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Originally Posted by arch13
Becuase that's all the budget can spare. The computer is important, but not more important than the bills 
What type of memory is that though Shakran? DDR2-8000?
I was trying to figure out last night, and it looked like the system used either 4300 or 5200 ddr ram. Could somebody please tell me what type of memory an intel 506 needs to match it's FSB?
Also, what ATI and GeForce cards are good right now?
I see a GeForce 6600 for $69.00
or a
Radeon X550 for 65.00
Are either of these any good?
Along with the motherboard, Network card, and HDD above, either of these cards puts me at 500.00 without having a case or operating system.
Is it possible to make a decent system below $500.00 with the motherboard combo I pointed out, or am I just dreaming? |
I'd vote for the GeForce if these are the cards you're looking at. Is your heart set on the MSI board? MSI is a good brand, but their boards are not generally as efficient and fast as Asus or Tyan or a few others. With the type of work you listed, bus efficiency is important to not sitting around waiting for things to happen. Also, do you need the bluetooth? I assume this is a home system, so the security concerns aren't too great, so I suppose it's not a problem. Working with system and network security everyday, my company strongly recommends against bluetooth currently... but again, in a home environment it shouldn't be an issue as blutooth doesn't have too great a range (unless you make one of those BT rifles). Can you reuse your existing case? I assume you're already reusing CD drive, floppy, sound, etc. Can you just keep using your exisitng HD? As for OS, you should be able to transfer your OS license from one machine to another. When you buy a system with Windows pre-loaded, you still own that copy of Windows, regardless of what the manufacturer may lead you to believe. $500 is plenty for a computer... but often not a very good one. I'd say $750 would get you a great PC for what you do. If you can maybe skip the HD upgrade and such for now, you might save yourself a bit now and be able to upgrade later. Just a thought.