Ideas for a PC Spec!
12 August 2002, 12:03 PM
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Erm, no. You just ask everyone else how to do your coursework and leech off your student loan like there is no tomorrow! 
[Edited by Mr Footlong - 12/8/2002 12:03:22 PM]
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06 December 2002, 06:27 PM
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As the title says im going to build a new pc just not sure of what spec to build it to. After a quick look cant find any pc game sites thats say what spec you need.
Im thinking about 2gig, gforce 4, 80gig 7200rpm HD, 512mb ram what else???
Cheers for any help!
Im thinking about 2gig, gforce 4, 80gig 7200rpm HD, 512mb ram what else???
Cheers for any help!
06 December 2002, 06:43 PM
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This pc is 1gig, 320mb ram, 64mb vodoo g-card, 40 + 6gig HD, DVD, CDR. Not really much i can use so may as well get job lot and sell this to my folks.
Will spend whatever it takes. Want something nice lol
Will spend whatever it takes. Want something nice lol
06 December 2002, 07:18 PM
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I'd have a serious look at putting an ATI Radeon Pro 128mb graphics card in any state-of-the-art "gaming" system and (with one eye on the future) try to include a Serial ATA capable m/board if poss.
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06 December 2002, 07:29 PM
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Abit IT7 Max 2 
Ive been tempeted.
But with Geforce 5 around the corner i wouldnt use the 9700pro to be blunt.
Ive being looking into building a 3.06Ghz + granite bay beast. But im waiting for the springdale chipset's in April now.
P5 here i come
Ive been tempeted.
But with Geforce 5 around the corner i wouldnt use the 9700pro to be blunt.
Ive being looking into building a 3.06Ghz + granite bay beast. But im waiting for the springdale chipset's in April now.
P5 here i come
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06 December 2002, 07:52 PM
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Scooby Snax - What most people miss when building / buying a PC is the bus speed. You can have a load of ram, fast chip and quick hdd, but if you have a 100mhz bus, it really isn't going to be all that quick.
Last year I bought an Intel motherboard with a 400mhz bus and with the correct ram and chip it flew. A year on it is still the fastes pc I have ever used. The ram you I used was rimm (capable of 800mhz bus back then).
All other bits are nice and fluffy, but get the essentials and add the rest later if you are on a budget.
Dan.
Last year I bought an Intel motherboard with a 400mhz bus and with the correct ram and chip it flew. A year on it is still the fastes pc I have ever used. The ram you I used was rimm (capable of 800mhz bus back then).
All other bits are nice and fluffy, but get the essentials and add the rest later if you are on a budget.
Dan.
06 December 2002, 08:27 PM
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I bought the following recently
Asus A7N8x Nforce 2 Board
XP 2700+ 333FSB
2 x 512mb PC3500 Corsair Cas 2 dimms
80GB ATA133 Maxtor HD
DVD
CDRW
ATI 9700pro
Cost about 1K (ish) but you could get away with only 2 x 256MB Dimms
Get near 16000 3dmark with no overclocking. The Nforce 2 onboard sound is brilliant and the 9700pro which caused me chaos in the KT400 board plugged straight in ran like a dream. You can now pick the 9700pro up for about £230 anyone wanna guess how much the GeforceFX is gonna be??
My 2p worth....
Jinxy
Asus A7N8x Nforce 2 Board
XP 2700+ 333FSB
2 x 512mb PC3500 Corsair Cas 2 dimms
80GB ATA133 Maxtor HD
DVD
CDRW
ATI 9700pro
Cost about 1K (ish) but you could get away with only 2 x 256MB Dimms
Get near 16000 3dmark with no overclocking. The Nforce 2 onboard sound is brilliant and the 9700pro which caused me chaos in the KT400 board plugged straight in ran like a dream. You can now pick the 9700pro up for about £230 anyone wanna guess how much the GeforceFX is gonna be??
My 2p worth....
Jinxy
06 December 2002, 08:48 PM
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When you say ££ not an issue
I was going to build
P4 3.06
2* 512mb DDR400
Granite bay board
and geforce 5.
Thats nearly £1500 worth
Built that then
im waiting for the newer pentiums like i said above. April time. The 533Mhz are going to be replaced with 800mhz bus + all old P4 chips are going to have hyperthreading enabled
Si
I was going to build
P4 3.06
2* 512mb DDR400
Granite bay board
and geforce 5.
Thats nearly £1500 worth
Built that then
im waiting for the newer pentiums like i said above. April time. The 533Mhz are going to be replaced with 800mhz bus + all old P4 chips are going to have hyperthreading enabled
Si
06 December 2002, 10:14 PM
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Today bought ('cos mobo f'barred [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] )
MSI 845E MAX 2 (MS-6398E) which has all sorts of goodies from ATA133 RAID to BlueTooth capability to 533FSB etc etc for £94+VAT
That'll keep me going for a while
Bung in some PC2700 DDR & a 533FSB P4 and a happy little server for a couple of years
Now all I need is a pair of HDDs to drop in to start the RAID going...
MSI 845E MAX 2 (MS-6398E) which has all sorts of goodies from ATA133 RAID to BlueTooth capability to 533FSB etc etc for £94+VAT
That'll keep me going for a while
Bung in some PC2700 DDR & a 533FSB P4 and a happy little server for a couple of years
Now all I need is a pair of HDDs to drop in to start the RAID going...
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