What kind of a computer do I need?

[ag]

<p>In no way am I going out to buy one, I plan on building my own. The
question is what do I need? My EX went onto newegg today and priced
stuff out. The cool part is that what eve I decide on is going to be an
XMAS gift from Mom. SO the Ex came up with a few things and it added up
to about 925 bucks. Well I showed it to my Mom and she nearly had a
heart attack. </p><p>Ok well since my GF is well EX GF and really
pisses me off and I really cant get&nbsp; a good idea of what Im
getting and why I need it. All I want is a co puter that can handle
mutiple tasks, have a great sound card, video inputs, (not really
concerned about the graphics output since Im not a gamer) I know I need
at least a gig of RAM, and good RAM at that. Do I really need a
processor that costs over 300 bucks? Why cant I go with one thats like
170? Im looking at a price of no more than 650 <br />
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[mikeyboy]

I'm not trying busting your stones here.&nbsp; I'm just asking a practical question.&nbsp; If you don't know much about the internal components of a computer, do you really think you're tech saavy enough to build your own computer?

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[Kobe8]

<p>Order one from Dell but hide when they deliver it because you had a fight with your Mom and don't want to pay for it anymore.</p><p>Go with what you know.</p>

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[FUNKMAN]

<p>defenitely need a father board...</p><p>&gt; actually it's mother board / memory 512 meg is good for surfin, need more if you want to play games / hard drive - 80 gig / cd player/burner / keyboard / mouse / monitor / speakers / modem if you dial in / ethernet card if you have cable modem / not sure if you need a 3 1/2 floppy anymore for bootdisks but they may be standard anyway / operating system s/w / drivers for all the peripherals </p><p>stuff like that</p><p>Edit: Kobe gave good advice. go to dell or hp and they have good models for under&nbsp;or around 500 with rebate</p><img src="http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0UQCRAl4WyHLYmr7dmRaNq9LkFDSutySVXtZT!2DBFo9cdLLOy T0wW*F93FRtcPlf*xMPhVXRGqhe6SJySdgLcTKyu!jrvKbU!du NFBLOnRJxEbhL0qxR9qln3GX9xzMO/FUNKMAN.JPG?dc=4675521713262985004" border="0" />

<font color=black>This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 12-13-05 @ 11:30 PM</font>

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<font color=black>This message was edited by CircusFreak on 12-13-05 @ 11:36 PM</font>

[Death Metal Moe]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><p>Order one from Dell but hide when they deliver it because you had a fight with your Mom and don't want to pay for it anymore.</p><p>Go with what you know.</p><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/kobe8sig/kobesig.jpg" border="0" /> Kobe Beef Cows are fed a diet enriched with beer and massaged lovingly by attendants in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. If they throw in a happy ending, sign me up. DAMN YOU KOBE8!!!&nbsp; <br />

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[Death Metal Moe]

<p>I'm gonna be REAL nice to you ag.</p><p>Go to Wal Mart and look at their pre-packaged systems.&nbsp; Go to Walmart.com too.&nbsp; Go to Best Buy and Bestbuy.com.&nbsp; Check Comp USA, PC Richards and even fucking Sears for Christ sake.&nbsp;Go to ecost.com.&nbsp; Go back to newegg.com.&nbsp; Check tigerdirect.com.&nbsp; My point is, shop around.</p><p>If you don't need high end video cards, audio cards, super-fast processors, tons of RAM or tons of hard drive space, these things are perfect.&nbsp; They're great starter computers that do everyday tasks well and most are upgradable.&nbsp; Plus you'll have brand new parts with a warranty, most likely a legal copy of Windows XP and someone who knew what they were doing putting your computer together.&nbsp; Also, look for deals just on towers if you already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse.&nbsp; Those package deals are great but can also be a waste if you have the shit already.</p><p>You can always get a DVD-RW drive, more RAM or a larger/2nd hard drive when after Christmas sales set it.</p>

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[Death Metal Moe]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font>I'm not trying busting your stones here.&nbsp; I'm just asking a practical question.&nbsp; If you don't know much about the internal components of a computer, do you really think you're tech saavy enough to build your own computer? <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=mikeyboy" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://www.thereisnoradio.com/" target="blank">The Music Mikey Likes Show now on There is No Radio</a><br /><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/mediastorage/mikey/mikeyshowtheme.mp3" target="blank">theme song</a> by BoBoGolem <br />HA!&nbsp; This just made me imagine ag taping 14 hard drives together and putting them on top of his TV, then wondering why it won't boot.

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[Death Metal Moe]

<p>All I want is a co puter that can handle mutiple tasks</p><p>If you can't spell it, you can't buy it.&nbsp; </p><p><font size="7">LOCK THIS THREAD!!!</font></p>

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[Death Metal Moe]

<p>You know ag, I and others in here suggested a few things, but now I see you expect a computer with a quality video card, quality audio card, a fucking GIG of RAM and can multi-task for under 700?</p><p>You either have to find a great sale or eat it on a few parts of the comp.&nbsp; I still say go for a 400-500 basic comp and upgrade when you can.</p>

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[LordJezo]

<p>Big Moe is right. Why do you want to build your own if you dont want to game or be a power user?</p><p> </p><p>And why the heck do you need a gig of ram to multitask?</p><p> </p><p>Reminds me of that Heinken commercial that went something like </p><p> </p><p>&quot;Man, I have this new computer, 4 GHz processor, gig of ram, huge widescreen monitor, terabyte of disk space, top of the line graphics card&quot;</p><p> </p><p>&quot;What are you going to do with it&quot;</p><p> </p><p>&quot;Surf the net, look at some pictures&quot;</p><p> </p><p>Yeah, useless. Just get an eMachine and you'll be fine.<br /></p>

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[Death Metal Moe]

And unless Dell has fixed their horrendous customer service issues, steer clear of them despite the prices.&nbsp; You'll pay more in the end with frustration and translators.

