Here's what I'm looking at

[eyescene]

Here's what I'm looking at @ Burton's Computers.

Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.2 processor
2 gig ram paying xtra for this
Nvida GForce with 256 ram paying xtra for this
CD/DVD burner
Gig hard drive
and other stuff I forgot cause I had company and the total which is $1,16.45 this is the computer and not monitor. No name brand built to my specification and their recommendations. Oh and with Vista or I might just get another XP on it...still thinking on that.

So what y'all think?

[pooker]

Not being mean but that does not say much honey

What is your fsb speeds? Ram speeds? What kind of Gforce graphics cards there is a ton. Why are you paying extra for 256? Thats like the defacto standard for video cards today, was it originally a card that had 128? Are you planning on doing alot of gaming? How much hard drive space? Hard drive speeds, sata or pata? What are the rest of the system speeds? Is it a dual channel board? At that price I would want more than two gigs, if we know the board we can know if its a board that supports single 2 gig ram.


More specs, but 1,160.45 is a crap load for a desktop I would never pay that much. Just being honest, I have built 6(?) computers know, hard to remember. My aunt has one a built in tulsa, a friend in philadelphia has one I built and I sold some on ebay and I have two computers here that I built. I still have use my favorite that I have had for going on four years now I suppose.

I would help you walk through building a computer just for the sake of saving you hundreds of dollars, not to be mean to computer companies but everyone I have been to charges a crap load. Its not that big of a talent building a computer either nothing that requires major skill.

[Hawkeye]

Ouch, you just got shot out of the saddle, Eye! smack:(

[Goobersmooch]

yeah putting a computer together is pretty straightforward

[pooker]

Free eyescene from the shackles of overpriced computers!

[eyescene]

Shot out of the saddle? Wow didn't know I was riding too high. It is after all a mans world isn't it?...Guess I'll come down off that smart "ass" and get Pookie to build me a PC for cheaper.

I haven't looked at Computer stuff in over 5 years...so I'm not on the up and up as to whats out there and the prices. We were on the phone when company came in so we weren't really finished and most I forgot...but were in no way done...he is off till Tuesday and I'm to get back then.

That is why I asked "what yall think?"

[pooker]

I would be glad to help Eye, all I am saying is for that price you could build an extravegantly balla system. Keep this in mind also Eye, dual core might seem alluring, but realise the hardware side of a computer doesn't magically now when to use that second core. The software has to tell it to use what and when, that is the reason the p4's seem like they are faster than the dual core because there is really no software out that tells the computer how multi process.

The Mother of Motherboards eyescene :Drool: I bet they are not using anything near this bad in your setup supports up to 32 mb of ram :droolsharder:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ABIT-IN9-32X-MAX-QUAD-CORE-NFORCE-680I-SLI-MOTHERBOARD_W0QQitemZ300185817000QQihZ020QQcategor yZ108978QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sli (scalable link interface) eyescene this is the new up and coming thing that all gamers want there motherboards compatible with. With motherboards compatible with sli you can actually run two graphics cards at once! How balla is that!

http://cgi.ebay.com/XFX-6800-XT-EXTREME-EDITION-16x-SLI-PCI-E-GRAPHICS-CARD_W0QQitemZ290194214297QQihZ019QQcategoryZ80192 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

pentium 4 3.8

http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-4-670-P4-3-8GHz-Socket-775-CPU-Processor_W0QQitemZ320201268883QQihZ011QQcategoryZ 80143QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I know this might be overkill but if you are gonna spend that kind of money a 1 terabyte harddrive

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hitachi-7K1000-1TB-1-TB-Terabyte-SATA-Hard-Disk-Drive_W0QQitemZ170181874186QQihZ007QQcategoryZ6445 9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And thats all they were offering was a cd/dvd burner? You need lightscribe with that :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/LG-GSA-H55L-LIGHTSCRIBE-20X-18X-CD-DVD-RW-Dual-Layer_W0QQitemZ250199688766QQihZ015QQcategoryZ5107 0QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Lets see,,,, see,,,, forgetting something heatsink!

only balla heatsinks work :)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Masscool-8WA740-Socket-775-Heat-Sink-and-Fan-to-3-8-GHz_W0QQitemZ280187024514QQihZ018QQcategoryZ80149Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Two one gig sticks with heat shields

http://cgi.ebay.com/OCZ-PC2-6400-4-4-4-15-2x1-gig-stick_W0QQitemZ320200316580QQihZ011QQcategoryZ1114 25QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Case we need a case eye!

http://cgi.ebay.com/THERMALTAKE-VA7000BWA-FULL-ATX-TOWER-COMPUTER-CASE-NEW_W0QQitemZ300185671046QQihZ020QQcategoryZ80166Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hmmmm now a power supply!

http://cgi.ebay.com/600-W-24-20-pin-ATX-Computer-PC-Power-Supply-with-SATA_W0QQitemZ290193577511QQihZ019QQcategoryZ44949 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


I have always been told to wait six months before anything comes out so that all the bugs can be worked out and compatibility with other programs can take affect.

