Finally ready!

MrBucket · 03-27-2006, 03:00 AM

Ok, with my birthday closin in, and a lil money ive been saving i can acually get a GOOD video card and stop reliaing on my FX5200

which is decent enough for the time being, but i want to play games like BF 2, FEAR, CoD2 etc... and well i have around $200 dollars to spend and i was lookin at a few and i found 1 with a power supply (which i also need since mine is a stock 300 watt) for around $175 which gives me some money to play around with which i was planning to get more ram with, i found a deal for $50 for 1GB of PC3200 *BREEEAAATHHHH*, heres the links CLICKY 1
or just a video card and some other random psu ill get from newhere
CLICKY 2 which is also the wierdest looking video card ive ever seen?????

diduknowthat · 03-27-2006, 03:19 AM

ehh...the 6800xt isn't that great of a deal. I'm sure you can get a better combination of vid card/ psu. Something like the 6800GS, or x850xt is definetly in your reach.

ItlanChode · 03-27-2006, 03:24 AM

I wouldn't trust a gig of RAM for $50.. must be really shitty RAM, unless it's like Corsair ValueSelect, which won't crap out on you.

i.Angel · 03-27-2006, 03:38 AM

Haha ya I would not buy a gig of RAM for only 50 bucks. Think about it bro: there is a reason why it is only 50 bucks!

As for your video card, Liuliuboy is right. Check out the 6800GS line (very popular now-a-days for it good performance/cost ratio). I have not checked out the mid-range ATi cards because everyone recommends the 6800GS way too much on this forum!

holyjunk · 03-27-2006, 03:47 AM

u dont need really good ram if u dont plan to overclock though

bigsaucybob · 03-27-2006, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holyjunk125

u dont need really good ram if u dont plan to overclock though

nobody is telling him to get really good ram. We are telling him to get ram thats worth more than 50 dollars cause it will probably be very poor quality.

MrBucket · 03-27-2006, 04:03 AM

$90 ram - $40 (rebate) = $50 shoulda specified

bigsaucybob · 03-27-2006, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBucket

$90 ram - $40 (rebate) = $50 shoulda specified

Ok, better. What make is it?

MrBucket · 04-07-2006, 01:57 AM

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0&Sku=ULT31664

Jet · 04-07-2006, 02:33 AM

exactly. house brand ram. you might want to spend a little more.

I'd go looking for a X850XT, you can get them for $154 after rebate at newegg.com. It beats the performance of a 6800GS easily.

Talking about sites to look at, tigerdirect.com is not the best. I still haven't gotten my $90 rebate from them from August 2005. Newegg.com is known around here as the top notch website. Another great site to look at is zipzoomfly.com. There they have free 2nd day shipping on all items under a certain weight (ie, not a 5.1 speaker set). Anyhow, have a great b-day!

03-27-2006, 03:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
MrBucket Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shittsburgh Posts: 342	Finally ready! Ok, with my birthday closin in, and a lil money ive been saving i can acually get a GOOD video card and stop reliaing on my FX5200 which is decent enough for the time being, but i want to play games like BF 2, FEAR, CoD2 etc... and well i have around $200 dollars to spend and i was lookin at a few and i found 1 with a power supply (which i also need since mine is a stock 300 watt) for around $175 which gives me some money to play around with which i was planning to get more ram with, i found a deal for $50 for 1GB of PC3200 BREEEAAATHHHH, heres the links CLICKY 1 or just a video card and some other random psu ill get from newhere CLICKY 2 which is also the wierdest looking video card ive ever seen????? __________________ Rosewill R6426-P BK ATX Mid Tower Case Seagate 500GB OCZ StealthXStream 700W GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P OCZ Platinum 4GB SAPPHIRE Radeon 4870 512MB AMD Phenom II X4 810 OC'ed to 3Ghz Last edited by MrBucket; 03-27-2006 at 03:04 AM.

03-27-2006, 03:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 7,465	ehh...the 6800xt isn't that great of a deal. I'm sure you can get a better combination of vid card/ psu. Something like the 6800GS, or x850xt is definetly in your reach. __________________ Media - Gaming Hybrid PC Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 4GB G.Skill DDR2 800 Memory \| 400GB WD SATA HD eVGA 8800GT 512mb Graphics Card X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Hauppauge HVR 1800 MCE TV Tuner Scythe Ninja \| AC Accelero S1 Passive heatsink CM Elite 340 mATX Case \| Noctua NF-S12 Fans liusland - myminicity

03-27-2006, 03:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 18 Posts: 1,201	Haha ya I would not buy a gig of RAM for only 50 bucks. Think about it bro: there is a reason why it is only 50 bucks! As for your video card, Liuliuboy is right. Check out the 6800GS line (very popular now-a-days for it good performance/cost ratio). I have not checked out the mid-range ATi cards because everyone recommends the 6800GS way too much on this forum! __________________ XPS M1530

03-27-2006, 03:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 1,622	u dont need really good ram if u dont plan to overclock though __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

03-27-2006, 04:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
MrBucket Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shittsburgh Posts: 342	$90 ram - $40 (rebate) = $50 shoulda specified __________________ Rosewill R6426-P BK ATX Mid Tower Case Seagate 500GB OCZ StealthXStream 700W GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P OCZ Platinum 4GB SAPPHIRE Radeon 4870 512MB AMD Phenom II X4 810 OC'ed to 3Ghz

03-27-2006, 03:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
ItlanChode Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 326	I wouldn't trust a gig of RAM for $50.. must be really shitty RAM, unless it's like Corsair ValueSelect, which won't crap out on you.

04-07-2006, 01:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
MrBucket Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shittsburgh Posts: 342	http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0&Sku=ULT31664 __________________ Rosewill R6426-P BK ATX Mid Tower Case Seagate 500GB OCZ StealthXStream 700W GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P OCZ Platinum 4GB SAPPHIRE Radeon 4870 512MB AMD Phenom II X4 810 OC'ed to 3Ghz

04-07-2006, 02:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jet VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,500	exactly. house brand ram. you might want to spend a little more. I'd go looking for a X850XT, you can get them for $154 after rebate at newegg.com. It beats the performance of a 6800GS easily. Talking about sites to look at, tigerdirect.com is not the best. I still haven't gotten my $90 rebate from them from August 2005. Newegg.com is known around here as the top notch website. Another great site to look at is zipzoomfly.com. There they have free 2nd day shipping on all items under a certain weight (ie, not a 5.1 speaker set). Anyhow, have a great b-day! __________________ http://www.joshualongeneckerphotography.com

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