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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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!  | ||
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Revabug
United Kingdom147 Posts
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Dgtl
Canada889 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11556 Posts
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Jusciax
Lithuania588 Posts
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SkY)CosMoS
Dominican Republic106 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20154 Posts
 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
United States1249 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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. | ||
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renegade_zerg
Korea (South)525 Posts
On July 11 2009 04:36 mahnini wrote: 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. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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. 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? | ||
micronesia
United States24756 Posts
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
Poland1292 Posts
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. | ||
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armed_
Canada443 Posts
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. | ||
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xmShake
United States1100 Posts
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. 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. | ||
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
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ambit!ous1
United States3662 Posts
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