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FaDed - Student  |
so yeah, i'm way out of the loop. for the past two years i haven't used a computer for anything but email, and those computers sucked. but now i'm trying to get back into the swing of things and am in need of a new computer (my old blew up two weeks before i got home). basically i'm opening this up for you computer gurus to discuss the perfect machine for me, yet staying within a reasonable price range. below are the things i'm going to need it for: the givens - email and word processing presentations, i.e. powerpoint picture and video editing sound mixing casual/semi-serious gaming (i don't plan on getting in full on like before) i know that many of you know exactly where i'm coming from. i'm going to college, so i don't have a lot of money or time, but i still want to have fun once in a while. i appreciate any help i can get. thank you. |
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FaDed - Student 
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cuzza.. that's a great idea! want to be the first to donate? |
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CuZzA - Student 
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I have a great idea!  We should make a "Welcome Back Faded donation trust". Everybody chip in with some money and help Faded on his quest for the worlds most ultimate PC! _______________ - Even if Carlsberg made "w*nkers", Christiano Ronaldo would still be the biggest "w*nker" in the world |
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Mindrith Pride - Student 
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Quote: $500 is around £265... You could be struggling there to be honest. yeah ... well i dunno, if he could put in another £50 he could do ok, sure he would be able to play the top games on full graphics  , nor would he be able to multitask... but he would survive  so like, for 350pounds try something like this maybe: monitor: (eww.. for that cheap ur gunna have to go for a CRT) £30 keyboard, mouse, speakers: £10 Case: £20-30 Motherboard: £60 Processor: £70 GFX: £70 RAM: £50 (1GB) HDD: £35 (120-160GB space) DVD Drive: £20 = £325 so i guess, that would be ok (if i forgot something slap me, im tired xD) _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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Esta - Student 
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$500 is around £265... You could be struggling there to be honest. _______________ -Kauyon Draconis [Official master of Ataris] |
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FaDed - Student
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honestly, i don't want to spend much more than $500. yes, i will need all the peripherals. |
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Esta - Student
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Quote: I'll just say that my Dell is the crapiest piece of metal that I have ever had the misfortune to own. Anyway, back to topic. What kindof amount of money are you looking to spend here? Do you also need a new monitor+keyboard etc? _______________ -Kauyon Draconis [Official master of Ataris] |
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DarthMike - Student 
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I'll just say that my Dell is the crapiest piece of metal that I have ever had the misfortune to own. _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Orion - Retired 
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Quote: thanks for all the imput guys. but i'd still like to hear some opinions about just buying a computer from the store. any thoughts? Dell _______________ When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u |
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Esta - Student 
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Very pricey indeed.  _______________ -Kauyon Draconis [Official master of Ataris] |
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Mic Den Octela - Student 
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Scan.... They're pricey but trust worthy and do ready-built PC's for a certain budget. You can get some fairly nice stuff if your only looking for media attention, a bit of the old Word and the occasional bounce onto JK3. Clickeh I've built a few computers myself, and aided my dad in building them years ago back when i was younger. We're talking... I remember putting our first 3D FX in back when it was some kind of revolutionary invention. The likes of Turok and Quake would revel in the thought of it. _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) This comment was edited by Mic Den Octela on Aug 09 2006 03:48pm. |
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Jarhok Belouve - Student 
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Evesham are good, but I didnt think they had particularly good customisation options, then again you may not want that. _______________ -JARHOK BELOUVE- Unofficial Paddy to the great Squibit Belouve and Solitudes snog machine! |||||||||||||||||||||||PRONOUNCED JARHOK TEH S3X3H by Alexander D'kana||||||||||||||||||||||||| Loves Liso'sia! Uber new Belouve boy! My special people: Squibit Belouve,Roan Belouve,Bail Hope Belouve and of course the lovely Liso'sia! |
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Esta - Student
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If you're going to buy a computer online/pre-built, buy from Evesham. They own. 2 years on site warranty, if you buy any new parts and want to put them in, they'll do it for you for free, and you'll keep your warranty. ..Not that I've bought with them before or anything. >.> _______________ -Kauyon Draconis [Official master of Ataris] |
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Mindrith Pride - Student
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Quote: thanks for all the imput guys. but i'd still like to hear some opinions about just buying a computer from the store. any thoughts? why not just check stores online, such as curries, dell etc edit: although i wouldn't go for Dell, they suck _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] This comment was edited by Mindrith Pride on Aug 09 2006 12:08pm. |
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Jarhok Belouve - Student 
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Hmmm, which store? Online? www.pcoption.co.uk has some killer deals and they'll talk to you on msn if you need any help! Havnt used them but they seem to be good, they're msn help guys are cool. _______________ -JARHOK BELOUVE- Unofficial Paddy to the great Squibit Belouve and Solitudes snog machine! |||||||||||||||||||||||PRONOUNCED JARHOK TEH S3X3H by Alexander D'kana||||||||||||||||||||||||| Loves Liso'sia! Uber new Belouve boy! My special people: Squibit Belouve,Roan Belouve,Bail Hope Belouve and of course the lovely Liso'sia! This comment was edited by Jarhok Belouve on Aug 09 2006 11:59am. |
