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!

Revabug

United Kingdom147 Posts

July 10 2009 19:05 GMT

1TB low end lol?

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

July 10 2009 19:07 GMT

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.

FragKrag

United States11538 Posts

July 10 2009 19:15 GMT

Looks good to me if the only thing you're going to do is vigorous web surfing :D

Jusciax

Lithuania588 Posts

July 10 2009 19:20 GMT

$330 for this madness? man, technology is upgrading so fast..

SkY)CosMoS

Dominican Republic106 Posts

July 10 2009 19:24 GMT

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.

decafchicken

United States19921 Posts

July 10 2009 19:29 GMT

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 ^_^

geometryb

United States1249 Posts

July 10 2009 19:30 GMT

why on board graphics instead of a cheap card?

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

July 10 2009 19:34 GMT

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

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.

mahnini

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.

renegade_zerg

Korea (South)525 Posts

July 10 2009 19:41 GMT

#12

On July 11 2009 04:36 mahnini wrote:

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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

United States6862 Posts

July 10 2009 19:43 GMT

#13

On July 11 2009 04:41 renegade_zerg wrote:

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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 States24495 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.

Polis

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_

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

United States1100 Posts

July 10 2009 21:01 GMT

#17

On July 11 2009 04:41 renegade_zerg wrote:

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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.

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.