Topic: PC Question

[mathcubeguy]

I wish I had a cool computer like Nemesis, or anyone else with a PC less than 3 1/2 years old...

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

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I wish I had a cool computer like Nemesis, or anyone else with a PC less than 3 1/2 years old...  

I didn't even mention the 22" NEC Multisync FP1370 Monitor .  2048x1536 resolution.  I can edit a page in Word Perfect and see the entire page (with 120% zoom) in editing mode.  

I've given away 2 computers this year.  A 400mhz K6-2 with 192mb of ram,a 80GB HD and a Radeon 7200.  Also a 1.4ghz Athlon with 512mb of ram, 17GB HD and a Radeon 7000.  

The #4 computer that I am thinking of making would be used for SETI until May then I would use it to replace my mothers aging 350mhz machine(192mb and 30GB HD) (that I gave her when it was still considered moderately fast) which would then be given to a friend.  I may upgrade the 350mhz to 533 mhz in the next few weeks if things go well.      

[Acidrain]

It?s all about building your own machine, never store bought!!! What a rip off!!! Learn to build your own machine is the only way!! Thank you Nemesis, and you can see as my primary machine is over kill as well!!! I just wanted to ask something, which i always wondered about!!! Yeah your machine is over kill as mine is!! Hey mathcubguy you can build a good machine I think for $400 US dollars I think, buy using your old cdrom and other stuff that you can use in your other pc, but parts are so cheap now days its easier to just build from scratch!!! I remember when 128mb stick was like $150 bucks like two or three years ago!! I bought my 1 gig memory for $100 bucks so I mean it?s easy to go out and build on your own PC, and believe it doesn?t take a rocket science to do!! If you know someone that can you show once, you will have it down no biggy dude!! Later Acid
 

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

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 i remeber when 128mb stick was like $150 bucks like two or three years ago!! I bought my 1 gig memory for $100 bucks so i

   

The K6-2 400 I mentioned earlier started as a Pentium 90mhz with 16mb of ram and a 1.2GB HD, a monster machine at the time as the 120mhz Pentium had just been released but was not yet available locally.  The 16mb cost me $1000 Cdn at the time.  Then 3 months later the price collapsed.  

Custom built either in a local store or by your own hand is the way to go.  It can be more expensive but if you are careful with your research the quality that you can assure will give you a more stable and faster machine with a better upgrade path down the road.

My machines tend to "evolve" my main machine didn't start as a Dual CPU machine.  It originally had a single CPU motherboard and an Athlon 1.4ghz (I used that motherboard and CPU to build the 1.4ghz machine that I gave away.)  That evolution is why I refuse to buy Windows XP.   Unless MS ditches stuff like activation Win2000Pro is my last Windows. My #2 machine (dual Athlon 2100+) is my Linux machine, eventually MS will drive me all the way into the Linux camp.  The #3 (single Athlon 2400+) machine uses Win98SE because of a peice of legacy hardware that does not have newer drivers.    

[Acidrain]

Linux is the way to go period, its amazing its a thirty year old program and its still more stable than windows wil ever be. I would transfer over to Linux full time if all my games would play on it!!! I do run right know my server on Linux, its funny how Linux is friendly to other OS but Windows is completey unfriendly to the other OS!!!!
I hear you on the cost! Doesnt it make sick you buy something and then a week or month later is cut in half of what you paid, its crazy, and reearch is the only way to go on building, i do alot of my shoping on pricewatch and i get others thier here thier you know. Later Acid and Thank you again bro!!! Acid

[ActiveX]

Play PlanetSide on both and you will see a huge difference...

[Dash Jones]

I can see some big differences in games that are graphics heavy between a 900 mhz and a 2gig or greater mhz machine.

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

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I can see some big differences in games that are graphics heavy between a 900 mhz and a 2gig or greater mhz machine.  

Often though the difference is not the CPU but the fact that the more powerful and up to date computer has a more powerful and up to date video card.  In many cases switching the video cards around will reverse the perception of speed.  

With SFC2 my K6-2 400 (since given away) had trouble with big battles, until I updated the video card.  After that I was in battles with up to 5 players (17 ships some AI) and it worked fine, even with fighters and drone ships in use.  Of course my current system just laughs at the load SFC2 puts on it.