Just put together and AMD64

[Pink Lemonade]

Yesterday I built an AMD 64 machine for my friend...and let me tell you...DAMN.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
ASUS K8V Deluxe mobo
Corsair 512 MB PC3200
Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB
Maxtor 80GB 7200rpm
Samsung 52x32x52x
Powersupply & case
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
Speakers

Total: $1300-includes shipping

Definately a budget system. My friend wanted a AMD 64, and figured on probably upgrading the video card later.

This thing is smokin- and stable as hell. I didn't have ONE problem at all during the process of putting it together.

[Slider]

how much did the 64 chip cost ya

[ZWarrior]

*Sigh*  everybody  but me is doing the upgrade dance.  Fear not, my day is coming!

[Wolverine of Ambush!]

I just ordered the parts for a machine i'm building for my mom.. check out the specs


-Microsoft Windows XP Pro
-AMD Athlon XP 2100+ 1.73GHz Processor
-Asus A7V8X-X  Via KT400  w/Audio, LAN
-PowerColor Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb
-WD Caviar 80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM  
-Corsair VS512MB333 512MB  PC2700
-Asus CRW-5224A 52x24x52 CD-RW Drive
-Sony  1.44MB 3.5in Floppy Disk Drive  
-Microsoft Keyboard & Optical Mouse Combo
-Viewsonic 17in 25mm CRT
-Case edge Case w/ 350watt ps



 

[Edited on 10-17-2003 by Wolverine of Ambush!]

[Morpheus]

one question...why does you Mom need a 9700 pro?

Just curious.

[Boomslang]

She will end up with a 9500 pro:D
and maybe new ram:eek:

[Edited on 10-17-2003 by Boomslang]

[Wolverine of Ambush!]

When I was looking at the video cards... for the money it was better to get that than suffer and get a lower card that wasn't as good and wouldn't hold up for a while... the 9500 Pro has good marks.. it beats out the 9600 card that came out. So i decided to put a little more money into the vid card and get a 9700 pro for her.

[Zeet]

Where do these kids get the money??? AMD 64-bit *Sigh*
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[opiesilver]

Maybe I'm looking at this from the wrong perspective.  If you are building a computer for someone who will never even come close to running really graphics intensive programs like Auto-CAD or games, why spend the money on a high end card?  The kind of system you built is a gamers system.   Does she play UT?  I would have saved the cash and upgraded the processor another level or two.

[Wolverine of Ambush!]

I"m going to be teaching her first how to use a pc...then slowly work her into Duke Nukem ...and then eventually UT, BF1942.. Wanted to make sure the machine can play the games..  Plus she wanted to make sure if I ever needed an extra machine for someone to borrow..it is available....

[ZWarrior]

Heh, I am just imagining your mom playing Duke Nukem 3D and you haven't turned on the PG filter...