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08-01-2006, 03:15 PM
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New comp needed for college, second build
as the topic says college starts soon and i need a comp. YOu know for doing homework, browsing the net, and FPS and WoW gaming
 . Heres the specs, leme know what ya think. And leme know if something isnt compatable. Antec Performance I P180 Silver 0.8mm cold rolled steel for durability through the majority of chassis, 1.0mm cold rolled steel around the 4x HDD area ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Acer AL1916W Black 19" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail SAPPHIRE 100149SR Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard - Retail Logitech MX518 931352-0403 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse - Retail OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory Model OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - Retail Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 - OEM On a 1500 budget, and with that its $1,413.08 shipped. |
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08-01-2006, 04:26 PM
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Looks nice. Keep in mind the size of that case. It's pretty hefty sized so make sure you've got room for it in your living quarters.
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08-01-2006, 09:54 PM
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my one concern is the monitor. I have pretty much no experience or knowledge of lcd's. Is a widescreen good for gaming?
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08-01-2006, 10:14 PM
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Widescreens present a slight problem with the resolution. 1440x900 isn't usually supported in a game, but often times you can edit an ini file in the games program file. So it might not be an issue, but it does happen. Your video card can handle the resolution, no problem.
Widescreens are nice if you plan on watching movies. But if you have a TV for that, I would look at a standard LCD, with a 1280x1024 resolution.
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08-02-2006, 05:44 AM
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If you can fit it in the budget, go dual core - X2 3800+.
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08-02-2006, 09:18 AM
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thanks alaron, i was sceptical about that monitor anyways, ill just change to a standard.
glc - yea im going to try and get that in the budget, i was already thinking about it, but itll probually just have to come later when i upgrade. |
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08-02-2006, 09:53 AM
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switched monitors to this one
BenQ FP91G+ Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor - Retail |
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