i have $1000 Aus to buy a new computer... HELP!!1

mr_lee · Post by **mr_lee** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 3:53 am

g'day sports,

i have aus$1000 to spend on a new computer from this australian computer website:

http://www.cws.net.au/

this is a link to the pricing section:

http://www.cws.net.au/retailhw.html

can you guys please have a look at that site and put together a computer that'd you think would be the best?

i have a case + power-supply, but i basically need everything else. a bit over $1000 wouldn't be too bad...

thanks a lot!! this'll be greatly appreaciated :) :) :)

your pal

-mr_lee x x x

r@nd0m · Post by **r@nd0m** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 3:56 am

What do you need the computer for?

glory · Post by **glory** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 3:58 am

dophlin logo very :naughty:

mr_lee · Post by **mr_lee** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 3:59 am

nothing specific, just want the best one i can get for the money and don't know as much as you guys :)

just sorta the usual! i'll be mainly using it for uni work and probably playing some games. doesn't have to be high-performance or anything like that :D

thanks!!!!!!!!!!~

JFK · Post by **JFK** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 4:01 am

P4 - 3 GHZ

Geforce FX

there you go

r@nd0m · Post by **r@nd0m** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 4:08 am

Win2k or WinXP

P4 2.0Ghz or higher

512 DDR RAM

Geforce4 Ti series or GeforceFX if you want to have a really good card

CD-RW Drive

80GB or bigger HD

19" monitor

mr_lee · Post by **mr_lee** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 4:27 am

sweet random thanks :D

i just remembered that i have a monitor, so don't need one of those either!! and i have xp pro ;0

which exact products do you think i should get?

thanks!!!!

Lythium · Post by **Lythium** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 5:03 am

Don't waste your money on the FX.. Get the TI4200 w/heaps of ram on it. Get a P4 w/533 fsb in the range of 2-2.54ghz.. 512 meg pc2700 ddr....

mr_lee · Post by **mr_lee** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 5:20 am

can anyone do better than this? i'm not 100% sure which video card to get... thanks!!!!

** video card **

Readeon9000 PRO II 128mb $198

or

GF4 LEADTEK 64MB A180 MX440 MYVIVO $199

** RAM **

512 PC-2700 DDR SDRAM $139

** HARD DRIVE **

60 GIG IBM 7200 ATA 100 $199

** MOTHERBOARD **

GIGABYTE GA-7VA DDR SOCKET A $149

** CPU **

CELERON 2.0GHZ SOCKET 478 $179

** CD BURNER **

LITEON 52X52X24 CDR-W KIT IDE $99

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$964

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OptiCaL · Post by **OptiCaL** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 6:05 am

if your an overclocker:

get an nforce2 motherboard with athlon xp 1700,

people are overclocking them up to xp2700 speeds, two of my friends got em last week and they hammer!! it blows away another friends p4 2.4 easily. and the chip only costs like $120 Aus

and video card wise the ti4200 is the best price for performance atm, youll pay a little more but its worth it trust me, i have a gfmx 440 and the suck uber, im selling it to get a ti4600.

a good budget nforce2 chip motherboard that will overclock like a demon is the Soltek.. if your into overclocking tell me and ill get the right cpu code for the 1700 (not all do it, you have to have the correct core)