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Title: La Computadora
Post by: RoMi on June 16, 2005, 09:36:45 AM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103533)
XCLIO XClio 450BL ATX 450W Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817189003)
eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130214)
CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813152049)
RAIDMAX ATX-268WG Green Steel Gaming Tower (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811156021)
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145440)
ALPS Silver 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16821103303)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST380011A 80GB (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148015)
NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827152040)

Subtotal:     $813.49
Total:     ~$850.00ish

I'll be probably getting that within the next week or so.  Tell me thoughts.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: trust on June 16, 2005, 10:00:15 AM
Get this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144122) hard drive instead. It's from the leading company, is the same capacity, is a dollar cheaper, and has a 6MB greater cache.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: RoMi on June 16, 2005, 10:57:22 AM
Yeah, I have a WD harddrive currently, and it seems fine, so I changed that.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: Networks on June 16, 2005, 11:45:53 AM
I have a question pretaining to AMD's and Pentiums. Are AMD's more suitable for gaming rather then a Pentium? Because if so I'd probably take the Pentium since I don't game THAT much. I think AMD is overrated for gamers even though most of the people that own one aren't even a hardcore gamer at all. Just my two cents, correct me if I am wrong.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: Newby on June 16, 2005, 11:52:29 AM
Seagate rocks. I've got a 160GB Barracuda. Trust, you can run off and die.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: Sidoh on June 16, 2005, 12:05:09 PM
Quote from: Newby on June 16, 2005, 11:52:29 AM
Seagate rocks. I've got a 160GB Barracuda. Trust, you can run off and die.

I've had horrid luck with Seagate. I had a 200GB and it went bad on me and I lost most my data. =(
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: trust on June 16, 2005, 12:38:17 PM
I probably shouldn't be tooting Western Digital's horn, huh? My 120 GB internal HDD was a WD and it died, and my 80  GB external was a WD and I lost all my data on it (though the latter was my fault.)
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: deadly7 on June 16, 2005, 02:15:16 PM
Quote from: Networks on June 16, 2005, 11:45:53 AM
I have a question pretaining to AMD's and Pentiums. Are AMD's more suitable for gaming rather then a Pentium? Because if so I'd probably take the Pentium since I don't game THAT much. I think AMD is overrated for gamers even though most of the people that own one aren't even a hardcore gamer at all. Just my two cents, correct me if I am wrong.

Pentiums, to me, are more for server computers and applications then gaming. And RoMi does do gaming, just rarely on Battle.net, I think. It's more a matter of choice though.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: Sidoh on June 16, 2005, 02:20:07 PM
Quote from: trust on June 16, 2005, 12:38:17 PM
I probably shouldn't be tooting Western Digital's horn, huh? My 120 GB internal HDD was a WD and it died, and my 80  GB external was a WD and I lost all my data on it (though the latter was my fault.)

Everyone has bad experiences with harddrives, I guess. =(
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: RoMi on June 16, 2005, 02:28:58 PM
Ok, I made some changes.
The WD harddrive as mentioned above.
Case Change to Antec Solution http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811129140 (its supposed to be really quiet, and I like to listen to music rather then air moving)

View the always up to date list here. http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/WishShareShow.asp?ID=1501946&WishListTitle=COMP
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: RoMi on June 21, 2005, 06:38:01 PM
Oh, well ok.  For anyone who wants a deal I got a 120 gig WD HDD at bestbuy for 40 bucks.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: deadly7 on June 21, 2005, 08:50:14 PM
Pfft. Thanksgiving '03 I got two Maxtor Maxblast 8mbCache/120GB harddrives for $70.00 ish.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: zorm on June 22, 2005, 01:13:22 AM
AMD vs. Intel is really a matter of personal preference. I however wouldn't buy an AMD because ive yet to see anyone have a good experience with them. For my money I'd much rather have an Intel CPU on an Intel motherboard.

Im not so sure about the power supply you picked out. If you haven't already I'd do some more research and make sure you aren't buying a total pile of crap.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: Sidoh on June 22, 2005, 01:53:54 AM
Quote from: zorm on June 22, 2005, 01:13:22 AM
AMD vs. Intel is really a matter of personal preference. I however wouldn't buy an AMD because ive yet to see anyone have a good experience with them. For my money I'd much rather have an Intel CPU on an Intel motherboard.

Im not so sure about the power supply you picked out. If you haven't already I'd do some more research and make sure you aren't buying a total pile of crap.

Now you can't say that because I've had a GREAT experience with AMD. Wouldn't go Intel ever again after getting an AMD 64 3400+ on an Asus KN8-E Delux motherboard. Can't say I've had a single problem related to processor/motherboard.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: Quik on June 22, 2005, 04:22:07 AM
Quote from: Sidoh on June 22, 2005, 01:53:54 AM
Quote from: zorm on June 22, 2005, 01:13:22 AM
AMD vs. Intel is really a matter of personal preference. I however wouldn't buy an AMD because ive yet to see anyone have a good experience with them. For my money I'd much rather have an Intel CPU on an Intel motherboard.

Im not so sure about the power supply you picked out. If you haven't already I'd do some more research and make sure you aren't buying a total pile of crap.

Now you can't say that because I've had a GREAT experience with AMD. Wouldn't go Intel ever again after getting an AMD 64 3400+ on an Asus KN8-E Delux motherboard. Can't say I've had a single problem related to processor/motherboard.

Amen.
Title: Re: La Computadora
Post by: RoMi on June 22, 2005, 09:45:34 AM
If you look at my updated wishlist, you will see I'm getting the Somata II case, which comes with an Antec SmartPower2 power supply.