WHAT SHOULD MY NEW PC HAVE?

[cloudsquall]

How much should I spend on my new PC?

This guy is building me a PC for $800 Canadian, Iam Canadian!

He is puting in a P4 3.0 a Radeon 9800 or something like that. A neon light case and some other in expensive bells and whistles. 40 Gig hd

Is that a good price? Or should I find one sowewhere else? He isn't giving me a monitor. sorry that this thread is so personal, but I need a new PC for myself, seeing as I'm using thee family one.

[bblqj78]

Originally posted by cloudsquall
How much should I spend on my new PC?

This guy is building me a PC for $800 Canadian, Iam Canadian!

He is puting in a P4 3.0 a Radeon 9800 or something like that. A neon light case and some other in expensive bells and whistles. 40 Gig hd

Is that a good price? Or should I find one sowewhere else? He isn't giving me a monitor. sorry that this thread is so personal, but I need a new PC for myself, seeing as I'm using thee family one.

[bblqj78]

oooops...

you will be lucky if you can get a full system with a 9800 card and a p4C 2.8 in there for 800 canadia bucks. Thats only about £320 UK pounds.....that what it will cost you to buy a 3.0Ghz P4 and motherboard...nevermind everything else that you need!

[challenger]

So if the guy is legit, then it sounds like a great deal.

[seanieboy77]

How much is 800 canadian dollars converted to US dollars. And I don't know if a 40 GB harddrive is going to be big enough. My advice would be to get a bigger hard drive.

[Direct1]

800 CAD is roughly $595 USD. Not going to get a 9800 and P4 3.0 GHz for that (with the other components). You should get a detailed list of the parts (with brand names). My bet is he's going to get you a 9800SE or even 9600SE video card. Tell him you do not want any se video card. Also, he might be thinking of an AMD 3000+ CPU (which would be great). GOod luck! :D

[cloudsquall]

Originally posted by Direct1
800 CAD is roughly $595 USD. Not going to get a 9800 and P4 3.0 GHz for that (with the other components). You should get a detailed list of the parts (with brand names). My bet is he's going to get you a 9800SE or even 9600SE video card. Tell him you do not want any se video card. Also, he might be thinking of an AMD 3000+ CPU (which would be great). GOod luck! :D

Sounds good, cause AMD is cheaper and I can save a few bucks from some other components. He is sending me an E-mail with all the specs so I'll tell you the rest when I get it.:t

[Predator33]

It also depends if you really need all that good stuff, which u probably will use if ur posting in the gaming section. Anyways 40gb, to me isn't enuf nowadays unless the machine is for strcictly gaming, it'll be fine, and if you're really gonna get a p4 3ghz and a radeon 9800pro for 800$ canadian, it kinda seems like everything else is gonna be junk.
P4 3.0GHz $339.95
Radeon 9800Pro $399.95
=$739.90 plus tax, it seems like ur close to $800
(im from canada too, prices from local stores)
The video card is probably gonna be powered by ATi rather than build by ATi, which isnt that bad. But if u can get it at this price, go for it, but make sure itsa decent power supply, and before u take it home, check through it all and make sure hes not ripping you off. :t

[comp_nut]

http://www.mysterybyte.com/


this store is in Halifax N.S

they have the best prices in our area and are reliable

[One_Inch_MAN]

stuff

[cloudsquall]

S497 Custom Built AMD Custom System $1270 $1270.00
8957 X-Dreamer-II (Silver) Gaming Case w/ 350W Power Supply $99.00
8361 Kingwin ATX 350 Watts DUAL Fans Power Supply, P4 & XP Support $49.00
9012 GIGABYTE GAK8N (S-754 NFORCE 3, 150,5PCI 3DDR,AGP8X, 10/100 NIC, 6CH Audio,) $158.00
8061 AMD - Athlon-XP 2.167Ghz, 333FSB, 256K, Thoroughbred (2700+), Retail $173.00
7911 AMD - Athlon-XP 1.833Ghz, 266FSB, 256K, Thoroughbred (2200+), Retail $109.00
8401 Nanya 256MB 333MHZ PC2700 DDR CAS-2.5, $62.00
8401 Nanya 256MB 333MHZ PC2700 DDR CAS-2.5, $62.00
7915 Samsung 40GB 7200RPM ATA-133 2MB, 3YR $85.00
7915 Samsung 40GB 7200RPM ATA-133 2MB, 3YR $85.00
2428 Set Hard Drive(s) up as (1) One Large Partition $0.00
7602 Promise FASTTRAK TX2000 PCI 2CH ATA-133 RAID 0, 1, 0+1 w/CABLE $140.00
1252 RAID 0 - Striping: Requires 2 or more identical hard disks (used for Speed to create one large disk) $25.00
9203 ATI "Sapphire" Radeon 9600SE 128DDR, Dual, TV-Out, Retail Box, 2YR $139.00
434 Panasonic (Beige) 1.44MB Floppy Drive $15.00
6986 Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1, w/ Driver $49.00
2240 Operating System Declined (Assembly, Basic Testing, & No Software Support) $20.00
185 1 Year Parts & Labour System Warranty $0.00
794 Standard Order (usually ships within 5-7 business days) $0.00



All Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars.
Applicable shipping charges are not included.
Taxes have been calculated for: Ontario SubTotal 1270.00
GST 88.90
Total $1358.90

that's what I could find reasonably good, but the price is real steap. What I could I change that could bring it to $800?

[scottluebke2003]

Dude, buy all the parts yourself, then assemble it yourself, we will walk you through the process. it's not hard at all, it's actually fun. And I gurantee you will get a good system if you do it yourself and consult us.

