Getting a new comp, have around 1,500... Is this nice?

Spi1lz · 04-17-2006, 04:17 AM

Is this decent for $1,550???

Specifications:
Case: Digital Storm Twister Series (Highly Recommended) (Black Edition)
Power Supply: CoolMax 550W CX550B (Silent)
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Dual-Core (1 MB Cache) w/HyperTransport Technology
Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI (Chipset: nForce4 SLI) (1GB Lan / 10 USB / 2 Firewire)
Memory: 2GB Kingston at 400MHz (2x 1GB Dual Channel)
Floppy / Media: Sony 1.44MB Floppy (Black Edition)
Hard Drive 1: Western Digital 250GB SATA II (7200 RPM) (16MB Cache)
Optical Drive 1: Sony 52X32X52 CD-R/RW (Black Edition) (Includes Nero Burning Software!)
Optical Drive 2: Sony 16X DVD-ROM (Black Edition) (Includes Power DVD Software!)
Network Card: Motherboard High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable and DSL)
Video Card: nVIDIA GeForce 7900GT 256MB (By: XFX) (PCI-Express)
Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (Up to 5.1 Channel)
Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling)
Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork / Benchmarks / CDs / Manuals)
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2
Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Restore DVD Recovery Kit
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Wheel Mouse 2.0 (Black Edition)
Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Parts & Labor Warranty
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support

And as far as a monitor, will grab a 20" off of ebay or something for like 300-400 bucks...

ahajv4life · 04-17-2006, 04:20 AM

do you use a 1.4" floppy anymore?

Spi1lz · 04-17-2006, 04:22 AM

heh... It's -7 bucks if I choose not to get it... might as well have it... Could come in handy, someday? heh

[-0MEGA-] · 04-17-2006, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spi1lz

heh... It's -7 bucks if I choose not to get it... might as well have it... Could come in handy, someday? heh

Yes, like if you need to flash your BIOS. Since some mobo's can only be flashed with a floppy disc.

That setup looks very good.

Spi1lz · 04-17-2006, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Yes, like if you need to flash your BIOS. Since some mobo's can only be flashed with a floppy disc.

That setup looks very good.

Is it good for 1550?

34erd · 04-17-2006, 04:29 AM

You building it?

Spi1lz · 04-17-2006, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 34erd

You building it?

Nahhh, through Digitalstormonline.com...

Spi1lz · 04-17-2006, 04:32 AM

Figured I would get it built professionally so I dont screw something up, plus I get a beautiful warranty...

Dr Studly · 04-17-2006, 05:47 AM

heh, man if you want to get something WAY better than that... build it... professional builds are not better (in the case if you built it would tear the computer to shreds, if u get these parts and build)
if you are nervous about not knowing how to build read this and also the motherboard manual will have picture by picture instructions... and you can't mess anything up by forcing stuff because everything only goes in one way...

if you want a WAY better machine for the money then get these parts and assemble them:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2GHz w/ 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - $458
Motherboard: ASUS A8N5X ATX AMD Motherboard - $75
RAM: G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR500 - $160
Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon X1800XT 512MB - $320
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS - $75
Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $90
Optical Drive: NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black - $38
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 - $90
Case:ASPIRE X-CRUISE -BK Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window (Comes with fans) - $54
Power Supply: Rosewill RP550-2 550W Power Supply - $50
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Internet Pro Desktop Black Wired Keyboard - $18

$1458

(the Ram is DDR500 but it will underclock to DDR400 to work with the mobo...)

so that computer would be a major beast feast compared to the other one you were thinking of buying

Spi1lz · 04-17-2006, 05:51 AM

Capable of playing Doom 3 top quality?

04-17-2006, 04:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	Getting a new comp, have around 1,500... Is this nice? Is this decent for $1,550??? Specifications: Case: Digital Storm Twister Series (Highly Recommended) (Black Edition) Power Supply: CoolMax 550W CX550B (Silent) Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Dual-Core (1 MB Cache) w/HyperTransport Technology Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI (Chipset: nForce4 SLI) (1GB Lan / 10 USB / 2 Firewire) Memory: 2GB Kingston at 400MHz (2x 1GB Dual Channel) Floppy / Media: Sony 1.44MB Floppy (Black Edition) Hard Drive 1: Western Digital 250GB SATA II (7200 RPM) (16MB Cache) Optical Drive 1: Sony 52X32X52 CD-R/RW (Black Edition) (Includes Nero Burning Software!) Optical Drive 2: Sony 16X DVD-ROM (Black Edition) (Includes Power DVD Software!) Network Card: Motherboard High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable and DSL) Video Card: nVIDIA GeForce 7900GT 256MB (By: XFX) (PCI-Express) Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (Up to 5.1 Channel) Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling) Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes) User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork / Benchmarks / CDs / Manuals) Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Restore DVD Recovery Kit Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Wheel Mouse 2.0 (Black Edition) Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support And as far as a monitor, will grab a 20" off of ebay or something for like 300-400 bucks...

04-17-2006, 04:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	You building it? __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami

04-17-2006, 04:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	Figured I would get it built professionally so I dont screw something up, plus I get a beautiful warranty... Last edited by Spi1lz; 04-17-2006 at 04:35 AM.

04-17-2006, 05:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dr Studly banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hales Corners Wisconson Age: 17 Posts: 2,435	heh, man if you want to get something WAY better than that... build it... professional builds are not better (in the case if you built it would tear the computer to shreds, if u get these parts and build) if you are nervous about not knowing how to build read this and also the motherboard manual will have picture by picture instructions... and you can't mess anything up by forcing stuff because everything only goes in one way... if you want a WAY better machine for the money then get these parts and assemble them: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2GHz w/ 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - $458 Motherboard: ASUS A8N5X ATX AMD Motherboard - $75 RAM: G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR500 - $160 Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon X1800XT 512MB - $320 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS - $75 Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $90 Optical Drive: NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black - $38 Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 - $90 Case:ASPIRE X-CRUISE -BK Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window (Comes with fans) - $54 Power Supply: Rosewill RP550-2 550W Power Supply - $50 Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Internet Pro Desktop Black Wired Keyboard - $18 $1458 (the Ram is DDR500 but it will underclock to DDR400 to work with the mobo...) so that computer would be a major beast feast compared to the other one you were thinking of buying

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04-17-2006, 04:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
ahajv4life Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Minnesota Age: 23 Posts: 729	do you use a 1.4" floppy anymore?

04-17-2006, 04:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	heh... It's -7 bucks if I choose not to get it... might as well have it... Could come in handy, someday? heh

04-17-2006, 05:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	Capable of playing Doom 3 top quality?