new PC

[Xenophon]

Hi guys,

I want to get a new pc. now I have two questions :

1: what will i get for my pc :
P4 3GH
80GB HDD
128 6600GT AGP
512MB RAM


2: what should I get?

 

[mikef]

My guess would be between 1 & 2k

 

[bullfrog]

80MB HDD: not much for a 80mb hdd, those are a tad bit outdated. I assume you mean 80gb?

 

[squirrel]

If you want to get a lot for your computer, don't sell it on pc sites (like this one), but rather go for Cape Ads and such, you will get a lot more.

 

[Xenophon]

80MB HDD: not much for a 80mb hdd, those are a tad bit outdated. I assume you mean 80gb?

Thnx, edited

 

[Scooby_Doo]

As for what u should get, depends on what u do, and what your cash flow looks like.

 

[supersunbird]

Yeah, what do you use your current PC for and do you forsee any changes in that usage pattern?

 

[killadoob]

gaming or what?

if your not gaming why upgrade?
get another 80 gig drive asd run raid

 

[Xenophon]

I basically use it for gaming and internet.

Budget : I have a provident fund paying out end October so that answers the question, however I don't want to go completely overboard.

That said however I want to build one that won't need any upgrades for a while (Yea yea, I know that's not possible with pc's, but I can dream). And it's gotta be able to do the ironing for me

Then if I do put this one in the junkmail, what price would be reasonable?

(note to self : make sure money is cash in account, not a Dunlop cheque like last time - @ssholes, got the last pc I "sold" for free)

 

[supersunbird]

Dont take cheques, just cash. Cash is king.

Your PC can get you around R2000 to R2500 I guesstimate.

 

[RVFmal]

Budget : I have a provident fund paying out end October

How old are you? And is it wise to use your retirement investment to buy a PC?

 

[Xenophon]

How old are you? And is it wise to use your retirement investment to buy a PC?

don't you know your not supposed to ask a woman her age? I am 27 and this package is hopefully gonna get me out of all the debt I am in. The PC is a present to myself

 

[Vl@d]

My advise would be to wait till February 2007

Too many interesting thimgs is still gonna happen..........

 

[vampirotoothus]

That long? Whats gonna happen that we don't know about or do we know? hehe

 

[Toxin]

That long? Whats gonna happen that we don't know about or do we know? hehe

DX10 g-cards, Vista and (hopefully) AMDs answer to Core 2 Duo.

 

[killadoob]

ya i would wait for sure

without a monitor you would be lucky to get 2500

 

[spiderz]

R2800 - R2900 for current pc. (try the suckers on cape ads)

New PC
Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4HGhz
2Gb DDR2-667Mhz Ram
2 x 320 GB SATA2 Hdd's 16Mb
Something bigger than a 6600GT PCIx (7900?)

 

[killadoob]

may i ask what an average person would do with 640 gig of storage?
lol thats a kuk load

 

[spiderz]

may i ask what an average person would do with 640 gig of storage?
lol thats a kuk load

well, if you start playing with dvd editing, you run outa space quite quickly. Even just downloading from the IS news server (when it's working) you should be able to get about 60Gb a month (more like 90gb at full speed).

And then theirs stuff like mp3's, movies, episodes, games (FEAR is 1.8Gb!), ext...

 

[killadoob]

yea yea i know

can i download 90 gigs with my 30 gig package do you think?