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FaDed - Student
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thanks for all the imput guys. but i'd still like to hear some opinions about just buying a computer from the store. any thoughts? |
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Mindrith Pride - Student 
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yes, i thank kau for going into more detail on thing such as the processors etc, was just about to go out for a family trip, so i was a bit rushed , yes, defintaly go for a PCI-E motherboard slot and GFX!! _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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Jarhok Belouve - Student
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Ahh hey man  erm, For your G card I recommend perhaps hunting for a nvidia geforce 6800gt/gs, now they're old hat they can be picked up cheap but as I understand they still push the pixels damn well at half decent resolutions _______________ -JARHOK BELOUVE- Unofficial Paddy to the great Squibit Belouve and Solitudes snog machine! |||||||||||||||||||||||PRONOUNCED JARHOK TEH S3X3H by Alexander D'kana||||||||||||||||||||||||| Loves Liso'sia! Uber new Belouve boy! My special people: Squibit Belouve,Roan Belouve,Bail Hope Belouve and of course the lovely Liso'sia! |
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Esta - Student
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I built my new computer just three days ago. Few comments (of my opinion) based on the input so far: -Do NOT EVER EVER EVER buy ebuyer.com extra value RAM. -DDR2 RAM may be brand new, but isn't worth the extra cost. Performance difference is tiny. -SATA hard drives are the way forward. The transfer rates are staggering. -PCI-E motherboards will always have the edge over AGP (the two types of graphics card slot). -I think Mindrith did already mention this briefly, but if you want a sexy AMD64 processor, socket 939 motherboards tend to be compatible with the whole series of AMDs, giving you a lot of space for upgrades. -It's been said before, but yes, NVIDIA does own. ATIs can be a tad more reliable, but unless you're overclocking for that tiny bit extra power, it doesn't show at all. I got my NVIDIA7600GS (SLI ready) for just £87. (ebuyer.com = bargain) -If you can, find out how much power your parts will be eating up before you pick a power supply. 350W is generally the lowest on the market for a reason. My graphics card requires a minimum of 350W, just as an example, so I'm cutting it pretty close by using the 350W supply which came with my new case. All in all, I only spent around £350 on my new computer, though I am keeping my old monitor, keyboard+mouse, soundcard and software. Something like mine in the shops can be anything from £500 to £760 (with monitor etc removed, even). *edit* Oh and yes, turning it on for the first time and seeing BIOS appear after putting the whole thing together with your bare hands in very rewarding indeed. _______________ -Kauyon Draconis [Official master of Ataris] This comment was edited by Esta on Aug 07 2006 12:41pm. |
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Mindrith Pride - Student
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Quote: Welcome back Computers aint that badly priced lately, just hop down to your local computer shop and you'll be supprised how cheap they are now, i think it was the surge in people custom building pc's for so cheap that has driven the market down. For what you need i wouldnt custom make one, i would buy a mid range one from a shop cheap enough . OR. you can get the parts of ebuyer, and build it yourself , trust me, its easier than it sounds and its very rewarding ^_^So, 1) the processor. definatly go for AMD, and only go for dual core if you going to be doing a lot of things at once (e.g. downloading, viedo encoding, jka and scanning for viruses at once). if not go for a good one (something thats definatly 64bit, and socket 939) (£200ish for dual core, £60ish for a normal) 2) motherboard. i advise not to skimp here, imo its the most important part you dont want this to hold up the rest of your wondeful machine. Make sure its compatible with all of your other components and i recomend ASUS. oh, also make sure it has a inbuilt soundcard and some USB drives (£60-90)3) the memory. Go for DDR ram, and depending on the ammount of Ram slots your motherboard will have, go for anywhere between 1GB and 2GBs. (£50-£100) 4) GFX. defintaly go for nvidia! if your not going to be serious gamming, i would go for something like a 6 series geforce (£40-80) Remember, the higher in the series it is, the better and the ammount of memory it has also makes a pretty big difference , (so, a 6800geforce with 256mb Vram will be better than a 6200geforce with 128Vram, but also more expensive.)5) Monitor. go for a LCD i would, probably a 17" with decent refresh rate and good colour contrast (probs around 400:1) (or the other way round, cant remember how u write it lol ) 6) make sure you case is big enough to fit everything in! I'd go for one with a power supply unit already installed, for the machine stated above, anywhere between a 350W and a 450W should suvice . Also make sure its go enough fans to keep it cool 7) Then grab hold of windows and any of the programs you wish (bearing in mind youu CAN get pretty much anything for free these days, what with torrents etc. but I would still go for something thats real eventhough it will be expensive  )then grab your keyboard, mouse, speakers etc and your home free! just search google for computer building websites, but remember to ground youself (this takes away all the eletrical energy your body builds up, if you dont ground yourself you could destroy chips within the stuff, which would be bad ) to ground yourself, just touch a radiator hope this was usefull (www.ebuyer.co.uk) -Mini edit: it should be much cheaper to build them and buy the parts yourself btw. my computer cost £850ish and in a shop would have been £1200+ with iky screen . _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] This comment was edited by Mindrith Pride on Aug 07 2006 09:54am. |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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Welcome back Computers aint that badly priced lately, just hop down to your local computer shop and you'll be supprised how cheap they are now, i think it was the surge in people custom building pc's for so cheap that has driven the market down. For what you need i wouldnt custom make one, i would buy a mid range one from a shop cheap enough . _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
Best Movie Character EVER!! This comment was edited by Monteeeeeee on Aug 07 2006 07:51am. |
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