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CPU
by slids - 8/29/06 6:54 PMI'm thinking of upgrading my Pentium3 667 PC.
Its for general home use (Windows XP).
Considering AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3000+ Processor or Sempron 3400+ 64-bit Processor, because price.
How 's that comparing with INTEL?
DO I need dual-core?
Any suggestions for video cards?
Thanks for your help.
RE;
by nathanpsz2 - 8/29/06 7:10 PM In reply to: CPU by slidsDoes that mean that you're building/buying a new PC, or are you just upgrading the CPU/mobo/RAM/GFX card?
CPU
by slids - 8/31/06 7:43 PM In reply to: RE; by nathanpsz2I am building a new desktop from groundup.
Budget?
by nathanpsz2 - 8/31/06 8:31 PM In reply to: CPU by slidsWhat's your budget for the whole computer? What will you be using it for?
Home PC
by slids - 8/31/06 8:45 PM In reply to: Budget? by nathanpsz2As a general home desktop, its use for everything, a bit of games, a bit of Office work, a bit of photo & video capturing & editing, etc. Get what I mean?
I dont want to spend a lot, under a grand.
This PC will be kept for a few year, so an eye for the future.
Apart from that I dont have much idea.
Any suggestion would be a big help.
Thanks.
RE:
by nathanpsz2 - 8/31/06 9:12 PM In reply to: Home PC by slidsThis PC will be kept for a few year, so an eye for the future.
If you're planning to keep it for a while, you'll want to go with socket AM2 and a dual-core Athlon X2 processor. Luckily, AMD cut the prices of their dual-cores by almost 50%, which means that you can get an Athlon X2 3800+ (the base model, but still plenty for your needs) for $150. Figure about $100 for a nice motherboard, and $150 for 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and $120 for a Geforce 7600GT grahpics card. It's after midnight here, and I'm going to go to bed, but I'll post a parts list sometime tomorrow.
-Nathan
One more question...
by nathanpsz2 - 8/31/06 9:13 PM In reply to: RE: by nathanpsz2...Do you have a copy of Windows? If not, figure another $90 for a license for XP Home.
PC
by slids - 9/5/06 10:06 PM In reply to: RE: by nathanpsz2Thanks, Nathan.
Your answer is short & sweet.
How much in the PC are you upgrading?
by samkh - 8/31/06 10:04 PM In reply to: CPU by slidsIf you are just replacing the motherboard, memory and video, it will save you money over buying a new PC but if your old PC contains the original components, judging by the P3 vintage, the PSU might not be big enough and the HDD might be 5400 rpm ATA66. And your optical drive is probably a CD-ROM. If that's true you can save yourself a headache and $ by buying a new PC. Dual cores have minimal benefit for most of us; spend the money on a faster single core to get more bang for your buck.
List
by nathanpsz2 - 9/1/06 12:18 PM In reply to: CPU by slidsCPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735
Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131014
RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141211
Video card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143049
Hard drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136046
Case + power supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129155
Thermal grease (better than the thermal grease that comes with the CPU):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100007
All this comes to a total of $737 before $60 worth of mail-in-rebates and before shipping.
Just get some crappy Dell
by strickjh2005 - 9/7/06 8:13 AM In reply to: List by nathanpsz2It will cost so much less. Somewhere around $300 and then all you have to do is upgrade the Ram and when the Dell is too slow in the future just make it a file server and buy a new Dell.
Unless you are in it for the games buying prepakaged is the way to go.
NOT ALL DELLs ARE CRAPPY
by Scrotes4Life - 9/7/06 2:26 PM In reply to: CPU by slidsDELL systems aren't so bad. We've had 5 that have been problem free. You won't get that much performance from a B110, the graphix suck, so you'll have to install a PCI Video Card. B110s are reliable, but not very fast. The biggest problem with current prebuilts are that they are not set up for too much upgrading and a lot of them are using dated technology.
If you have a grand to spend, you can build a system with a C2D (Intel) 6300 and one of several boards that offer Intel's new Media Accelerator 3000. Always remember: NO EL CHEAPO POWER SUPPLIES. If you need help on building it, you'll be able to find what you need to know right here.
PS - Intel has come a long way with their new MA 3000.
RE: NOT ALL DELLs ARE CRAPPY
by sakenu16 - 11/26/07 12:12 PM In reply to: NOT ALL DELLs ARE CRAPPY by Scrotes4LifeSorry but I currently have three Dell machines and they are all not working. Two of them have no video display, after using them and rebooting them had black screens. The third one currently keeps rebooting itself. I too liked Dell in the past and that is the reason why I bought all Dells and recommended them to others but now I will never recommend it to anyone. Also their tech support is really bad. They first ask you about your warranty coverage, and if it isn't covered they just want to go ahead and charge you $49.99. I had to ask them various times that if they couldn't resolve my problem would I get my money back and they couldn't give me a good answer or a simple "YES". They finally did try to help me after I told them I had many Dells that were messed and only then when they though I was a company where they even willing to try. And when they did try to help me they pretty much told me that I just had to buy a new computer and their debugging skills were pretty basic or nonexistent. They also had numbers in front of the computers but never tell you what those numbers mean until you speak to a tech support guy.
I am sorry but they seem like they are more interested in throwing in their warranty fee on you from the time you order till the time your computer dies. From now on I will never buy from Dell. They will never get another penny from me.
Dell computers nowadays are not build the same way as they were before. If you want to go ahead and throw your money away go and buy their stuff. As for me I have three reasons (computers) for never to use them again!!!!
Understand your frustration but what's the point of
by VAPCMD - 11/26/07 3:34 PM In reply to: RE: NOT ALL DELLs ARE CRAPPY by sakenu16answering a post that's over a year old ???
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