[pooker]

I rounded up that comes to 1205 , there you go eyescene you can build a computer that is one gazillion million times better. Thats the best of the best balla status supreme.

You build that and I will stock you outside your window and thats a promise. I will come over everyday to ... to ... .. erm...... hmmm...... help play games?

[Fotno]

Thermal Paste

[pooker]

Every heatsink I have ever bought came with thermal paste

[pooker]

Ok I gotta go for a second building that dream system just make me get to hyper peace later QD!

[carsalesguy]

Eye-

i believe i could build that same system for about $600 using an intel MOBO-

and if your case and other parts are still good, you could recycle most everything in your old PC-

the thing is that burton is a big flashy outlet that has to make money on the retail end. my buddy that owns another place in town has a small spot, but sells nothing but the best- and he's real honest.

on that note, he recommeded an intel MOBO for my PC, and i bought it. that was 5 years ago and it had SATA drive hookups before any other MOBO on the market for the same money-

and my PC runs just as fast as a dual core or the new core 2 duo PC's that are out there that i have seen-

[carsalesguy]

oh, and i have 700MB of ram- no gigs here except for the 150gb SATA drive-

[eyescene]

This is getting interesting...so who is he and where is he? I've always had Intel MOBO's. Except for my laptop, which has the AMD Athlon 64 bit processor. It runs really good.

[eyescene]

modem?...I'll need a one of those...and got to have a 9 pin serial port.

CarGuy I'll have to have a really good Graphics card for video editing.

[BassCatter]

eyescene.....Lemme tell you now, get a Mac for video editing......All of the peripherals that I had to get on this PC to video edit with Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 I coulda just got the Mac......I kick myself for that.

[eyescene]

OK guys what do I do, go buy all this stuff and call one of you when it's all here? OK where...

http://www.newegg.com

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchProducts.asp?categoryID=41

http://www.ebay.com

[eyescene]

OMGoodness Adobe Premiere Pro that is one of the best, I heard. How big was the learning on that one?

[BassCatter]

I still don't know what all of the buttons do on it......My bride, bless her heart has an affinity for reading directions. I do not share that with her......I watched her work with it and played with what I remembered seeing.

[Goobersmooch]

premier BLOWS

final cut all the way

once you use final cut...youll wonder how you managed to even work with premier

[eyescene]

Why I decided not to get a Mac....
9 pin serial port
I already own a Flat screen
Pre-owned expensive software, I can't give up...they do make Mac compatible

Burton's and I discussed this the whys and why nots for me and they agree it is not feasible for me. And other I don't have money to throw away.

[Fotno]

eyescene.....Lemme tell you know, Get a Mac for video editing......All of the peripherals that I had to get on this PC to video edit with Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 I coulda just got the Mac......I kick myself for that.

I have to agree with Rob on this.Macs kick ass when it comes to video editing,period.

[Queen Mother]

I have to agree with Rob on this.Macs kick ass when it comes to video editing,period.


I know this for a fact - we've used Macs in the newspaper and magazine business for nearly 15 years - best graphics ability. My niece has also used our macs to make movies --- much, much simpler than using a PC -- better quality too. LOVE MACS!!

[eyescene]

Gosh you all are making this a hard decision!

[SoMissTV]

Premiere totally sucks.

If you're going to edit video on a PC, take a look at SpeedEDIT from Newtek (http://www.newtek.com/speededit/). This is what I use for editing. It's a fairly simple learning curve, and I'd be happy to get you started.

[SoMissTV]

Final Cut Pro has a decent learning curve, and will set you back over $1000. SpeedEDIT has a smaller learning curve and is half the cost.

[BassCatter]

I know what your saying Goob, it is not the most user friendly software available.....but it is functional for the show's I cut up.

[pooker]

Mac uses intel , we had one in our classroom , well a few of them one had a 25(?) inch screen our teacher had it set up as a server and he had a laptop that he said retailed for five grand. He wouldn't let me play on it though!

[Goobersmooch]

Why I decided not to get a Mac....
9 pin serial port
I already own a Flat screen
Pre-owned expensive software, I can't give up...they do make Mac compatible

Burton's and I discussed this the whys and why nots for me and they agree it is not feasible for me. And other I don't have money to throw away.

all your software?

look into paralells

[eyescene]

No not all my software but my Embird.com software...and a few others. I read once about virtual pc and embird...not playing nice...not sure.

[Fotno]

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?node=home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro&cid=OAS-US-KWG-CPUMacPro-US&aosid=p202&esvt=GOUSE4792266&esvadt=999999-0-54198-1&esvid=1850

[Fotno]

I want that.