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ripthor
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02/07/2003
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20th February, 2004 at 19:24:16 -
Here it is:
-Aopen case
-Intel P4 2.66Ghz processor
-ASUS P4 S8X-X motherboard
-Kingston 512Mo RAM DDR PC2100
-Western digital HDD 80 Go 7200t/mn 8Mo
-LG DVD reader 16X
-LG Cd writer 52x32x52x
-Panasonic floppy drive
-300 Watts power supply
-Video card Radeon 9200SE - 128 Mo DDR TV/o
-Sound card SoundBlaster Live 5.1
-Realtek Network card 10/100
-Modem card 56K
-Logitech optical mouse
-Liteon Internet keyboard
-17' LG .27mm screen
-2 Luxor speakers
Total 1365$ CA, taxes included
2 years warranty
So, what do you think?
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Crystal Clear (H.E.S)
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20th February, 2004 at 20:06:51 -
sounds really good, but does the motherboard support AGP, Advance Graphics Port.
i had this prob with mine, so i cant get a high-end video card.
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ncsoftware
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20th February, 2004 at 20:18:08 -
Sounds like a good deal to me. Yes, it has one AGP slot. Where else would you put the Radeon 9200SE - 128 Mo DDR TV/o, that's not really an onboard video card.....
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Pete Nattress
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21st February, 2004 at 05:03:02 -
couldn't you fit it in a PCI slot? anyway, my magic calculator says that's £550 which is a very good deal.
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AndyUK
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21st February, 2004 at 07:37:36 -
that is a good deal
my new pc cost £800
its a 3gig p4
512mb ram
radeon 2600 (i put my geforce 5600 in though)
dvd writer drive
19 inch monitor
the motherboard only goes to agp 4x i dunno i thats a problem though
so your deal is better than mine.
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 09:38:21 -
PCI? Pete, catch up on the times man, AGP is built specifically for graphics cards and has much better transfer rates than a PCI. A PCI graphics card is going to be almost completely useless here in a short time. In my opinion it should have been done away with ages ago. AGP is the way to go.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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Pete Nattress
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21st February, 2004 at 10:29:51 -
just that i saw a PCI Radeon in the shop a few months ago (£20 cheaper than the AGP version)... i know they're useless but you can still get them.
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 12:28:39 -
Well, PCI isn't going to be replaced exclusively by AGP since AGP is only for Graphic cards (Accelerated Graphic Port)... Maybe Firewire instead?
Anyways, I too think it's quite a good deal after doing a bit of research on google and after asking on other forums. But some people told me that I should get change a few thing, like getting a better video card. Not the 9800 of course: I'm not going to throw a few extra 100$ just for a little increase of performance, but maybe the 9600... What do you think? Is there something you feel could be replaced for a minor cost change?
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 12:47:33 -
exactly, that's why PCI graphics cards should be done away with, I would NEVER take out the PCI slots on a computer, hell I need MORE PCI slots, I've got my modem, DVD decoder, RAID controller, Video Input Controller and now I've got a brand new DVD hardware encoder that I can't put in (Cause I'm a cheap bastard and didn't buy the decoder/encoder card) because I'm out of slots.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 13:18:50 -
Say, what's a RAID card for?
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 13:29:00 -
Basically, fast coping of drives. It's used in conjuction SCSI Hard drives usually. RAID is great when you are running a server, or have a tendancy to corrupt you hard drive (or in my case Linux when I'm coding in the Kernel - eg the main program of an OS)
Craps, I'm an old man!
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 13:37:28 -
Ok. And what about the system specs? Is there anything you would change?
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 13:53:10 -
My system? Nah it's good for now
XP3300+
512 DDR 400 Ram
40 Gig HD
10 Gig HD (Linux)
6 Gig HD (Linux Backup)
128 MB Flash Drive
GeForce 4 128 MB DDR
plus the countless peripherals I have for it.
I've already spent WAY too much money on my comp.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 14:49:36 -
Ehmm... I was talking about the one I' m about to buy.
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 14:59:51 -
what's the Frontside bus speed, I'm thinking 800mhz, correct? If so you should bump the ram up to at least ddr 2700.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 15:55:24 -
Actually it's 533mhz
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 16:01:17 -
Oh and BTW, there's a site that let you build a PC and then gives you an instant pricing. Kind of useful if you ask me... http://www.pcsupreme.com/soum.htm
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 16:15:28 -
see if you can upgrade the board to an 800mhz, it'll increase the performance of you computer by a lot.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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Tigerworks
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15/01/2002
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21st February, 2004 at 17:18:57 -
If you buy the bits seperately and build it yourself you can save a *lot* of money. When I got this 600MHz pc, it was top of the range and might have cost an awful lot  Buying the bits seperately I was able to make my PC on a bugget of £300. I recently looked around on dabs.com, and with £100 keeping the same monitor and accessories, I could get a 2.5GHz+ pc with vast amounts of RAM
- Tigerworks
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Grazzum - Scorpion E
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21st February, 2004 at 17:57:08 -
It's a Beef Box, better be using it for gaming. Not strictly MSN >
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Rycon
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22nd February, 2004 at 20:41:13 -
I got a PCI Gforce 4 128 ram card, since I bought a computer with a chipset.. no AGP the card was cheap though, and the only one on ebay  .
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ripthor
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23rd February, 2004 at 21:15:23 -
I might get the salesman to swith the motherboard to a 800mhz one and the video card to a 9600... For a minor price raise. Cool. 
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Lew
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25th February, 2004 at 13:34:58 -
If you have a P4 try and get RD-RAM...It's pretty expensive but the top is 2400mhz *I think* and it runs sooooo smooth...You can only get it at certain places though as it's fairly new and can only be used with P4s, and you have to have matched pairs.
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Knudde (Shab)
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28th February, 2004 at 10:32:05 -
They really need to drop that whole matched pair thing.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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