Hi, Guest
It's been a long long time since I bought a new computer. My current system is an 800 mhz AMD, 256 mb ram, recently upgraded to an 80 gb hdd... anyway it's old
I want something new that can handle a few of the more high end games out there. I'd like to be able to play half-life 2, Battlefield 2, Star Wars Empire at War, etc...
I also wanna use it to burn DVD's and the like. Now when I buy a system it's gotta last for a long time. I can't afford to be updating every other year. The one I have has lasted 6, and is still running strong, but my father is beginning to take a fancy to using it to read the international news and the like, and thus I need one that he won't touch. I've been debating over specs and I've narrowed it down to a list as follows. Let me know what you think would be the best option, and for you guys that deal with computers a lot, how much you think a set up like this would run.
(Processor) INTEL P4-540J 3.2GE (LGA775)
(motherboard) ASUS P5GPL 915PL 4DDR L775
(memory) Dual Chan 1024 (512MBx2) PC3200
(hard drive) 200GB SATA 8MB
(dvd burner) LG 4163 16X DVD+/-RW
(video card) ATI X600PRO 256MB 16x PCI Express
Or
(Processor) AMD64 939 3500+
(motherboard) GIGABYTE K8NF-9 NF4 1394 SATA RAID
(memory) DDR400 1024 (512MBx2) PC3200
(hard drive) 200GB SATA 8MB
(dvd burner) LG 4163B 16X DVD+/-RW
(video card) ATI RX300SE 256MB PCI Express
I want something new that can handle a few of the more high end games out there. I'd like to be able to play half-life 2, Battlefield 2, Star Wars Empire at War, etc...
I also wanna use it to burn DVD's and the like. Now when I buy a system it's gotta last for a long time. I can't afford to be updating every other year. The one I have has lasted 6, and is still running strong, but my father is beginning to take a fancy to using it to read the international news and the like, and thus I need one that he won't touch. I've been debating over specs and I've narrowed it down to a list as follows. Let me know what you think would be the best option, and for you guys that deal with computers a lot, how much you think a set up like this would run.
(Processor) INTEL P4-540J 3.2GE (LGA775)
(motherboard) ASUS P5GPL 915PL 4DDR L775
(memory) Dual Chan 1024 (512MBx2) PC3200
(hard drive) 200GB SATA 8MB
(dvd burner) LG 4163 16X DVD+/-RW
(video card) ATI X600PRO 256MB 16x PCI Express
Or
(Processor) AMD64 939 3500+
(motherboard) GIGABYTE K8NF-9 NF4 1394 SATA RAID
(memory) DDR400 1024 (512MBx2) PC3200
(hard drive) 200GB SATA 8MB
(dvd burner) LG 4163B 16X DVD+/-RW
(video card) ATI RX300SE 256MB PCI Express
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