Well, screw Dell, I want power.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:49 am

I'm making you one just hold on I have stuff to do...

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Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:07 am

Just because you have a dell doesnt mean it sucks, it just means you built it to suck. I have a Dell 8400, the thing is fast as hell...takes no longer than 25 seconds to boot into my desktop and have everything loaded.

It runs all programs fast, all games work perfectly on the highest settings.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:45 am

Harshboy wrote:Just because you have a dell doesnt mean it sucks, it just means you built it to suck. I have a Dell 8400, the thing is fast as hell...takes no longer than 25 seconds to boot into my desktop and have everything loaded.

It runs all programs fast, all games work perfectly on the highest settings.

I could make a computer that is better than ANY dell (including the 10,000$ one).

Second, gamecube most of the info in that book is outdated because it came out in nov 05 which means its info was even before that.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:04 pm

No, I mean I bought a premade 2400, and it sucks, and I paid 1000 bucks, I mean waiting like 4 min. to boot up I thought was normal, and I have NOTHING, that boots up, as I modded in msconfig, and I have no spy/unnecessary crap.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:32 am

demon, how much are you looking to spend, total (And what about a monitor)?

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:15 am

In my estimated money for PC left, bout 1000, maybe 50 more, but you know around there. Monitor, I still have my 17" LCD from Dell, but it works, and still is shiny.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:12 pm

ok, heres what you do, wait a month MAYBE two. Get a 125$ mobo supporting the conroe, buy the 310$ one buy the 7900 KO and get a hd for like 120$ then you can just fill in the rest. like cd drives and what not.

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825

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:32 pm

Sweet, and RAM, hmm, maybe about 1 Gig?

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:49 pm

I'd recomend at least a gig of RAM. Besides it will run Vista better.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:53 pm

Vista, I have been thinking about getting it, should I buy XP, or hold off and get Vista and the new motherboards.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:13 pm

save up for a little while longer, then get 2 gig mushkin like PC 6400 its great.

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:58 pm

I would suggest salvaging whatever you can. For instance, the power supply and the case from the Dell pc should work fine, and will cut down on about 40$ of the expense.

If you're looking for a gaming pc, AMD is definatly better, and the new 64 bit CPU is worth it, too.

Radeon and ATI are the best as far as video cards go. Preference varies, but I prefer ATI myself, but again, it's all preference. And remember, when buying a new card, PCI express is the new AGP, and it's becoming hard to find one with AGP support, so I would suggest just getting a PCI express card and board.

As for RAM, definetly get at least a gig, more if possible. And remember, while looking at ram, not only look at the megabytes, but also the megahertz. Faster ram is a good thing to have for gaming pc's, and copled with everything else, makes for a screaming machine, and it's not much more for a bit faster ram.

Hard drives, you might want to look into the new SATA drives, as they're about twice as fast, but remember to be sure that your motherboard supports it (most new ones do)

With your motherboard, all you really have to be sure of is that it has the right plugs and is compatible with your CPU.

That's about it.

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:16 pm

Indigno wrote:
If you're looking for a gaming pc, AMD is definatly better, and the new 64 bit CPU is worth it, too.

You must be one of the perople who never heard of Conroe.......well lets put it this way, get a 2.9 Ghz Conroe and you'll never go back. These suckers are mad fast, not to mention how cool they stay

Nonsense Man · Post by **Nonsense Man** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:19 pm

is Conroe Relased to the public yet

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:29 pm

Harshboy wrote:
Indigno wrote:
If you're looking for a gaming pc, AMD is definatly better, and the new 64 bit CPU is worth it, too.
You must be one of the perople who never heard of Conroe.......well lets put it this way, get a 2.9 Ghz Conroe and you'll never go back. These suckers are mad fast, not to mention how cool they stay

I've heard of them, I'm just an AMD fanboy.