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Sep 14, 2003 | 07:16 PM

JohnB

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Computer purchasing advice

I've decided I've had it with my four year old mac and I need to get a PC. Here's what I want. ATX motherboard w/ 333-400 fsb, amd xp 2600 or faster and AGP 8X, Nvidia fx 5600 256mb video card, and one of those nifty window cases with a bunch of fans. I can get everything pretty cheap off the web except the case, they want like $40 for shipping the damn thing. Anybody know a good place to buy cheap generic computer cases (besides compUSA-its still cheaper from the internet)? Or anybody know anyone who works at compUSA who can get a deal? I might buy the MB and CPU and stuff locally too if I can find good deals, but compUSA can't even come close to ebay prices. Oh, I also need a 15"-17" flat screen with DVI and Vga analog/digital support.

Sep 14, 2003 | 10:29 PM

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when i pieced my computer together early last year. i bought all the items from the same place to save on shipping(newegg). i think it was like $60 to ship my tower, ram, cpu, and motherboard but it was sill much cheaper than compusa sales or even byteware sales.

Sep 14, 2003 | 11:00 PM

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I want to say

BoOm can hook you up. I could be wrong.

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Sep 15, 2003 | 12:14 AM

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I could hook da brotha up y0z! i kan rice 0ut yo rig!

Sep 15, 2003 | 02:47 AM

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unfortunately, newegg isn't the "king" of the internet hardware place no more...their service went down the plank now that everyone uses them.

what i would recommend is

Asus A7N8X-Deluxe(Nvidia NF2 chipset) for the motherboard.
Hard Drive...WD Raptor 10,000rpm SerialATA drive
Vid Card...Gainward GF4 Ti4800(FX series has yet to please me)

Thats a good starter computer. Case all depends on how leet you want it to be. If you're doing alot of multimedia(video editing, photoshop, etc) go with Intel. I'm running P4 2.6ghz w/ Hyperthreading overclocked at 3.575ghz at 1100mhz fsb(275mhz fsb x 4quad channel) with just fan cooling and its rock stable.