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$900 budget : Gaming rig

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Yes, atm my budget is super tight. Unless I sell my laptop for the needed price of this setup, or trade my laptop for these exact specs.

/sigh Kinda sucks I have a great laptop but can't even get a nibble.

Here is it's info:

Compaq Presario 2570us laptop *Still under warranty*
Condition - Excellent

PICS :
Front
CDRW/DVD
Ports
Battery Life

  • Pentium 4 - 2.4ghz processor
  • 40Gb HDD
  • 768mb memory
  • DVD/CDRW
  • 15" monitor {no dead pixels excellent condition}
  • 128mb shared ATI Mobile Radeon video
  • S-video
  • LPT port
  • 3 USB ports
  • 1 Type II PCMCIA slot
  • Wifi 802.11g maxperformance
  • Floppy
  • 65khw battery (3.0 hours) holds full charge
  • AC adaptor
  • Norton Antivirus
  • Windows XP Professional

Looking for a complete system (preferablly with warranty intact), or a partial system with some components. If your interested in buying then I'll sell for
$945 obo (lowered from $1150) I'll go $925 + actual S & H
 
Originally posted by: EQTitan
Ok, my new list

What is the difference between the M2400 35w Athlon and the AMD64 2800+ ?? aside from price....

A64 2800+ OEM - $173
Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu - $36
Chaintech VNF3-250 - $88
2x Mushkin PC3200 DDR400 - $154
SAPPHIRE ATI R9800 PRO - $199
Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA - $66
NEC 8X Beige Dual Layer - $79.99
Antec SLK2650-BQE w/ 350W - $65

Total = $932.78 (S & H and Tax included)
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I'd drop a stick of memory for now - and upgrade the HDD to a larger 7K250. Otherwise looking good 🙂
 
Put a price you want to spend on the computer, Monitors are all over the board depending on how much you want to spend on one, you can get a 500 dollar LCD or a 100 dollar CRT, or a 300dollar CRT or a 1000 dollar LCD, pick out a budget for only the computer, or include more specifics on the monitor you would like.
 
I thought I stated on the front page I have no need for monitor, mouse, keyboard etc....

I'm only looking for the system.
 
I'd have to go dig up the benchmarks, but in games the overclocked Mobile Athlon is faster than the non-overclocked Athlon 64 2800+. And if you wanted to go $50 over budget and get a slower hard drive, you could even put a 6800GT on the Mobile Athlon system.

All you guys recommending the Athlon 64 system are just squeezing the budget a little too tight. You're having to get the Athlon 64 2800+, but that CPU is slower than a Mobile Athlon is going to be at 12x200, which every one I've seen is able to hit at under 1.85v. The Athlon 64 2800+ is locked. Aren't you going to need better memory to overclock it?
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From what I've seen (benchmarks @ tech report), a Barton at 2.4GHz is just about on par with a Newcastle at 1.8GHz. And no, you don't need faster memory to overclock the A64 - just raise the bus, which can go up to 300 easily with an nForce3 250 board (assuming the BIOS has a setting that high, unlike the chaintech :/), lock the memory at DDR400, and you're set.

I'd rather get a GeForce 6800 and AXP Mobile than a 9800 Pro and A64, though, if you can't have the 6800+A64 option.
 
Originally posted by: EQTitan
If someone can buy the components/or build this for me I'll give them the laptop plus some cash.....

XP M2400 45 OEM - $77
Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu - $36
ABIT "NF7-S" nForce2 - $85
2x Mushkin PC3200 DDR400 - $156
eVGA GFX6800 NU - $299
Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA - $66
NEC 8X BLK Dual Layer - $79.99
Antec SLK2650-BQE w/ 350W - $65

Total = $935.87 (S & H and Tax included)

LMK
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you want me to build it for you? im confused....

send it to my house and ill build it for you 😛
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: EQTitan
If someone can buy the components/or build this for me I'll give them the laptop plus some cash.....

XP M2400 45 OEM - $77
Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu - $36
ABIT "NF7-S" nForce2 - $85
2x Mushkin PC3200 DDR400 - $156
eVGA GFX6800 NU - $299
Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA - $66
NEC 8X BLK Dual Layer - $79.99
Antec SLK2650-BQE w/ 350W - $65

Total = $935.87 (S & H and Tax included)

LMK
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you want me to build it for you? im confused....

send it to my house and ill build it for you 😛
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Im sure you'll build it, whether it gets sent back is another question 😛
 
/sigh sad day when Anandtech can't trust one of it's own......

I'm still trying to sell my lappy to buy this setup, I want a desktop so bad I might just take her to the pawn shop....
 
Originally posted by: EQTitan
/sigh sad day when Anandtech can't trust one of it's own......

I'm still trying to sell my lappy to buy this setup, I want a desktop so bad I might just take her to the pawn shop....
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if you send me the parts and pay for shipping both ways, ill assemble the machine for you, if thats what your asking.
 
heh, I was saying I'll trade my laptop and maybe some cash to anyone who is willing to build this setup for and trade.
 
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