mycrx

looking to buy a custom built machine,geforce 512mb video card,different tower,1024mb ddr ram,19 inch flat screen,250gb hard drive, id like to upgrade the ram to 2G but ---- ibuypower.com wants like 200 more bucks, when i can buy more memory in 2 512mb sticks for about half the cost, would there be room on the mother board, its a asus not sure which model i dont remember the number, but yea ibuypower is a good place, had a couple friends buy pc's from them. but im looking for other good places, i know of tigerdirect,ibuypower,newegg, u neigros got any others? im sure buk has something

tekno9998

Its not all about the quanity of the ram quality plays a large role as well. And if you are good with computers or know someone who is build your own its so much cheaper. I just built a fast ------- computer for my friend only cost 1000 and ended up faster than the 3000$ pc's from the big name companys.
My friends build
Amd opteron 146 oc'd 2.6
gig of ocz pc3200 gold series
ati x800xt 512 vid card
dfi lanparty ultra d mobo
antec sonata tower
sony dual cdr dvdr
200 gig sata 3.0 7200 rpm

To be honest unless you are playing bf2 you dont need 2gigs of ram until vista comes out . And buying 2 512 sticks and shoving it in there is not a good idea and could actually make it slower. Most ram runs in dual channel these days so you would have to have the exact same ram that the computer came with and hope they havent done any revisions on it otherwise it would only work in single channel.

leed

Building your own FTW.
Reuse your old box, mouse, KB etc, and blow a grand on the parts that count.
Spend a few hrs browsing some overclocking forums and TomsHardware.com to find the latest greatest cheapo overclocker. Then between Pricewatch and Newegg, you'll be set with a good deal on quality ----.

tekno9998

as far as overclocking processors right now you cant beat the pentium d 805 90$ or opteron 144 160$ im a amd fan so the choice is obvious. If you can hold off for one more month then pentium is coming out with the conroe otherwise know as the core duo 2 its broke every computing record out there already and its gonna be fairly cheap.

jinxy

http://newegg.com ---- 19inch LCD monitors.. get a big *** CRT, they look way better.

mycrx

from ibuypower it comes assembled with everything, i can pick and choose between stuff but its about 1200. seems pretty good to me, ive never put together a computer just know a little bit about them, i know all the parts and such, but have no idea on how to hook that ---- up, i dont have a old case or anything either so it just seemed convient to buy everything, justa sec ill post up everything i choose and show u, it has all the info on it...brb haha message in waitin ------

jinxy

build it yourself. if you have a question ask us, we will tell you. its easy.

beerbongskickass

Have you ever played with legos? Building a computer is similar to that, you just plug ---- in. :P

mycrx

well here is the list, and yeah its blue neon lights, i looks sick hahah no ricer ---- so dont make fun of me :P itll just give me something to trip out on, on some late night day of defeat battles all cheifd.

Case ( Raidmax 268 ATX Mid-Tower Case w/350W Power Supply Black )
Case Lighting ( Neon Light Blue )
Power Supply ( ** iBUYPOWER Recommended ** NZXT PF-500 500 Watt Power Supply )
Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 4000+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink + 2 Extra Color Lighting Case Fans )
Motherboard ( Asus A8N5X nForce4 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0 PCI-E Motherboard )
Memory ( 1024 MB [512MB X2] DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( ==[New !!!]== Nvidia Geforce 7600GS 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
Hard Drive ( 80 GB HARD DRIVE --- [iBUYPOWER Free double the size to 160GB] [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )
CD/DVD Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( Dolby Digital Surround 7.1 Sound Card )
Speaker System ( Cintre RW-6510 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers + Subwoofer )
Fax Modem ( Creative Labs V.92 56K Fax/Modem )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Black )
Keyboard ( Logitech Deluxe Keyboard Black )
Mouse ( Logitech Optical Internet Mouse Black )
Meter Display ( Logisys Multi-function Panel with Remote control Black )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )
Additional Software ( Microsoft Works 8.0 (make the most of your home PC) )
Wireless Network Adapter ( Gigabyte GN-WBKG 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless USB Stick )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Total: USD $1,112.00 without the monitor, ill look into those others if they are not too much.

mycrx

as far as it goes buying everything seperate and putting it together myself, does everything come with the cables and such to plug it in? ive messed with computers b4 internally but never actually needed it to work again haha, but yeah, thanks for the help.