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Sat, 17 April 2004 16:20   |
abakshi
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| mrpirate |
CPU: P4 2.4C
Motherboard: Abit IS7
Memory: 2x256 MB PC-3200 DDR (total 512 MB)
Video: GeForce FX 5900/5900XT
Total would be about $550-$650 American dollars.
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I'd recommend getting a Radeon 9800 Pro instead of the 5900 - better image quality, performance in most games, and it's more future-proof - you will be able to run things like Half-Life 2, etc. at full quality unlike in the GeForce FX.
Mrpirate, it'd be kind of challenging to build, for $500, a whole system with a 2.4C, 2x256 DDR400, 9800P/5900, a good 865PE motherboard, with a decent 80 or 120gb 7200rpm hard drive, CD/DVD, a decent power supply (I prefer Antec or Enermax), and Windows XP Pro. Here's a part list I just put together:
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CPU - Intel Pentium 4 2.4C 800FSB - ~$150-170
Motherboard - Abit IS7 (865PE) - ~$60
-----------------Asus P4P800 - ~$100 - personally, I prefer the Asus
RAM - some decent 2x256MB DDR400 - ~$100
Hard Drive - Maxtor/WD/Seagate/etc. 80GB 7200RPM 8MB - ~$30-80 (get a good deal)
Video Card - nVidia GeForce FX5900U / ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - ~$150-250
Optical - Some CD or DVD-ROM - $20
Power Supply - Enermax 450W - $70
Case - some decent case - $30-150
Windows XP Pro - OEM $70-150
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So with those kinds of specs, you're looking at about $700-1000.
To meet the $500 requirement, the specs will have to be downgraded a bit...
But these parts would make for quite a decent system - Chrono945, maybe you should wait a little bit so that perhaps the prices go down and maybe you can collect some more money so you can go for a little higher-up system, meaning something like this ($700 to 1000-ish).
WOL: mbakshi, Radeon980
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P4 2.8C (800 FSB) / ASUS P4P800 Deluxe / 512MB PC3200 DDR / 80GB Maxtor 7200RPM 8MB / ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB / Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM / Win XP Pro / Dell 1800FP 18" LCD / Enermax Case
P4 2.2 / ASUS P4T533-C / 512MB PC1066 RDRAM / 120GB WD 7200RPM / 45GB IBM 7200RPM / ATI AIW Radeon 8500DV 64MB / Cendyne (Pioneer) DVD-RW / Sony CD-RW / Win XP Pro / Nokia 800Pro+ 18" LCD / Aluminum Case
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