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200 bucks for college

nick1985

nick1985

Lifer
parents are lettin me spend 200 bucks for computer parts before i go to college. my rig in sig.

im thinkin,

slk-7
80 mm fan
2 cold cathodes
dvd player
athlon xp 2500

any other suggestions/ideas?
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
parents are lettin me spend 200 bucks for computer parts before i go to college. my rig in sig.

im thinkin,

slk-7
80 mm fan
2 cold cathodes
dvd player
athlon xp 2500

any other suggestions/ideas?
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dont forget a hardware firewall
 
save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste
 
Originally posted by: Sid59
save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste
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Same thing I was thinking.

I like the "doubling" upgrade path - buy mid-to-low-end stuff that is a good deal, then upgrade when there's something twice as fast for an equally good deal.
 
Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Originally posted by: Sid59
save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste
Click to expand...

Same thing I was thinking.

I like the "doubling" upgrade path - buy mid-to-low-end stuff that is a good deal, then upgrade when there's something twice as fast for an equally good deal.
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That is my philosphy - buy low to mid level and double processor power. This has been my upgrade path:

1985 - Atari 512
1989 - 386DX 33 mhz
1994 - Cyrix P200+
1999 - Pentium II 450
2000 - Pentium III 550E o/c'd to 733 mhz(wife kicked me out and she kept the PII 450) first home built PC
2002 - Celeron Tualatin 1.0A o/c'd to 1.33 mhz
2003 - XP 2500+ Barton (just set up, plan to o/c to 3000+ after I run a while and get a H/P HS/F

 
Congrats on College....

What you have will get you through...
You may need a printer. If not, roger the headphones if you have a decent sound card; otherwise a USB flashstick is nice. Office software if ya need it.
Get used to studying.... check out JourneyEd.com


R/B2
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
my case already has a lock on it 😉

the chieftec dragon
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while a 45lb case isn't very easy to just walk off with a good lock will keep away all casual theifs
 
Originally posted by: Sid59
save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste
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I agree... 200 can buy a lot of cheap vodka!
 
get a bigger HDD i have 2 120's in RAID 0 and i fill those up fast. and im not in a dorm or on broadband. Im stuck on Dial up 🙁
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
my 2100 is a palimino...

and i already have a good set of headphones 😉
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In that case the Barton is a good upgrade. Though I would have recommended some ram that will easily handle synced speeds at 200+ fsb. You can pick up 512mb Buffalo pc3200 on the cheap, that will not break a sweat. If you had a few bucks more to spend you have some nicer choices. Your Mushkin may handle it if you relax the timings some. At 3200+ speeds, your rig will take you through college easily, unless you like to keep cutting edge components in your box.
 
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