- Nov 8, 2004
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Hey guys. The time has come again.
And this time, it will not be an upgrade. It will be totally new PC.
There is good news and bad news.
The good news is that I know how to build a computer, so it means I do not need to buy pre-build crappy computer, but rather built my own.
The bad news is that last time I build a comp was 2.5 years ago which means I am totally clueless about current PC technology.
Back then when I was building my computer, AMD 64 processor was "the ******".
I am not a total newb with current technology (for example, I have been following on technology such as DirectX10, Vista, Quad Cores...and such) but I still do not know good combination of hardware.
With that in mind, here are some things:
- It has to be around $1300 Canadian ($1135 USD for you folks down the border)
- I can not buy from Newegg because Newegg does not deliver to Canada
- I need it to run latest games, at highest resolution, at max settings (you get the idea...I want games to look nice)
- I do not need a monitor because I bought 20.1" Widescreen LCD 1 day ago
- I do not need enormous Hard Drive space (150GB is more than enough for me)
- I want it to have a fast hard drive for fast game and Windows load times
- I need 2GB RAM of whatever the current speed is
- I need to use canadian websites to order
- I do not need some kind of super duper audio card. I have been using on-board Sound for 2.5 years and think it was fine.
- I would rather not OC anything. I am not a fan of gaining 2 FPS in games at a cost of blowing up
- Mouse, Keyboard, Speakers do not have to be ordered from online store because i would rather buy them from store on boxing day and save some cash.
Questions/Controversies I debated with myself:
- To raid or not raid (How much of performance would Raid 0 gain over regular single HDD?)
- IDE vs eIDE vs SATA, vs SCSI: What's the difference?
- Assuming I buy DirectX10 video card now...how much time before we see most games being made on it? The reason why I am asking this is because when I was building this comp, I was told that 64 bit processor is awesome. So I got myself AMD 64 3200+...Well, I still have't seen a single software, that took advantage of 64-bit processor...so why did I even bother wasting money on 64bit, when i could have gotten same thing, 32 bit, and save money. So if i get DX10 card, will it be the same thing that happened to my AMD 64 bit processor?
And this time, it will not be an upgrade. It will be totally new PC.
There is good news and bad news.
The good news is that I know how to build a computer, so it means I do not need to buy pre-build crappy computer, but rather built my own.
The bad news is that last time I build a comp was 2.5 years ago which means I am totally clueless about current PC technology.
Back then when I was building my computer, AMD 64 processor was "the ******".
I am not a total newb with current technology (for example, I have been following on technology such as DirectX10, Vista, Quad Cores...and such) but I still do not know good combination of hardware.
With that in mind, here are some things:
- It has to be around $1300 Canadian ($1135 USD for you folks down the border)
- I can not buy from Newegg because Newegg does not deliver to Canada
- I need it to run latest games, at highest resolution, at max settings (you get the idea...I want games to look nice)
- I do not need a monitor because I bought 20.1" Widescreen LCD 1 day ago
- I do not need enormous Hard Drive space (150GB is more than enough for me)
- I want it to have a fast hard drive for fast game and Windows load times
- I need 2GB RAM of whatever the current speed is
- I need to use canadian websites to order
- I do not need some kind of super duper audio card. I have been using on-board Sound for 2.5 years and think it was fine.
- I would rather not OC anything. I am not a fan of gaining 2 FPS in games at a cost of blowing up
- Mouse, Keyboard, Speakers do not have to be ordered from online store because i would rather buy them from store on boxing day and save some cash.
Questions/Controversies I debated with myself:
- To raid or not raid (How much of performance would Raid 0 gain over regular single HDD?)
- IDE vs eIDE vs SATA, vs SCSI: What's the difference?
- Assuming I buy DirectX10 video card now...how much time before we see most games being made on it? The reason why I am asking this is because when I was building this comp, I was told that 64 bit processor is awesome. So I got myself AMD 64 3200+...Well, I still have't seen a single software, that took advantage of 64-bit processor...so why did I even bother wasting money on 64bit, when i could have gotten same thing, 32 bit, and save money. So if i get DX10 card, will it be the same thing that happened to my AMD 64 bit processor?