mf - story #1037 - Computer:

Computer:
posted by pasofol on April 16th, 2008 at 8:40PM

Build me a new computer.
canadacomputers or ncix or other stores acceptable.
Ideal price 500 or so (including monitor).
Budget can be exceeded but needs to be justified.

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posted by dennisn on April 21st, 2008 at 7:49PM

You don't need a case -- just have everything sprawled in the open -- it'll save you a hundred or so, and provide the best airflow.

So, you'll need:

motherboard... 80
cpu.... 80
ram... 30
gpu... 100
nic... 20
kbd/mouse... 20
monitor... 200

= ~ 500 ... based on a quick reference by canadacomputers.com

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posted by pasofol on April 21st, 2008 at 8:07PM

HD 60-120 and PSU.

Was looking for specific parts.
Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 - for cpu but 140
mother- 100 or so if i'm happy with 667mhz
ram- 30
nic - built in
mouse/kbd - have
gpu- EVGA e-GeForce 8600GT SSC 256MB but looking for better - 130
monitor - used crt? 50
hd - 100
PS if not a case - 40

So 590 without the taxes.

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posted by dsk on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:47PM

CRTs are so.. 1999.

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Since when am I
posted by pasofol on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:30PM

slave of the mass trends?
hmm dvi output might be an issue though

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posted by dennisn on April 21st, 2008 at 9:38PM

You don't really need that fast of a cpu ... I remember my sister playing sof2 very well with a p3-400mhz!! -- it's all about the gpu

Also, you don't really need that big an hd -- so you can cut that estimate in half. If you want to storage, get a separate raided unit later on. For daily use, 60g is plenty (and that's only if you have 40g worth of songs).

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I use to play.
posted by pasofol on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:48AM

Sof2 on a 333mhz celeron and 16meg vcard vodoo3 baby. But if I'm buying a new system I'd play some new games not just open source ones. So the extra cpu and a good vcard will be needed.

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