 mahnini United States. July 11 2009 04:02. Posts 4383 | Profile Blog |
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!
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 Revabug United Kingdom. July 11 2009 04:05. Posts 147 | Profile Blog | |
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 Dgtl Canada. July 11 2009 04:07. Posts 653 | Profile Blog |
| 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 United States. July 11 2009 04:15. Posts 4680 | Profile Blog |
| Looks good to me if the only thing you're going to do is vigorous web surfing :D |
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 Jusciax Lithuania. July 11 2009 04:20. Posts 401 | Profile |
| $330 for this madness? man, technology is upgrading so fast.. |
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 SkY)CosMoS Dominican Republic. July 11 2009 04:24. Posts 106 | Profile |
| 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. |
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 decafchicken United States. July 11 2009 04:29. Posts 10395 | Profile Blog | |
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 geometryb United States. July 11 2009 04:30. Posts 1141 | Profile Blog |
| why on board graphics instead of a cheap card? |
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| floor exercise Canada. July 11 2009 04:34. Posts 1184 | Profile Blog |
| 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 Last edit: 2009-07-11 04:36:31 |
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| mahnini United States. July 11 2009 04:36. Posts 4383 | Profile Blog |
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 States. July 11 2009 04:39. Posts 4383 | Profile Blog |
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). July 11 2009 04:41. Posts 524 | Profile Blog |
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. |
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| mahnini United States. July 11 2009 04:43. Posts 4383 | Profile Blog |
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? |
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 micronesia United States. July 11 2009 05:07. Posts 9999 | Profile Blog |
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 Poland. July 11 2009 05:37. Posts 843 | Profile |
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_ Canada. July 11 2009 05:42. Posts 372 | Profile |
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 States. July 11 2009 06:01. Posts 685 | Profile Blog |
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. Last edit: 2009-07-11 06:13:08 |
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 T.O.P. Hong Kong. July 11 2009 06:08. Posts 1111 | Profile |
| 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. |
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 ambit!ous1 United States. July 11 2009 07:06. Posts 3619 | Profile |
| damn i really need to upgrade mine T.T |
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