- Nov 30, 2006
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...All the BEST video cards were AGP
...400W Power Supply? That's a little excessive, don't you think?
...You could generally tell how good a processor was solely by its clock speed.
...Buying AMD was a no-brainer as they made the best and least expensive processors.
...Every computer had a floppy drive
...CD burners and DVD drives were a luxury
...A DVD burner could easily set you back a thousand bucks or so
...LCD? That means "Laptop Computer Display", right? Why on earth would you want one for a desktop?!
...USB was just a fancy PS/2 replacement
...Was the last time I built a PC. We're not in Kansas anymore, Todo. So I could certainly use a few sets of experienced eyes to determine whether I'm:
* Creating a "lopsided" system with unforeseen bottlenecks,
* Buying a brand or product with questionable reliability,
* Paying too damned much for a certain component
The system:
COOLER MASTER Centurion case --> $50
Sunbeam ATX12V/ EPS12V 550W Power Supply --> $75
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 --> $220
GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) --> $115
BFG Tech GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E x16 Video Card --> $260
A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) --> $210
Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s -> $75
BenQ FP202W Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor --> $240
LiteOn DVD Burner - $30
and I have a relatively new CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive that shall be cannibalized from my current decrepit system.
For what do I intend to use it? Occasional gaming, Battlefield 2, Oblivion, Civ4. DVD Burning every once in a while. But mostly, insane multi-tasking while I laugh maniacally at those halcyon days of having to close Mozilla after extensive browsing when my system slows to a crawl.
Thoughts?
...400W Power Supply? That's a little excessive, don't you think?
...You could generally tell how good a processor was solely by its clock speed.
...Buying AMD was a no-brainer as they made the best and least expensive processors.
...Every computer had a floppy drive
...CD burners and DVD drives were a luxury
...A DVD burner could easily set you back a thousand bucks or so
...LCD? That means "Laptop Computer Display", right? Why on earth would you want one for a desktop?!
...USB was just a fancy PS/2 replacement
...Was the last time I built a PC. We're not in Kansas anymore, Todo. So I could certainly use a few sets of experienced eyes to determine whether I'm:
* Creating a "lopsided" system with unforeseen bottlenecks,
* Buying a brand or product with questionable reliability,
* Paying too damned much for a certain component
The system:
COOLER MASTER Centurion case --> $50
Sunbeam ATX12V/ EPS12V 550W Power Supply --> $75
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 --> $220
GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) --> $115
BFG Tech GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E x16 Video Card --> $260
A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) --> $210
Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s -> $75
BenQ FP202W Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor --> $240
LiteOn DVD Burner - $30
and I have a relatively new CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive that shall be cannibalized from my current decrepit system.
For what do I intend to use it? Occasional gaming, Battlefield 2, Oblivion, Civ4. DVD Burning every once in a while. But mostly, insane multi-tasking while I laugh maniacally at those halcyon days of having to close Mozilla after extensive browsing when my system slows to a crawl.
Thoughts?
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