! damn, i was like 2.8 ghz?!?!?!?!

well here's what i ended up making anyway:

p4. 2.0ghz 533 fsb (there were higher ones, but i didn't want to break 1k on it)
intel motherboard (no asus, but still okay, came w/NIC onboard)
80 gb 8mb buffer eide 7200rpm
16x dvd rom
40/12/48 burner
256mb rdram
soundblaster live 5.1 (not the greatest, but i don't need anything too big)

i ended up gashing myself on some of the metal parts when i was trying to install it... :o
wylin
08-22-2002, 09:00 AM
Originally posted by FClubPrez@Aug 21 2002, 06:24 PM
err =(
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/m...uct_Code=120716 (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120716)

gg no re T.T
also from that link

"Quantity in Basket: none
Code: 120716
Price: $539.00
Shipping Weight: 3.00 pounds
New Product - Temporarily Out of Stock
Now taking pre-orders "

preorders kiddo preorders that means its not out yet and they do not have or have yet to have stock. also the ppl who get new processors like that first are OEMs' like dell, Hp/compaw, or gateway



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