just buying a new pc....

Procesador AMD Athlon 64 Bits Modelo 3500+ (2.2 Ghz) en Caja Tarjeta Madre EPOX Modelo 9NPA Alto Rendimiento con PCI-Xpress 2 Gigabytes Memoria Ram PC3200 (400 Mhz) marca CORSAIR Tarjeta de Video ATI Radeon X1650 PRO PCI-Xpress Tarjeta de Sonido Creative SoundBlaster 128 Bits PCI 2 Discos Duros Serial ATA II de 160GB Western Digital en Arreglo RAID (Alto Rendimiento) DVD-ROM 16X LG GDR-8164BBB NEGRO DVD-WRITER LG 16X INTERNO BULK NEGRO Tarjeta de Red Inalambrica Wireless G marca Gigabyte Floppy SONY 3.5" 1.44 NEGRO OEM Gabinete CoolerMaster CENTURION 534 Negro y Plata Fuente de Poder CoolerMaster 430W 24 PIN Serial ATA Teclado Microsoft Confort Curve 2000 Negro Mouse Microsoft Optico de Precision Negro USB & PS2 Bocinas Acteck Multimedia 2.0 Negras Monitor LCD de 20" WIDESCREEN Marce VIEWSONIC Profesional Series

what you think about it?.....can you recommend me something?.....the most expesive thing is the monitor viewsonic.... all of it will cost around 1,500 dollars....is it expesive?.....you must also see that im in a different country so is more expesive than US!!....

l8rs

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What are you going to do with it?

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design most of all........doing ads of 2x3meters, photoshop illustrator, that kinda of things...but my boss told me that he can afford to pay 1,500us dollars...so....is it good?

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3500 athlon is pretty slow by todays standard, i have a 4000+ amd athlon in my desktops and to be honest its pretty sluggish compared with this laptop which is a dual core 1.66 centrino, but if ur not going to be using power hungry programs ( which i am on my desktop ) that seems like a very very good deal although the athlon will be the older 939 rather than the new amd2 which really hasnt lived up to its performanc benifits yet and i tell u this because if in time u want to upgrade ur chip then u will b stuck with a 939 socket and the fastest speed/ processor u will be able to upgrade too will be 4800/5000+ as amd are slowly phasing out the 939, also, the ram u are getting with that is ddr 1 which is poor compared with ddr2

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so what kinda chip should i get? then? so i shouldt upgrade in a while....

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[quote=Digger;444304]so what kinda chip should i get? then? so i shouldt upgrade in a while....[/quote]

it really depends on how much u are willing to spend but i would recommend a dual core either athlon ( which will be either be a socket 939 ((lower prices)) or amd2 higher prices ) or a dual core pentium, atleast either of those 2 will last a bit longer in time because of fast moving technology, to be honest i wouldnt spend the money or a amd2 just now because the price is high and @ the moment u r only gettin a 2% increase in performance, duo 2 pentiums are fast but they are expensive, from wat i have read previously in this post is the fact that u will be doing mostly graphic work on ur pc so ur main concentration should be on the graphics card which is the most expensive part in building a pc

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and the monitor :lol: ...wich model of dual core athlon you can recommend me?...to ask my friend how much it cost....and see the differences between them....coz i already cross my budget limit in about 90 dollars :P...also the video card.....please and thanks :P 8)

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[quote=Digger;444318]and the monitor :lol: ...wich model of dual core athlon you can recommend me?...to ask my friend how much it cost....and see the differences between them....coz i already cross my budget limit in about 90 dollars :P...also the video card.....please and thanks :P 8)[/quote]

god!!! lol, either a 3800+ dual core OR a 4200+ dual core, prices of these 2 have been hittin quite low for the performance u get from them recently ( both 939 sockets ) if u goto ebuyer or somewhere similar then u will be able to look @ components and compare prices, as for graphics cards well i,m no really that good @ them i,m afraid but i do know that if u ant a good 1 then its gonna take a huge chunk out ur overall budget

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are u buying a package? if so from where ?

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a friend of mine sells computers stuff.....so i just told him that my budget is around 1,500us dollars and he send me that computer specs to my email.......why?....is it expesive, cheap?...mm.....video cards hum....let me see if i better choose a better video card....

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[quote=Digger;444329]a friend of mine sells computers stuff.....so i just told him that my budget is around 1,500us dollars and he send me that computer specs to my email.......why?....is it expesive, cheap?...mm.....video cards hum....let me see if i better choose a better video card....[/quote]

to be honest i think its a good deal but its older stock so this is why i,m pointing out certain problems with upgrading and stuff, how much is $1500 of ur money in ?s

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747 i think...not sure....

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i would buy it @ that price, would do me for the internet lol

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nice at least now i know he doesnt giving me a expesive price!!....

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also thanks for all....let me ask for those 2 amd processors

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seriously i just done a quick calc off the top of my head from prices i,ve seen recently and i would buy that

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Check out [URL="http://www.ibuypower.com"]www.ibuypower.com[/URL] or [URL="http://www.cyberpowersystem.com"]www.cyberpowersystem.com[/URL]

I got it under $1,400. Also I see no os mentioned so I assume you have one.

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I was actually thinking about building a new computer for myself. Something that'll be good for Windows Vista since it's so hardware demanding and for gaming. Then, I came across a deal on a Dell, and normally I wouldn't recommend buying one since they crap out but the deal is just too hard to resist.

Come on... AMD Athlon 64 X2 AM2 Socket 1GB Dual Channel DDR 2 PC4200 160GB HDD (swap this out since they use cheap OEM HDD) NVIDIA GeForce 6150 (swap this out as well) 7.1 Channel Audio No monitor For $400!

Can't really beat that. Plus, you don't have go through the hassle of screwing in the motherboard. :)

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Get an Intel Core Duo 2. Your AMD CPU is quite old. Make sure your RAM comes in 1 gigabyte memory sticks, so you have some slots spare on your motherboard.

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[quote=rbuffetta;444469]Check out [URL="http://www.ibuypower.com"]www.ibuypower.com[/URL] or [URL="http://www.cyberpowersystem.com"]www.cyberpowersystem.com[/URL]

I got it under $1,400. Also I see no os mentioned so I assume you have one.[/quote]

xp pro sp2 with all the software i need....hes going to put the parts togeter and everything.......i just need to conenct it to the internet and thats all :P

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[quote=red1;444311]it really depends on how much u are willing to spend but i would recommend a dual core either athlon ( which will be either be a socket 939 ((lower prices)) or amd2 higher prices )[/quote]That's been wrong for several months. AM2s have always been cheaper than socket 939s (except for the initial two months) and they're both damn cheap nowadays. I saw a combo for an AM2 dual core 5200+ with a mobo for like $220 the other day. Crazy.

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[quote=nabeyakiudon;444522] Come on... AMD Athlon 64 X2 AM2 Socket [COLOR=red]1GB Dual Channel DDR 2 PC4200[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]160GB HDD (swap this out since they use cheap OEM HDD)[/COLOR] NVIDIA GeForce 6150 (swap this out as well) 7.1 Channel Audio No monitor For $400!

Can't really beat that. Plus, you don't have go through the hassle of screwing in the motherboard. :)[/quote]I highly suggest that you get rid of that RAM. That is damn slow and you'll notice it immensely. As for the hard drives, as far as I've known, they've been using WD and Samsung HDDs and those are pretty good. Check the label on it before you decide to switch it out. ;)