My main rig:
Barton 2500+ @ 3200+
DFI Ultra
GF4 Ti 4400
512mb Geil
120gb Maxtor
PX708A
I want so many things, but have so little cash. Right now I can spend $550 max, but I only want to spend about $400(I don't want to get caught with no comp-spending cash) now and then save up another $400 or so by January. My main goal is to get a system that will make me go "wow" at FarCry/D3/HL2.
Obviously that GF4Ti is out of place. I was planning to get a Leadtek 6800GT for under $400 and be done with it for another few years. But then I remembered my monitor. It's a lame Gateway 17" EV700 I picked up a few years ago dirt cheap. The thing can barely do 1280x1024! It's crippling any of my plans. I would really like a 19" crt monitor that is top of the line for all the new games. So I did some research. I can get the NEC 930SB(which is highly recommended everywhere) at dell for $290 with free shipping(which dell says ends by October). I hear Dell's monitor policy is better than newegg's/(insert reputable vendor).
I'm comfortable right now with the CPU, since with all the new standards(PCIE, Socket 939, w/e) I doubt I'll be changing motherboards for quite some time. I've given up on the idea of the mobile 2500+ I don't have the money for only ~200 more mhz. I could use another stick of that ram, which is about $80.
I'm also trying to keep in mind I'll probably be getting a dual-layer DVD-RW once the media for it is available, unless some hacker comes up with a firmware upgrade for my PX708A, which I now feel I was cheated on big time.
What I've come up with is; get that monitor now, then wait until sometime next year to grab a new GPU, and just forget about everything else.
If anyone has any advice to help me get a 1280x1024-or-higher gaming system, I'm open to anything right about now.
Thanks,
Kale
Barton 2500+ @ 3200+
DFI Ultra
GF4 Ti 4400
512mb Geil
120gb Maxtor
PX708A
I want so many things, but have so little cash. Right now I can spend $550 max, but I only want to spend about $400(I don't want to get caught with no comp-spending cash) now and then save up another $400 or so by January. My main goal is to get a system that will make me go "wow" at FarCry/D3/HL2.
Obviously that GF4Ti is out of place. I was planning to get a Leadtek 6800GT for under $400 and be done with it for another few years. But then I remembered my monitor. It's a lame Gateway 17" EV700 I picked up a few years ago dirt cheap. The thing can barely do 1280x1024! It's crippling any of my plans. I would really like a 19" crt monitor that is top of the line for all the new games. So I did some research. I can get the NEC 930SB(which is highly recommended everywhere) at dell for $290 with free shipping(which dell says ends by October). I hear Dell's monitor policy is better than newegg's/(insert reputable vendor).
I'm comfortable right now with the CPU, since with all the new standards(PCIE, Socket 939, w/e) I doubt I'll be changing motherboards for quite some time. I've given up on the idea of the mobile 2500+ I don't have the money for only ~200 more mhz. I could use another stick of that ram, which is about $80.
I'm also trying to keep in mind I'll probably be getting a dual-layer DVD-RW once the media for it is available, unless some hacker comes up with a firmware upgrade for my PX708A, which I now feel I was cheated on big time.
What I've come up with is; get that monitor now, then wait until sometime next year to grab a new GPU, and just forget about everything else.
If anyone has any advice to help me get a 1280x1024-or-higher gaming system, I'm open to anything right about now.
Thanks,
Kale
