Advice needed

Paragon · Post by **Paragon** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:30 pm

Hey all: My sister is looking for a half-decent budget PC for 500-600 bucks. Any ideas on what she could get for that? She won't need a high-end video card, it's just a work PC.

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:29 am

Does this include peripherals, like a moniter and a printer?

Or just the box...and maybe a keyboard and mouse.

Paragon · Post by **Paragon** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:56 pm

Just the box. 17 in monitor, mouse and keyboard will be held over from the old Compaq.

Tempus · Post by **Tempus** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:07 pm

A64 2800+ $158
Asus KN8 $99
(or asus kn8 -mx $79 but has pci-e)
512 ddr 400 $54

video cards:
MX 4000: $37
ATI 9550 :$85
FX 5200 $50

Towers: $30~

so for an
A 64 2800+
512 ddr 400
KN8
9550
Case

will cost about $440
the mobo has onboard lan and 8 channel audio
for a budget box this has got a bit of power... just my opinion of course the vid card has a lot of flex and so does the proc if you want to flirt with the 600 mark

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:20 pm

I pretty much agree with Tempus only switch to this motherboard:

DFI Lanparty UT nF3 250Gb

$32 more, but a better board.

Paragon · Post by **Paragon** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:51 pm

Didn't Chopper have a Lanparty board and hate it? I'm just sayin' what I've heard hasn't been positive.

[PX] Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **[PX] Nebuchadnezzar** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:10 pm

Didn't Mike have an entire computer built by Jason and hate it? I'm just sayin', what I've heard hasn't been positive.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:42 pm

Oh, fark off. Dempsey got a board that came out in the first two months of production that were proven to not overclock well. All later revisions did. The board works perfectly if you keep everything stock. But I'm sure you already knew that. :roll:

Hell, Dempsey should sell his board to Paragon at a discount and then go get the other board I recommended. It solves both of their problems at the same time.

Dempsey · Post by **Dempsey** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:01 am

Actually now that you mention it, i've been thinking about a new board. How much?

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:09 am

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do ... cid=MB.259

Sell your board to Paragon for $75 and everyone is happy.

Dempsey · Post by **Dempsey** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:24 am

Is this board any better than my current one. And im not sure if he'll buy it. He knows the problems i have with it.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:30 am

You had problems with it ONLY when attempting to overclock it. It works fine when everything is just run stock.

Dempsey · Post by **Dempsey** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:58 am

No it crashes all the time

Paragon · Post by **Paragon** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:19 pm

I'm sorry, but if I get that cursed piece of circutry for my sis, I'll never hear the end of it if it crashes.

And you need to reformat anyways Dempsey

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:27 pm

I'd try an "As Is" then sale. If interested, PM me. I'm gonna be selling a kick @$$ case soon so I'll just add it to my thread.