$1800 To spend on a nice amd system (a64?Opteron )

[Twista]

Title says all and im guessing NEwegg.

Quicky Nicky: Gaming!!! Keeping mouse/kb. Im guessing a nice monitor LCD to fit within the 1800 but try for the system first and will push the monitior in last.

 

[nick1985]

thanks for being specific....

monitor?
keyboard?
mouse?
speakers?

what do you want to use it for? games? editing? encoding?

be a little more specific.

 

[BG4533]

Athlon64 3000+ is about $215 at Newegg.
Radeon 9800 Pro.
Some WD Raptors.
The rest...
And if you have enough money at the end a Dell 2001FP.

 

[Markfw]

I haven't done all the research and math, but for $1800, you should be able to get an FX51 cpu and raptors, and a 9800XT !

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: BG4533
Athlon64 3000+ is about $215 at Newegg.
Radeon 9800 Pro.
Some WD Raptors.
The rest...
And if you have enough money at the end a Dell 2001FP.

nice, keep them coming!

 

[jdogg707]

Pentium 4 3.0GHZ
Abit IC7-G
1GB PC3200
Radeon 9800 Pro
36GB Raptor x 2 (RAID 0)
160GB Hitachi SATA Drive
Plextor PX708-A DVD Burner
Audigy ZS
Aspire X-Dreamer II Case
Antec TruePower 480W PSU
Creative Megaworks 5.1 Speakers
Dell 20" 2001FP

Should come out to something near 1800...

 

[Twista]

Well my buddy hasnt built a pc ever and quite noobish im gussing. He has put in a vid card and im not sure if he can do all this RAID stuff.

(btw there is noway for me to get to him)

 

[xgsound]

Just a thought , Best Buy has a T6000 emachine amd64 3200+, 512 pc3200 , ati6800, said to have a MSI motherboard , media reader, firewire... all for $1299 without monitor. I'm sure a DIY would be better, but that's an interesting thought.
Jim

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: xgsound
Just a thought , Best Buy has a T6000 emachine amd64 3200+, 512 pc3200 , ati6800, said to have a MSI motherboard , media reader, firewire... all for $1299 without monitor. I'm sure a DIY would be better, but that's an interesting thought.
Jim

hehhe. No one buys emachines and not if you have 1800 to spend ;p

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Twista

Originally posted by: xgsound
Just a thought , Best Buy has a T6000 emachine amd64 3200+, 512 pc3200 , ati6800, said to have a MSI motherboard , media reader, firewire... all for $1299 without monitor. I'm sure a DIY would be better, but that's an interesting thought.
Jim

hehhe. No one buys emachines and not if you have 1800 to spend ;p

haha, twista can smell crap from a mile away 😉

deffinately look into an ahtlon 64 is all im going to say. the rest is easy.

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: Twista

Originally posted by: xgsound
Just a thought , Best Buy has a T6000 emachine amd64 3200+, 512 pc3200 , ati6800, said to have a MSI motherboard , media reader, firewire... all for $1299 without monitor. I'm sure a DIY would be better, but that's an interesting thought.
Jim

hehhe. No one buys emachines and not if you have 1800 to spend ;p

haha, twista can smell crap from a mile away 😉

deffinately look into an ahtlon 64 is all im going to say. the rest is easy.

ya a ati6800? should i just get a tnt2 card?

 

[xgsound]

At least it's not integrated. Sure it's no rocket ship, but add a better power supply and your favorite video card and things change fast. I'd like to hear from someone who has one. It is an AMD64 3200+ you know ... that's a good start.
Jim

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: xgsound
At least it's not integrated. Sure it's no rocket ship, but add a better power supply and your favorite video card and things change fast. I'd like to hear from someone who has one. It is an AMD64 3200+ you know ... that's a good start.
Jim

You can not guarantee that that thing does not have a proprietary PSU. All other E-machines did, Can't see this one being any different.