Desired system specs...good gaming pc?

[Terran Sniper]

here are my current system specs: (these are for a 1997 Pionex)

Harddrive: 4 gb (98% full)
Processor: Intel pentium ??? 233mHz
Graphics card: unknown
sound card: unknown
optical drive(s): 24x CD-ROM
3 1/2 inch floppy


These are my desired system specs. will they make a good gaming computer?

Harddrive: 80gb
Processor: Intel Paentium 4 2.80 GHz
Graphics card: ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Sound Card: Maya 5.1
optical drives:48x CD-ROM
DVD-R/-RW/CD-R/-RW
DVD-ROM


So, what about 'em?

[dscytherulez]

Yes that will be plenty to compete with present day gaming rigs, not as good as mine, but, you know ;)

[Rbstr]

ya thats good, but be sure to get a Gigabyte of ram, and are you building it yourself or ordering it?

[Terran Sniper]

building it. my mom has like, $10000 credit at circuit city

[NoSurrender]

dont get the maya it steals alotta FPS get a Audigy 1 or 2

[Terran Sniper]

How much are Audigies? Mymom wont pay too much for a 3x5 piece of silicon.

[Lise]

Should be able to get an Audigy 2 for ~$100 now.

[NoSurrender]

you could prob get a audigy one for $60

[Zodiac]

Yes that will be plenty to compete with present day gaming rigs, not as good as mine, but, you know ;)

Dont you mean your parents PC. ;) :p

How much RAM are you going to get Terran?

[Terran Sniper]

im thinking of getting 512mb. what do you suggest?

[Bighoss]

go for the gig, you won't regret it!

[NoSurrender]

yea the gig will make a HUGE difference :D

[Terran Sniper]

Pyro, (long live all pyros, and may the burn cream supply never diminish), ill probably end up having a better system than you

[arctik]

Don't be fooled get as much RAM as possible, I have 1gig and when I check PS is using 95% of all my resources. I dont crash to desktop tho. :cool:

[Terran Sniper]

what is the largest amount of RAM on the market?

[NoSurrender]

terran first off im in the process of getting the parts for my new comp heres the specs i have all but mem/cpu Abit NF7-S Althon 2500+ Barton Core 1Gig DDR400 Kingston Hyper X Radeon 9500pro 80gig HD w/ 8mb cache and anyways itll be my comp and im playin PS and ur not

PS: WTF IS UR PROB!!! im tryin 2 help u

[Terran Sniper]

I didnt know that your were building a new one. i apologize if it pissed you off, but mine will be superior to the one you have NOW, but it will bow down before you forever once you finish your new one.
PS: My shitbox IS my computer. not my parents, not my sister's, MINE. It may be shit, but im proud because its MY shit.

[NoSurrender]

you should set the old parts on fire and then smash w/ a sledge hammer and make a video and sell it :D

[Terran Sniper]

who would buy that?

[NoSurrender]

me

[AlexRaider]

o yea hey, the bigest ram on the market is umm:

8GB (Dual-channel 466MHz) For: a hefty price of $3780!!! bucks USD :doh:

:D

oh and the bigest HD is a: 1Terabyte (7200rpm) w/ 8MB RAM Buffer For: $1155

:D

*if i'm wrong tell me,thank you*

P.S. u could find cheaper ones...

[NoSurrender]

but u hafta find a mobo that will support it thats for servers...

[AlexRaider]

-noted

nah its not for servers...and yea u can find a mobo for it u just have 2 look:-p

[Terran Sniper]

there is no way i could ever use 1 terabyte. within the nesty three months, i will have about $200

[NoSurrender]

please find me a mobo made by a major brand that uses a desktop CPU ie Althon XP Pentium 4 Althon 64 :mad:

[Sputty]

I prefer asus mobos. I'm using an A7N8X, it's very dependable. It's an Athlon XP mobo, has 8X AGP support and is generally good, not too expensive either

[Terran Sniper]

you want a good mobo? get the intel desktop board D865GBF. its under $120, and its an awesome mobo. its what im gonna get. it has a 800mHz FSB, and it was slots for graphics and sound cards (if desired) and slots for extra memory (three)

[Terran Sniper]

ok, ive decided to buy a new computer. here are the specs:

2.66 GHz Pentium 4 Processor
512MB DDR RAM
82GB Hard drive
16x DVD
15 inch NEC LCD display
nVidia GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 128MB
Wireless optical mouse and keyboard

I will add another 512mb of ram. total price: $1,408

or ill get:

NVIDIA nForce 2 Mainboard (w/ 6 usb 2.0)
1024MB PC3200 Dual Channel DDR Memory
200GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA HD w/ 8MB Buffer
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB (w/ TV Out and DVI)
4x DVD +/- RW burner drive, 16x DVD-ROM
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 601 w/ firewire
56K V.29 Fax modem, 1.44 MB Floppy drive
10/100/1000 Ethernet (DSL & Cable modem ready)
Thermaltake V2000 Aluminum case 500Watt
Wireless multimedia keyboard and optical mouse
Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers
AMD Athlon 3000+ Processor

grand total: $1879