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Tower PC Recommendation and advice

Post by Soontir C'boath »

All I need is a new tower because I already have a moniter*from previous comp*

What's the best for a gamer like me?
My budget is at/less than*hopefully use a lot less* $2000

I was thinking about getting it custom made by yours truly because it's cheaper than buying from a company but..
A. I don't know how to configure a computer.
B. Not sure what goes to what.
C. I have no clue about computers.

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Also, I still have my old tower which my bro put in a new P4 and motherboard and when he tried to turn it on... it didn't turn on and after several tries the Power supply blew up. Any ideas what happpen?

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Post by Brother-Captain Gaius »

I got my P4 2.54 GHz for about $1500.

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Post by phongn »

The PSU might have been too weak for the Pentium IV.
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Post by Soontir C'boath »

Recommendation Dr. phongn?

and I'll look into it Neo.

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Post by phongn »

For $2000, this represents a maximum.

You can save a considerable amount of money by getting the next-slowest Pentium 4 (3GHz, using the 533Mhz FSB rather than 800MHz) or going AMD. The DVD+/-RW is nice to have, but can be safely replaced by a DVD-ROM/CD-RW or even a standalone CD-RW. The video card can be stepped down to either a cheaper nVidia or ATI card.

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$128  Lian-Li PC-60 Aluminum Case
$315  Sony DW-10A-WG DVD+/-RW, CD-RW
$  9  Teac 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive
$ 91  Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB ATA133 HD
$174  (2X) Kingston PC3200 DDR SDRAM
$145  Abit IC7 i875P Motherboard
$ 93  Antec True480 480W PSU
$499  Intel Pentium IV 3GHz / 800MHz FSB 
$ 80  Hercules Game Theatre XP 7.1
$345  ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro 128MB

$1,879 Total
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