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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
July 10 2009 19:02 GMT
#1
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=15881927

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G
RAM: PNY OPTIMA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM
PSU: Antec earthwatts EA380 380W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.0
Graphics: on board

Probably going to end up ordering it tonight.

Any comments / recommendations? This computer is going to be handling vigorous, vigorous web surfing, sometimes maybe over 4 tabs at a time!

the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Revabug
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom147 Posts
July 10 2009 19:05 GMT
#2
1TB low end lol?
Dgtl
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada889 Posts
July 10 2009 19:07 GMT
#3
It will be able to handle most things. You could probably run oblivion on it without much lag and you could run TF2/HL2 with a little lag on it, it should be able to take like 10 tabs easily.
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
July 10 2009 19:15 GMT
#4
Looks good to me if the only thing you're going to do is vigorous web surfing :D
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Jusciax
Profile Joined August 2007
Lithuania588 Posts
July 10 2009 19:20 GMT
#5
$330 for this madness? man, technology is upgrading so fast..
SkY)CosMoS
Profile Joined July 2006
Dominican Republic106 Posts
July 10 2009 19:24 GMT
#6
You could probably drop an extra hundred bucks for a video card and you would be able to play a lot of stuff on that comp.
Do it beautifully
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20118 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-10 21:07:27
July 10 2009 19:29 GMT
#7
on baord graphics? BLASPHAME. at least get something

edit: just saw this on slickdeals check it out has bunch of newegg sales

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/22461/Newegg-Tech-Deals-Hard-Drives--USB-Drives--Memory--PSUs--Computer-Case--Logitech-Keyboard--and-more
(4gb ram for 45 in there i think)

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/22465/PNY-GeForce-9600-GSO-768MB-PCI-Express-Video-Card-40-After-40-MIR
buy this ^_^
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geometryb
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States1249 Posts
July 10 2009 19:30 GMT
#8
why on board graphics instead of a cheap card?
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-10 19:36:31
July 10 2009 19:34 GMT
#9
I'd splurge that extra $20 for 2x2 ddr2 if it's going to be onboard video. That or the $40 for a low profile video card. Or both
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
July 10 2009 19:36 GMT
#10
On July 11 2009 04:30 geometryb wrote:
why on board graphics instead of a cheap card?

mainly because i want to keep it quiet and not spend too much on it. there are a lot of cheap passive cooling cards for like $50 but if the on board graphics can handle vista then might as well save $50, if not we could always purchase a card later.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
July 10 2009 19:39 GMT
#11
On July 11 2009 04:29 decafchicken wrote:
on baord graphics? BLASPHAME. at least get something

oh i would but it's not for me and the person using it doesn't play any games.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
renegade_zerg
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Korea (South)525 Posts
July 10 2009 19:41 GMT
#12
On July 11 2009 04:36 mahnini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 11 2009 04:30 geometryb wrote:
why on board graphics instead of a cheap card?

mainly because i want to keep it quiet and not spend too much on it. there are a lot of cheap passive cooling cards for like $50 but if the on board graphics can handle vista then might as well save $50, if not we could always purchase a card later.



if you want to later upgrade your graphics card, you're gonna need to get a new mobo along with it cus its integrated graphics. So later on down the road, its not going to cost just $50 for a new vid card.
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
July 10 2009 19:43 GMT
#13
On July 11 2009 04:41 renegade_zerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 11 2009 04:36 mahnini wrote:
On July 11 2009 04:30 geometryb wrote:
why on board graphics instead of a cheap card?

mainly because i want to keep it quiet and not spend too much on it. there are a lot of cheap passive cooling cards for like $50 but if the on board graphics can handle vista then might as well save $50, if not we could always purchase a card later.



if you want to later upgrade your graphics card, you're gonna need to get a new mobo along with it cus its integrated graphics. So later on down the road, its not going to cost just $50 for a new vid card.

hm? it has a pci e x16 slot. am i safe in assuming i can just plug in another card and just ignore the on board?
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
July 10 2009 20:07 GMT
#14
On July 11 2009 04:20 Jusciax wrote:
$330 for this madness? man, technology is upgrading so fast..

So true. It wasn't that long ago that hard drives were under 100 gigs (my earliest computers were under 1 gig lol), processors were under a gigabit (iirc I had a 760 celeron not all that long ago), and memory was God knows how tiny. Large monitors were also 75 pounds, there was no reasonable analogue to usb, mouses/mice sucked, keyboards sucked, portable media sucked.

Now it's so convenient but young people take it for granted.
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Polis
Profile Joined January 2005
Poland1292 Posts
July 10 2009 20:37 GMT
#15
On July 11 2009 04:43 mahnini wrote:
hm? it has a pci e x16 slot. am i safe in assuming i can just plug in another card and just ignore the on board?


Yes you can.
armed_
Profile Joined November 2008
Canada443 Posts
July 10 2009 20:42 GMT
#16
On July 11 2009 04:41 renegade_zerg wrote:
if you want to later upgrade your graphics card, you're gonna need to get a new mobo along with it cus its integrated graphics. So later on down the road, its not going to cost just $50 for a new vid card.

This is not how onboard graphics works.
xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-10 21:13:08
July 10 2009 21:01 GMT
#17
On July 11 2009 04:41 renegade_zerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 11 2009 04:36 mahnini wrote:
On July 11 2009 04:30 geometryb wrote:
why on board graphics instead of a cheap card?

mainly because i want to keep it quiet and not spend too much on it. there are a lot of cheap passive cooling cards for like $50 but if the on board graphics can handle vista then might as well save $50, if not we could always purchase a card later.



if you want to later upgrade your graphics card, you're gonna need to get a new mobo along with it cus its integrated graphics. So later on down the road, its not going to cost just $50 for a new vid card.

lol


I'd say, go with a cheap set of 2x2GB DDR2-800 ram rather than 2x1 and go with a 64-bit system. No reason not to nowadays. Especially since most sets hover a little over $40.
Something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267

Otherwise it all looks good.

Edit:
Might want to switch to a different case with free shipping, as it will cost you at least 20 bucks no matter what size you choose, throwing off your budget a bit.
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
July 10 2009 21:08 GMT
#18
This isn't intel integrated graphics. It's AMD integrated graphics. The onboard graphics is equivalent to a ATI 3200 chip. You could play games on this. It also handles HD video very well.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
ambit!ous1
Profile Joined September 2007
United States3662 Posts
July 10 2009 22:06 GMT
#19
damn i really need to upgrade mine T.T
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