Finally ready!

MrBucket · 03-27-2006, 02:59 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, 03:37 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, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBucket

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

Ok, better. What make is it?

MrBucket · 04-07-2006, 12:56 AM

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

Jet · 04-07-2006, 01:32 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, 02:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
MrBucket Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shittsburgh Posts: 206	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????? __________________ --New Comp (Christmas!)-- AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.40Ghz 1 GB(512x2) DDR PC-3200 240 GB (200+40) 7200RPM PCI - GeForce FX5200 :-O 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: 17 Posts: 6,152	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. __________________ Silent Tuned \| 3D Marks 06: 11566 Q6600 2.4ghz CPU \| Gigabyte GA-P35 LGA 775 MB EVGA 8800gt 512mb Video Card G.Skill 4GB Ram \| Western Digital 400GB HD X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Antec P180B Case \| Scythe Ninja HSF CM Real Power Pro 650watt PSU

03-27-2006, 03:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	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: 17 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 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shittsburgh Posts: 206	$90 ram - $40 (rebate) = $50 shoulda specified __________________ --New Comp (Christmas!)-- AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.40Ghz 1 GB(512x2) DDR PC-3200 240 GB (200+40) 7200RPM PCI - GeForce FX5200 :-O

03-27-2006, 03:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
ItlanChode Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 252	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, 12:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
MrBucket Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shittsburgh Posts: 206	http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0&Sku=ULT31664 __________________ --New Comp (Christmas!)-- AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.40Ghz 1 GB(512x2) DDR PC-3200 240 GB (200+40) 7200RPM PCI - GeForce FX5200 :-O

04-07-2006, 01:32 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	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! __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

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