Yay extended budget

mrbagrat · 04-12-2006, 09:22 PM

Alright, heres my semi-final list:

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM (138.88$ after 50$ MIR)
NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner (37.99$)
SAPPHIRE Radeon X850XT (163$)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (355$)
Windows XP MCE (114.95$)
ASUS A8N5X (80.99$)
Rosewill RP550-2 550W (64.99$)

Total + Shipping and Taxes: 1052.90$

Case Pending
Already have HDD

Is it worth going down from the X1800XT to the X850XT?

Jet · 04-12-2006, 11:23 PM

the X1800XT is better than the X850XT. Hard drive?

Skizzor · 04-12-2006, 11:27 PM

Thats a nice pc. You should have some with it

Dr Studly · 04-12-2006, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbagrat

Alright, heres my semi-final list:

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM (138.88$ after 50$ MIR)
NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner (37.99$)
SAPPHIRE Radeon X850XT (163$)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (355$)
Windows XP MCE (114.95$)
ASUS A8N5X (80.99$)
Rosewill RP550-2 550W (64.99$)

Total + Shipping and Taxes: 1052.90$

Case Pending
Already have HDD

Is it worth going down from the X1800XT to the X850XT?

if your planning on gaming don't get MCE... i had it and it was nice, but it uses almost twice as much resources as Home or Pro... i.e. directly after installing home my PF usage was 85mb... directly after installing MCE my PF usage was 180MB...
so i would get home or pro if you are gaming...

and the X1800XT is much better... if you have the money get the X1800XT... if you don't the X850XT will be fine

mrbagrat · 04-13-2006, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Jet

the X1800XT is better than the X850XT. Hard drive?

I'm using my old 80gig for now. Im running out of space though, so I might buy a 120 or 160 gig later on.

What is the page file?

Also, should I get the 64 bit XP? I heard there are driver issues.

liquidshadow · 04-13-2006, 02:15 AM

Yea, not everything supports 64 bit XP at the moment. I'd just stick with 32bit.

Dr Studly · 04-13-2006, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mrbagrat

What is the page file?

how much memory is being used...

liquidshadow · 04-13-2006, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Encore4More

how much memory is being used...

Well, not exactly, its how much of the HDD is used as "RAM"

thebeginning · 04-13-2006, 02:50 AM

yep. I'd recommend against the 850xt. the 1800xt is better, but the 7900GT is far better than both and you can grab that for 300 at newegg. also, i wouldnt get the MCE, go pro or home. The advantages of MCE are minimal.

if you're still looking for a case, go with coolermaster's centurion or centurion 5. great case, good cooling, really low ($50) price.

Dr Studly · 04-13-2006, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by liquidshadow

Well, not exactly, its how much of the HDD is used as "RAM"

no... my dad has 2 gig of ram... and his PF is 300MB... he has virtual memory turned off

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04-12-2006, 09:22 PM	#21 (permalink)
mrbagrat banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: See above Posts: 1,237	Alright, heres my semi-final list: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM (138.88$ after 50$ MIR) NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner (37.99$) SAPPHIRE Radeon X850XT (163$) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (355$) Windows XP MCE (114.95$) ASUS A8N5X (80.99$) Rosewill RP550-2 550W (64.99$) Total + Shipping and Taxes: 1052.90$ Case Pending Already have HDD Is it worth going down from the X1800XT to the X850XT?