New Comp

alright my bday is coming up and im going to get a new comp and all my friends have been telling me to get an ibuypower..ive never heard of them so i was wondering if you guys know if there any good? there site is www.ibuypower.com :unsure: if you dont think they look good what would you suggest i get? i mostly be using it to play games like half life 2 and joint ops

 

well how much are you looking to spend? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...1220380&CatId=0 - there goes a pretty nice comp for $1500

 

yeah you can go to either of those sites or even build your own. depends on how much you wish to spend

 

build your own

 

would it cost more or less if i built my own?

 

The cost depends on what you put in it. I bought all my parts from www.newegg.com and I built a medium quality computer for about $375

AMD Athlon XP 2800+
1024MB Duel Channel RAM
80GB Western Digital HDD
256MB nVidia GeForce FX5200 (AGP8x)
ASUS A7NX8-E Delux nVidia nForce 2 Chipset
52x Sony CDROM
16x Sony DVDROM
400W ATX Standard Case


It's really what you make it.

 

Build your own.. its alot of fun

 

lol i would prolly set it up wrong and it would like explode

 

Yea Im afraid I might mess it up...

thats why I might not build my own

 

what kind you thinking about getting?

 

I highly suggest this basic computer configuration, one thing though, go for the 939 pin for the processors, it will not cost any extra but you will be able to upgrade your processor more later on if you need to.

you do not need to spend extra for eye candy, it's OK to have a beige CD drive on a colored case, also if you feal a need for the same color drives as the case ust go out and buy some freaking spray paint and some masking tape and do ityourself for 2$ instead of 40.

if I had about 1.3k(or a bit more) to spend this is what I would get with gaming and general power use in mind(while still being open to upgrading as time goes by)

AMD 64 3000+ (939pin)
512mb ram(to be upgraded later)
[939-pin] GigaByte K8NS Ultra-939 nForce-3 Ultra Chipset w/7.1 Sound, LAN, IEEE-1394, USB 2.0 8x AGP Motherboard
ATI radeon GFX card (the special they are offering)
the 17in LCD monitor
2nd 160 gig HD(so you can save everything to it and make your comp crashproof or so you could configure them for dual writing for very fast saving)
and the default for most of what they have


please note though, that in terms of purchasing ram it wouldbe wisest to add more ram yourself, for less cash

also make sure to get a 64 bit processor, windows long horn is coming out with a 64 bit version targetted towards AMD processors.

 

for building your own I suggest www.pricewatch.com they got everything you need and the shipping is included, they don't actually sell stuff but they give you a list to help you find the cheapest price

 

Go to new egg and get parts there.

Get an AMD 64 3500+ 939 pin
gigabyte or asus motherboard
An ATI Radeon 9800 pro or a Nvidia 6600GT.

The higher the component numbers the better.

 

ok thanks guys you've been alot of help one last question tho..whats the diff. between amd and intel and which is better?

 

while we're on the topic, how hard is it to build a comp, and when you did it did you have any training or anything like that.