[scottluebke2003]

Athlon XP3000+ $155
Abit NF7-S $100
Ati Radeon 9700 $200
Western Digital 80GB $65
512mb DDR400 $75
Creative Audigy ES $40 @ Usdepot.com

Then get a good case w/ power supply, Windows XP home, and all the other little stuff including a decent 17'' CRT monitor. that should come in under $800. If not, then get a cheaper video card and cpu, you can save $100 right there.

[Bob The Great]

Originally posted by One_Inch_MAN
stuff

and a pair of pants to eat

[_Mystical_Night]

Originally posted by seanieboy77
How much is 800 canadian dollars converted to US dollars. And I don't know if a 40 GB harddrive is going to be big enough. My advice would be to get a bigger hard drive.

$595.238 USD
470.061 EURO
317.291 UK pounds

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

or you can find more accurate rates at

http://www.oanda.com/

its only about $3-$5 more tho so not much of a difference

Edit: sounds like your getting ripped off that total you listed = $950.172 USD

[scottluebke2003]

I have built PC's for under $600, and they are good, but very budget. We are talking about XP1800 cpu w/ 512 DDR400 and an FX5200 128mb video card with an 80GB HDD. That's not bad at all, but it's not high end either. it'll get the job done.

If you do it right, you can overclock your stuff and save about $100

[Direct1]

That is a pretty over-priced system cloudsquall. I would change a few things...

1). First and foremost, I would dump that video card. Do not buy ANY video card that ends in SE, they are junk. A nice ATI 9600 Pro or XT would be great.

2). Get an AthlonXP 2500+ Barton CPU and some Crucial PC3200 DDR RAM.

3). Dump the two 40 GB HDD's and the RAID controller card and get 1 74 GB SATA WD Raptor HDD (maybe another IDE HDD for storage).

4). Dump the Kingwin 350W PSU and get at least a 350W Sparkle, Antec, Fortron, or Enermax PSU (400W+ preferably).

5). Consider dumping the Creative Sound Card -- you have decent on-board sound already.

6). Look for better prices too. As pointed out before, buy the parts yourself and build your own. We'll help if needed. Good luck! :D

[cloudsquall]

Thanks for all the help guys, girls. Befor I start building it myself I need some sort of cashflow. I'm going to start selling band t=shirts you know, Rancid, Misfits, ACDC, Iron Maiden t-shirts to people at my school at $15-$20 bux a pop. I think I'll need to sell about 40-60 shirts before I camn buy all the components. The only problem is I'm not that good at putting all the components in.

I can maybe get the PC for less if he doesn't buy the stuff retail, I said to buy it from the producers at a whole sale price. Thanks for the sopport:t

[cloudsquall]

Warranty : 1-Year Limited Warranty
Installation option : Standard (Three business days of assembling, testing and set-up software)
Motherboard : Asus A7N8X
Processor : AMD Athlon™ Xp 2500+ (Barton)
Cpu Cooler : Suitable Cooling Solution
Memory : 512 MB DDR 400MHz PC3200
Hard Drive : 80 GB - 7200 Rpm
Optical Drive : 52X Cd-Rom
Video Card : ATI RADEON™ 9600 XT 128MB, AGP 8x, TV-Out, DVI
Sound Card : High quality 6-channel AC'97 audio
Network Card : 10/100 Mb Network Integrated
Floppy Drive : 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive
USB ports : At least 4 USB ports (2 Front and 2 Back)
Power Supply : 400Watt Atx Power Supply
Case : 17 Inch Raidmax 868 Scorpio Black
Keyboard and Mouse : Multimedia Keyboard W/Optical Mouse
Speakers : Speakers 3-Pc.With Subwoofer
Case accessories : Neon Light Sound sensitive ( Red )
Home Office and Productivity Software : Norton Anti Virus 2003
Surge Bar : Surge Protector 7 Outlet And Telephone Line Protection


SubTotal : US $ 885. 50

How about that?


Never mind, way too much!

[cloudsquall]

I'm gonna start saving for the Radeon first....I guess

[cloudsquall]

Give me a list of all thecomponents I'l need to make a better than average gaming machine, without going over the top like a SUPER ALIEN (for rich kids). I just need above average stuff that doesn't cost an organ and a leg or what have you.

stuff that runs Halo smoothly without lag and good detailed graphics if you will.

[One_Inch_MAN]

i want to build a laptop but that looks like to much.:(

[FrnchDp]

Originally posted by One_Inch_MAN
i want to build a laptop but that looks like to much.:(

it is too much... and that's putting it nicely.. it's freakin super expensive to build a halfway decent one.. and the choice in spare parts is very limited..

:r

[cloudsquall]

SCREW LAPTOPS!

This is my motto, it helps me out in every situation: "Why dryclean when you can high jack a donkey and ride it inland to a corridor from Holland to duttonBerg?"

thank you...

[Direct1]

That's a nice motto... ;)

[One_Inch_MAN]

Originally posted by Bob The Great
and a pair of pants to eat




you can never have enough stuff:D

[cloudsquall]

this guy I was telling you about is gettung me a RAdeon 9600 for 130 CAD, good?

I asked if he could get me a 9800 for cheap to

[Direct1]

As long as it's not an SE model. In the US, you can get a 9600 NON-SE for $95 USD shipped. $130 CAD is about $97 USD so that would be good. Good luck! :D

[cloudsquall]

thanks alot, remember to always oil a grouch on reets day.


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