Author Topic: I need PC purchasing help! (Read 7678 times)

Twister · « **on:** September 30, 2003, 09:50:31 PM »

All i want is a pc that can run games like BF 1942 etc. smoothly. Does anyone know any websites/ ppl who want to sell a gaming PC (preferably brandname).
Btw i dont want the monitor, printer, keyboard etc. cuz i have'm already. [/b]

Carigamers · « **on:** September 30, 2003, 09:50:31 PM »

Talib · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2003, 10:46:30 PM »

dell...but hoss...all u need is a new hard drive

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2003, 07:41:20 AM »

check down at GATT HQ.

they will sort you out

SIRblackice · « **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2003, 10:50:15 AM »

dell ??
hoss nooo

and all he need is a hard drive

no again

i don't even think a hard drive matters at all unles you have a 0.5 hard drive

QDizzle · « **Reply #4 on:** October 01, 2003, 11:22:09 AM »

Hoss if yuh have the money Alienware is the ultimate gaming machine otherwise give baego and dem a call dey go hook yuh up with all the hardware yuh need to build d bess pc hopefully :-|

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** October 01, 2003, 11:22:09 AM »

Flippant · « **Reply #5 on:** October 01, 2003, 12:41:32 PM »

i believe talib is from the 'really old school' that calls the cpu/chassis the "hard drive".

androsovic · « **Reply #6 on:** October 01, 2003, 01:38:29 PM »

so what..cah flame on the man for being ignorant

a100 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 01, 2003, 11:44:22 PM »

Also Falcon Northwest makes good gaming PCs.

richjob · « **Reply #8 on:** October 02, 2003, 06:21:47 PM »

What's the original specs on your machine?

hiddenagenda · « **Reply #9 on:** October 02, 2003, 06:31:36 PM »

hmm
Well this is what i think would run it :
2ghz(i'm not sure if less<)
512mb of ram(TRUST me it lags like hell on 256"
7200rpm drive

bah that's about it yes..
I'm running this and it takes a millenia to load and lags...
2.4ghz
256mb rdram
7200rpm drive

Twister · « **Reply #10 on:** October 02, 2003, 07:45:49 PM »

I on a tight budget and all i really want is a reliable pc to ron BF 1942 smoothly. I'm aint a computer whiz so i doh wa no pc that need fixin every day.

richjob · « **Reply #11 on:** October 02, 2003, 07:51:44 PM »

Clean out your temp files, scandisk, defrag, and delete some applications you are not using. Heh.

Twister · « **Reply #12 on:** October 02, 2003, 07:52:53 PM »

The PC i have now is a disaster. It is slower then George Bush and if thats not bad enough, it gave trouble from day one. I can no longer even run Flight Simulaton 2002 any more cuz it is so slow. It has been in for repairs over 25 times in the 2 yrs that i've had it and that isnt an exageration. I installed Bf 1942 on it and it moved like a flip comic. It's terrible.
If i can find a good, reliable computer for a good price that won't frig up like my last, maybe my parents might consider purchasing it.
I do not want the entire package cul i have a 17'' monitor ang good enuf speakers. I'm quite happy with my keyboard but my mouse is so much s**t that no cat wud go near it.

richjob · « **Reply #13 on:** October 02, 2003, 09:03:30 PM »

Ah.

Well, some advice for power computing on the cheap. Not the fastest, but Good Enough. I'm giving a range of prices.

Asus mobo (SiS 745 chipset). Onboard CMI 8738 sound is Good Enough. ($600 or thereabouts)

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (or whatever is a good cheap chip) ($600-$800)

Any card based on a Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 440 64 MB DDR or Radeon 8500 ($ 350 - $800)

40-60 GB hard drive. 7200 RPM, using Maxtor or Seagate HD. ($ 600 max. Can use old HD.

Logitech optical mouse (USB) Any of the MX series if you can afford it.

10/100 network card. $40 - $60. Get one with a nice generic Realtek chipset.

Reuse the floppy drive, keyboard, modem, (about $100 max if you have to replace it), old HD (as a slave to the new HD), CD-ROM/DVD/CD-RW from the old machine. Not to mention the OS.

Or you could just scandisk, defrag and clean out the temp files on your old machine.

Given that you bought the machine two years ago, it should still be fast enough to run stuff, unless there's something you aren't telling us like low RAM or an onboard "shared memory" video card. The machine wasn't a hand-me-down from someone, was it?

Twister · « **Reply #14 on:** October 02, 2003, 09:10:49 PM »

u mean second hand? if so then no. we bought it from some small co. that didn't last long.
I think the ram is 112 and 500mhz. Yes i no it is reel crap and thats y i so desperate.

DEATH · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2003, 01:03:46 AM »

what u need is atholon 2200 and 512 ddr 266 and thats it

richjob · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2003, 08:02:13 AM »

Quote

u mean second hand? if so then no. we bought it from some small co. that didn't last long.
I think the ram is 112 and 500mhz. Yes i no it is reel crap and thats y i so desperate.

16 MB Onboard memory. Huge cause of slowness.

500 mhz. A bit too slow to run modern games, but decent to run Linux or do word processing/spreadsheet/web surfing/email.

New basic machine needed. I'll price it out for you later today.

hiddenagenda · « **Reply #17 on:** October 03, 2003, 09:59:22 AM »

What's the size of the case?
See if u can save ur case,if not it's around 300-400 for a good one witha 400W power supply if i'm not mistaken
It shouldn't run u more than 3000 to rebuild one..
Talk to SILVERz

richjob · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2003, 02:42:44 PM »

He might need a new case in truth. Should not need more than a 350 W power supply.

zaibatsu · « **Reply #19 on:** October 06, 2003, 07:09:45 PM »

He does not know how to say it properly, but all he needs is a new tower. 30Gb, 2Ghz and about 512ram. No screen, keyboard, no frills. He wants a flat price for a good tower. Come to think it, so do I....

Carigamers · « **Reply #19 on:** October 06, 2003, 07:09:45 PM »

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