Maffia's Quest for a new PC Now that HL2 & Doom 3 is almost upon us ;) I have decided to start doing some research in my quest for a new PC. Current Rig: Athlon Slot A 900 Mhz Geforce4 ti4600 512 Mb Kingston Value Ram 1* Maxtor 250 Gb 1* Maxtor 60 Gb 1* Maxtor 40 Gb 1* Seagate 20 Gb D-link 10/100 Nic SB 1024 Live Value Aopen HQ08 case Once a new rig is built, this will remain as a fileserver/Divxbox to hookup on TV. From what I have read from several forums so far these will be minimum specs: new mobo (no Oc required, don't have that much time anyway) new Processor (A64) (but of course this rig should be a good folder :D ) 1Gb Ram new soundcard new vidcard new HD's (SATA?) new case As you can see, I do not have that many specs for you to look at. Do note that I am quite patient, so I could be buying if one or the other game comes out. Also price is not an issue at the moment, as I work for a computer distributor, I get stuff at disti prices (or even free if i'm lucky) So off I go, I will of course need some help regarding compactibility, and will update this thread as I start getting more info. Any suggestions on what you would buy now will be greatly appreciated. Wish me luck. |
I'd wait until the next-gen games are actually here remember how idiots rushed to buy 9700/9800 cards, saying "ooh, those really cool games are almost here" ? in the meanwhile, the x800 is here and by the time doom 3 and HL2 are here, the next generation will have arrived :^D I'd wait anyway until socket 939 has gone mainstream and the prices are at a normal level |
if you HAVE to buy now, go with nForce3 250gb + S754 A64 CPU, best bang for buck and the S754 won't disappear overnight, the nForce3 is very feature rich. Videocard wise, it would be.. wise;) to either continue using that Ti4600 , or find a cheap R9800Pro/None Pro 2nd hand. |
buy a 2ndhand gf4mx440 or so , and put this in your fileserver/Divxbox |
Since HL2 has been delayed again, there is still some time. Waiting would be your best option. Go for PCI-express, S939 if it goes down in price, and just see how the industry unfolds. Take JM's advice if you HAVE to but now. |
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1) out of the box, it has more features then the KT800 Pro 2) VIA 4in1 drivers 3) http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=2063&p=7 =) |
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Athlon 900Mhz bought around June 2000 for 16000 Bef (Top of the AMD range at that time), which equates to around €400 @jmke Thanks for the suggestion, just looking @ S754 Mobo's :o , goddamn, what are they banging into mobo's nowadays. As you said, feature rich |
I bought me: * MSI NEO Platinum (nForce3 250gb) ~€140 * A64 3000+ ~€230 both at www.comtechnology.be |
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