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New RIG plans, part II

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arnemarco

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Inspired by the article of the Athlon XP and it's benchmark, I am now thinking that it could be a great alternative to f.i. the Dell computers I was presenting in a different thread. There I am most keen on the new Dimension 8200. I picked the one with a P4 1700, that means according to the benchmarks already the Athlon XP 1500+ would beat the Dell and should be the configuration of comparation.

I made myself this list from Newegg.com:
Mother: EPox EP-8KHA+ ...$ 116.-
AMD Athlon XP 1500+ .......$ 122.-
512 MB DDR ......................$ 88.-
IBM 60GXP 60 GB ..............$ 137.-
Cardexp Geforce3 64 MB ..$ 283.-
Viewsonic E95 19" ............$ 229.-
Pioneer 106S DVD .............$ 64.-
SoundBlaster 5.1 Live .......$ 32.-
Altec Lansing ADA 890 ......$ 225.-
3Com 10/100 Ethernet .....$ 33.-
USRobotics V.90/56k .........$ 50.-
Fong Kai case ....................$ 85.-
Keyboard + Mouse ............$ 36.-
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Total .................................$ 1.500.-

A similar configured Dell Dimension 8200 would cost $ 2.350.-, a very high difference.

I do not know if I can get parts that easly in Norway, but without doubt it is much to gain with an AMD system and buldiung it at home. The difference makes it easy also to consider the 1800+
 


<< Change the Geforce3 to a Raedon 8500 to lower your cost and yet get a kick ass card. 🙂 >>



Has soon has it is available.
 
Thanks for the tips. At the moment I am only starting considering and planing, because I will start in Norway the first week in January, and then I can start buying. For me it was at this moment important just get a picture of prices and possibilites. I made this config to get a chance to compare with the Dell. Of course, Dell offers a garantiue, and the construction also costs something. But it seems rather pricey. In Norway the same config would come close to $ 3.000.-!

If ATI or NVidia, I still do not know enough. I am a passionate GPL racer, and I need a card that works as fast and good as possible with 3Dx graphics.
 
Oh dear, you're in Norway and building it in coming january?? Too early to comment for now. dude. You might not know what monster there is in January. My best advice is work your @ss off and see how much you get and splash them on your system by January.
 
i agree. wait until about december to see whats been released and how much everything costs before you start planning. it really only takes about 2 weeks to a month to plan.
 
OK, but I am just thirsty, hungry for a fitter system. My mainrig at the moment is a notebook, Tosh Sat Pro 4280 XDVD, P3 500, 256 Mb, 5.7 Gb, 6x DVD, 14.1" TFT, S3 Savage/IX 8 Mb, Yamaha, W2K Pro SP2, a nice pice to carry around, but the limitation for gaming and diversion is given. For GPL'ing I am lending a desktop with a P3 733, 128 Mb, 30 Gb WD, Viper II 32 Mb 4xAGP and a Samsung 750s, but that rig will stay here ...

Of course I am aware that two months in the PC-world is a long time, but I also want to exhange toughs and know about your experiences. And of course, I have to save the sufficient amount of money .... 🙂
 
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