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CypherAlmasy
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Ummm. . . this is kind of a follow up to my last post about getting a new computer. I've found the following "barebones" at a shop near here:
1.5 GHz Pentium IV
256K SDRAM
nVidia GeForce 2
Motherboard w/ built-in 3d audio
The only problem is that this is all it comes with, so I'd have to import my old hard drives (a 2 gig and 1 gig, not a lot of space), CD-ROM (2x, yuck), sound card (SB 16) and other similarly old outdated things to it. Is it worth it, or should I go for a less powerful system with better peripherals?
"If any of you step out of line, I'll promise to kill you in the name of T.G. Cid too. I'm watching you. Especially you over there, elfy." -Orlandu
Posted on 2001-10-19 14:47:46
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andy
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I strongly suggest an AMD processor instead of a P4. An Athlon XP "1800+" (which is really 1.5GHz) outperforms a 2GHz P4 in most of the benchmarks I've seen. Moreover, an Athlon XP is almost half the cost of a P4 of comparable power. ($255 vs $410)
This is one of those instances where you can get faster and cheaper at the same time. :D
Secondly, the motherboard has builtin audio, don't move your SB16 into it. ;)
Personally, I would get an additional 256MB of RAM as well.
"Ignorance is its own reward" -- Proverb
Posted on 2001-10-19 15:54:57
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vecna
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For once, I gotta agree with tsb here. Get an AMD. It outperforms an intel mhz for mhz (The United Devices distributed cancer-cure app that is SPONSORED by INTEL recently changed it's cpu-scoring to reflect the reality of this: A Pentium4 1.5ghz is ranked 100, while my AMD tbird 1.2ghz is ranked 120).
I have 512mb of DDR. It's all good baby. If you stick with regular SDRAM, thats cheap enough you should go out and get a gig. ;)
Also, whatever you do, don't skimp on the motherboard.
Take the money you save by buying AMD and get yourself a 60gb harddrive. :)
-vecna
Posted on 2001-10-19 16:07:01
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Devon
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It sounds like an almost exact copy of my old 486... Try not to take too many parts out of it. I dismantled mine years ago to build a Pentium out of it, and one thing I do wish is that I still had that old 486 to play those Protected Mode runtime games. :) You just can't replace that old hardware in terms of DOS compatibility.
Other than that, I agree with Speed. Get an AMD.
-Devon
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Posted on 2001-10-19 19:30:38
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CypherAlmasy
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"If any of you step out of line, I'll promise to kill you in the name of T.G. Cid too. I'm watching you. Especially you over there, elfy." -Orlandu
Posted on 2001-10-20 11:44:00
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choris
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I recently bought a new video card only to find my motherboard doesn't have ANY AGP slots, so I'm going to upgrade. I've already got :
Pentium Celeron
128 MB Ram (I'd like to get more)
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30 gig Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD-ROM Drive
CD-RW Drive
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ATI Rage Fury Pro Graphics Card (NEW)
Sound Card (PCI)
Modem (PCI)
Parallel Port (ISA)
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Keyboard/Mouse
Speakers
Decent Monitor
Scanner (Parallel Port)
I have $270 to spend.
One of my teachers can sell me a brand new case for only $20 (retail ~$80). The only problem is I think that it may be made for an AT motherboard. So can anyone tell me where I can get my hands on an AT motherboard (or an ATX in case I'm wrong) that fits this criteria :
Support for Celeron Processor
(1+) AGP Slot
(2+) PCI Slot
(1+) ISA Slot
Or if anyone know of a cheap enough case that fits an ATX, that would probably be alot easier than trying to find a good AT. Thanks for any help you can give me!
- choris
choris@verge-rpg.com
Posted on 2001-10-21 11:59:14
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CypherAlmasy
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Ah, yes. Those were the days. The great heyday of DOS. Sometimes I wish we were still back then. . .or something. I still use my 486 to play a game or two. Mostly Descent (how I love thee, Descent ^_^) and the occasional Duke 3-d. Aye, those certainly were the days.
CypherAlmasy
"If any of you step out of line, I'll promise to kill you in the name of T.G. Cid too. I'm watching you. Especially you over there, elfy." -Orlandu
Posted on 2001-10-21 18:14:36
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