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I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« on: June 27, 2006, 12:21:08 am »
I think in a while I'd like to build a desktop.

I'm thinkin maybe a 100gb hd...or like 2 60's.
7" flat screen
I'd like to stay with an AMD processor...I dont even know about speeds
maybe 256mb vid card?...
1gbram?...


Honestly, I dont know for sure what I want.

I know I want it to last me a while before upgrading, but I also dont want mega expensive.  Suggestions?

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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2006, 12:24:41 am »
Honestly, the price difference from 100gb to 250gb is maybe $20.  You'd be much better off getting a 250gb, and that way you can partition it off if you don't intend to use all of it. :)
I severely hope you don't want a 7" LCD monitor.. that would be roughly 800x600, maybe 1024x768.  Not that great. :P
Dual-core?


How much money do you have to put into this?
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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2006, 12:25:38 am »
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS
17" monitor!

...what is "dual core"?

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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2006, 12:33:04 am »
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS
17" monitor!

...what is "dual core"?
Two processors.
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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2006, 12:40:00 am »
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS
17" monitor!

...what is "dual core"?
Two processors.
OMG whoa.

sounds intense;)!

would I just buy 2 processors & get a board that supports 2?

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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2006, 12:44:38 am »
No.  A dual-core processor has two logical processors (a set of registers) and some parts of the processor are shared.  That's why there are two "logical processors" inside one chip.

Finding a board that supports two is difficult if you want to have good non-server hardware.
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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2006, 12:56:58 am »
No.  A dual-core processor has two logical processors (a set of registers) and some parts of the processor are shared.  That's why there are two "logical processors" inside one chip.

Finding a board that supports two is difficult if you want to have good non-server hardware.
would you recommend a dual core processor or just a regular processor....I'd like to put this together myself.

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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2006, 01:32:58 am »
Yes absolutely.

I would recommend either an Intel Core Duo or Pentium 4/HT (hyperthreading).  Both are dual-core processors.  I prefer the P4 over the Core Duo at the moment for desktop PCs, although the Core Duo is impressive with its low power consumption.
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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2006, 01:46:07 am »
Does AMD do anything like that?

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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2006, 02:20:04 am »
Yes.
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2006, 03:09:30 am »
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1723227&CatId=1885


mmm, that could be fun on its own.

would it be cheaper to build it myself or just buy that, do y'all think?

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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2006, 10:03:33 am »
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Integrated audio.
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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2006, 12:05:06 pm »
hmm,k.


If I were to go from scratch (not barebones even), what all do I need that goes in this beast?


-Case
-Power supply (500w?)
-Cooling fan (how fast & all?)
-mother board (do I need something that says it supports dual core processor?)..what all else might I need with that any way?
-dvdr/cdrw drives (I think i can find this)
-1gb ram is what I want to do
-250gb hard drive (what speed/brand do I want of this?)
-I THINK I want a 128mb vid card (do I want more & what brand/model?)
....what about sound card & USB ports & the like?  any recommendations?

Anyone know of a nice list of parts I'd need to get a working machine?  Like a hot-to, also
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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2006, 12:34:04 pm »
It really depends on how much you want to spend.  I could give you a list of parts for a good computer, one that will definitely run Vista, for instance, and do games great (much like my own), for (probably) around $1500.  I could do a parts list for a smokin' computer for about $2500-$3000.  And I could even step up from that for $4000-$5000.
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Re: I noticed Krazed's wishlist, help me with one...please
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2006, 12:49:36 pm »
Think, if you have time, you'd be willing to put together a nice list together?

So far I've been lookin @ AMD 64 x2 3800 or 4400...like $160 difference, 3800 ought to be more than enough.
Also have been lookin at 1gb sticks for ram.
A decent video card to game (I dont game much) on & watch videos with decent quality.
160 or so gb hard drive maybe..maybe 200 or so