Advice on a good PC for around 1100

lokodezine · 08-04-2005, 09:59 PM

Is it possible to get a Pretty darn good Desktop (not monitor needed) for around this price range. It will be used mainly for school work, entertainment (DVD's, music, burning, and a little game play), and a desiging web pages or graphic design (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks)

So I need a pretty good graphics card, good amount of ram and hardrive, and a pretty good processor right? What about sound card?

Any recommendations on what pcs to go with?

jjsevdt · 08-04-2005, 10:23 PM

Are you wanting to build or buy prebuilt?

lokodezine · 08-04-2005, 10:34 PM

buy pre built from dell, hp, compaq, etc

Culley230 · 08-04-2005, 10:37 PM

Lodo, check your private MSGs...

drunkbum222 · 08-04-2005, 10:41 PM

It seems like to me he wants a prebuild one. Ibuypower has great prices for good builds. I do say that you should build but if not thats there I would get mine. If you are building.....

AMD Athlon 64 3700-$323.00
BFG nForce 4 Ultra Socket 939-$108.50
G.SKILL 1GB duel 512mb ram-$102.25
Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-$389.00

Western Digital Caviar 120GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache-$80.00
ASPIRE X-CRUISE with 420W Power Supply-$82.00 (Sexy little thing

)
SAMSUNG IDE DVD Burner-$48.99
NEC 1.44MB Floppy Drive-$8.49

Total $1142.23 without shipping. I know its over what your planing on but thats one hell of a system about so if you can just shell out the money

Culley230 · 08-04-2005, 10:45 PM

I offered him the following for around $800.00, not including shipping. (Which would be like... around 75-100)

Computer Type Desktop
Brand MSI
Model MS-6702
Processor AMD Athlon64 3200+, 2.20 GHz
Motherboard MSI MS-6702 1.0
Video MSI RADEON 9550
Memory 1 GB RAM
Disk Drives C:\ NTFS 152617 MB

CD/DVD Drives COMBO COB-2K5216 (52X)

Operating System Windows XP 5.1.2600 SP2
w/ 17 inch LCD ACER monitor, 2 speakers w/ matching base cannon (black and red) PS2 Keyboard and mouse. I had the machine built for exactly what he plans on doing.

lokodezine · 08-04-2005, 10:46 PM

no I am willing to spend up to 1350

-- I am wanting a cd rewritable and dvd rewritable drive

Culley230 · 08-04-2005, 10:58 PM

It is CD-RW, but just reg DVD-ROM drive.

lokodezine · 08-04-2005, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drunkbum222

It seems like to me he wants a prebuild one. Ibuypower has great prices for good builds. I do say that you should build but if not thats there I would get mine. If you are building.....

AMD Athlon 64 3700-$323.00
BFG nForce 4 Ultra Socket 939-$108.50
G.SKILL 1GB duel 512mb ram-$102.25
Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-$389.00

Western Digital Caviar 120GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache-$80.00
ASPIRE X-CRUISE with 420W Power Supply-$82.00 (Sexy little thing

)
SAMSUNG IDE DVD Burner-$48.99
NEC 1.44MB Floppy Drive-$8.49

Total $1142.23 without shipping. I know its over what your planing on but thats one hell of a system about so if you can just shell out the money

Wow I BUY POWER has nice prices. What would you recommend me going with... Like what graphics card and processor? That TV tuner looks interesting too, would that be a good idea to have?

lokodezine · 08-04-2005, 11:37 PM

Whats the difference between DDR/DDR2, DDR2, DDR- 400, and Req.DDR2 MainBoard

Also would onboard audio do?

08-04-2005, 09:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
lokodezine Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	Advice on a good PC for around 1100 - 1400 Is it possible to get a Pretty darn good Desktop (not monitor needed) for around this price range. It will be used mainly for school work, entertainment (DVD's, music, burning, and a little game play), and a desiging web pages or graphic design (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks) So I need a pretty good graphics card, good amount of ram and hardrive, and a pretty good processor right? What about sound card? Any recommendations on what pcs to go with?

08-04-2005, 10:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,023	Are you wanting to build or buy prebuilt? __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

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lokodezine Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	Whats the difference between DDR/DDR2, DDR2, DDR- 400, and Req.DDR2 MainBoard Also would onboard audio do? Last edited by lokodezine; 08-04-2005 at 11:48 PM.

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08-04-2005, 10:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
lokodezine Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	buy pre built from dell, hp, compaq, etc

08-04-2005, 10:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Culley230 New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	Lodo, check your private MSGs...

08-04-2005, 10:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
drunkbum222 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 277	It seems like to me he wants a prebuild one. Ibuypower has great prices for good builds. I do say that you should build but if not thats there I would get mine. If you are building..... AMD Athlon 64 3700-$323.00 BFG nForce 4 Ultra Socket 939-$108.50 G.SKILL 1GB duel 512mb ram-$102.25 Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-$389.00 Western Digital Caviar 120GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache-$80.00 ASPIRE X-CRUISE with 420W Power Supply-$82.00 (Sexy little thing ) SAMSUNG IDE DVD Burner-$48.99 NEC 1.44MB Floppy Drive-$8.49 Total $1142.23 without shipping. I know its over what your planing on but thats one hell of a system about so if you can just shell out the money

08-04-2005, 10:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Culley230 New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	I offered him the following for around $800.00, not including shipping. (Which would be like... around 75-100) Computer Type Desktop Brand MSI Model MS-6702 Processor AMD Athlon64 3200+, 2.20 GHz Motherboard MSI MS-6702 1.0 Video MSI RADEON 9550 Memory 1 GB RAM Disk Drives C:\ NTFS 152617 MB CD/DVD Drives COMBO COB-2K5216 (52X) Operating System Windows XP 5.1.2600 SP2 w/ 17 inch LCD ACER monitor, 2 speakers w/ matching base cannon (black and red) PS2 Keyboard and mouse. I had the machine built for exactly what he plans on doing.

08-04-2005, 10:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
lokodezine Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	no I am willing to spend up to 1350 -- I am wanting a cd rewritable and dvd rewritable drive

08-04-2005, 10:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
Culley230 New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	It is CD-RW, but just reg DVD-ROM drive.