My New PC specs

Himmelstossen · Post by **Himmelstossen** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:40 am

I got this on special as it was only on offer for one week at apprx 400 USD thats 888 AUS dollars.. its the cheapest most effective upgrade I could get my hands on without having to fork over tons of cash...

p.s this is just the box.. theres nothing ealse that comes with it, Box only , No monitor, No Keyboard & Mouse, No Operation System

Now I think in future I may have to upgrade the motherboard but Im not sure yet.. see how it runs .. on tweak zone apparently they said it aint a bad mb for budget although it has some performance loss it isn't a bad alternative for gamers.

The vid crd suck but I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW if its better than my FX5200 128 mbram...

One day I'll upgrade the sound too but AC97 sound isn't to bad as i have it on my current xp1700 as well..

No DVD although my other computer has a DVD so Im not worried...

It has a p4 3ghz chip and thats what's good about it if nothing ealse lol.. and the ram DDR400 aint bad either though I will want to get another 512 - 1.5gb more of it..

If anyone can comment on anything I should know about any individualo parts let us know thnks.. Im basically in need of a new Rig for Rome Total War... I want that game so muchos grande..

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz Processor

Gigabyte GA-8S648FX-RX Motherboard

512MB DDR400 RAM

80GB 7200rpm Hard Disk

GeXcube Radeon 9200SE 128M Graphic Card

52/32/52 CD Burner

1.44MB FDD

ATX 350W Case

Onboard AC97 Sound

Onboard 10/100 Network Interface

Norton Internet Secuity ( 3 months free limitation )

1 Years Parts and Labour Back to Base Warranty on System Unit

Himmelstossen · Post by **Himmelstossen** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:44 am

oh yer comes in a fairly cheap ass case:

ATX Midi Tower Case YAHA M71

Osi · Post by **Osi** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:42 pm

how much?

Sabin · Post by **Sabin** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 3:34 am

needs more storage and a better vid card IMO. just got a 200 gigger yesterday. 150 canadian versus 80 bux for an 80 gig. Might just get another soon.

Himmelstossen · Post by **Himmelstossen** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:54 pm

I paid apprx 400 or less USD for the whole thing... about 888 AUS dollars...

I've tested it out etc,... does have a speed increase but I need a good vid card and more RAM..

I'll get 1 gb of ram and a 256 MBRAM vid card..

Im only getting this for Rome Total War would u believe... and then mabey I can play some doom 3 too :0

Osi · Post by **Osi** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 7:59 pm

I paid apprx 400 or less USD for the whole thing... about 888 AUS dollars...

I've tested it out etc,... does have a speed increase but I need a good vid card and more RAM..

I'll get 1 gb of ram and a 256 MBRAM vid card..

Im only getting this for Rome Total War would u believe... and then mabey I can play some doom 3 too :0

jesus christ only about 400 usd, i'd just add a vid card and i'd buy it. I don't see a point in getting a new monitor keyboard or mouse. And i already have an os that has been mailed to me by b0nesy ;D

Pestilence · Post by **Pestilence** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:36 pm

holy sheep shit! thats a pretty nice deal

my future pc (which im building myself) is gonna be almost 1200 canadian including monitor and keyboard, prices are alot better now a days then like 8 years ago, but fuck thats still alot of money

Himmelstossen · Post by **Himmelstossen** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:23 am

Yeah Im overall happpy with it and the fx5200 that I put in it allows me to play cod at 1204 x 1024 or something and I can have heaps of detail on BF1942 along with 64 bots which does lag briefly while it compputes the bots but yeah definatley speed up. But I really need a 9800 vid card to utuilize the power of my p4 3gig effectivley.. with 256 meg o ram thnks so I can plays doom3 ....

and 1 gb of ram...

Axe · Post by **Axe** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:27 pm

That's a great deal for all that stuff. Whenever I build a new computer I always go way over budget.

I think I'll stick with the crapper I have now until Half-Life 2 is released for certain. All those people who upgraded last year thinking it would be released soon must be kicking themselves now. I'm not upgrading until the game is on store shelves.