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[Death Metal Moe]

<p>I'm not sure why you need all that stuff ag.&nbsp; I've done light video editing, heavy audio editing, photoshop work and web authroing with my computer and it's fairly average in every way.&nbsp; 1.3 gh AMD processor, 256 Ram, stock video card that's not 3D Accelerated&nbsp;or anything, intergrated sound card.&nbsp; I can keep Photoshop open and do other things.&nbsp; I won't lie to you, it's not a powerhouse but it gets the job done.&nbsp; I can easily leave XaMp open as I do other things too.</p><p>Your best bet is to buy a decent computer and upgrade as you can.</p>

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[mendyweiss]

Just plug your blender into the Speak and Spell and hit Puree.(Hint from Iris the computer geek)

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[ag]

<p><font size="0" face="verdana" color="black">[quote]I'm not trying
busting your stones here.&nbsp; I'm just asking a practical
question.&nbsp; If you don't know much about the internal components of
a
computer, do you really think you're tech saavy enough to build your
own computer?[quote/]&nbsp; yes I do. Its really not that hard to
connect the motherboard to everything else. Besides I have my EX to
call if anything goes wrong and she said she'll check it out before I
boot it up for the very first time. Anything past hooking up the wires
is beyond me. </font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>True
or false, you need AT LEAST a GIG of RAM to run XP at its best? Ive
herd that so many times so thats why I want it. 80GB for a hard drive
is what Ive got now and quickly gets filled with the video I try to
store on it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What else, oh I really could care
less about how my spelling is. If you dont like it that much, dont
reply. Plain and simple. Im not here to impress anyone. If you dont
like the fact that my spelling sucks in ALL of my posts then oh well.
Last I checked Im not writing an essay for my english litterature
class. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks!<img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/cool.gif" />&nbsp;</p><font size="0" face="verdana" color="black" />

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[Greggie44]

<p>With XP, at least 512 RAM is recommended.&nbsp; If the full gig is affordable go with it.&nbsp; The RAM and a high-speed connection&nbsp;are more important than the processor for regular use.&nbsp;</p><p>You can go with a processor, where the next step up has a disproportionate price increase compared to increase in speed.</p>

[SatCam]

<p>Unless you're running some kind of server, a processor should not
cost you any more than $150, and even then, thats a lot of money for a
desktop quality processor.</p><p>If you're doing video or audio editing
then it would be understandable that you would want top-of-the-line
stuff.&nbsp; However, if you don't have any knowledge about anything
you're thinking about buying, you should be buying an OEM computer or
atleast making an attempt to learn about certain aspects of a computer.</p><p>BTW,
1gig of some pretty good ram should cost you about $75.&nbsp; Not that
bad, but not neccessary if you just want to surf the web.&nbsp;</p>

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[Hottub]

<p>What else, oh I really could care less about how my spelling is. If you dont like it that much, dont reply. Plain and simple. Im not here to impress anyone. If you dont like the fact that my spelling sucks in ALL of my posts then oh well. Last I checked Im not writing an essay for my english litterature class. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/cool.gif" border="0" />&nbsp;</p><p></p><p>I'm not busting your balls with this, just curious. Why is it that you find it necessary to use proper English and correct spelling only when you have to submit a paper.</p><p>Maybe I am just picking nits, but I think that is the attitude problem with today's kids.</p><p>Text messaging, and spell check are destroying the written, and spoken word! Maybe you think nobody gives a shit, but the way you present yourself on this board is through the written word. Grammatical errors, and misspelled words are immediately registered by the people who actually give a shit, and they in turn will hold your opinion with a lesser value.</p><p>I do not hold a degree in English, nor do I care to. However I do have the ability to present myself in a coherent manner to all the people who read my drivel!</p><p>I am willing to bet I have made a few grammatical errors in this rant, but at least I tried.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and if you don't like reading proper English, you don't have to read anymore of my posts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks.</p>

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[Gvac]

Last I checked Im not writing an essay for my english litterature class

That spelling of "literature" is priceless.

Oh, and ditto to what Hottub just said.



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[Hottub]

<p>More nit picking.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is &quot;English&quot; Literature. The proper noun is ALWAYS capitalized.</p><p>God help us all. This dude is going to get a degree.</p>

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[ag]

<p>&nbsp;</p><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font> <p>What
else, oh I really could care less about how my spelling is. If you dont
like it that much, dont reply. Plain and simple. Im not here to impress
anyone. If you dont like the fact that my spelling sucks in ALL of my
posts then oh well. Last I checked Im not writing an essay for my
english litterature class. </p><p> </p><p>Thanks!<img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/cool.gif" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'm
not busting your balls with this, just curious. Why is it that you find
it necessary to use proper English and correct spelling only when you
have to submit a paper.</p><p>Maybe I am just picking nits, but I think that is the attitude problem with today's kids.</p><p>Text
messaging, and spell check are destroying the written, and spoken word!
Maybe you think nobody gives a shit, but the way you present yourself
on this board is through the written word. Grammatical errors, and
misspelled words are immediately registered by the people who actually
give a shit, and they in turn will hold your opinion with a lesser
value.</p><p>I do not hold a degree in English, nor do I care to.
However I do have the ability to present myself in a coherent manner to
all the people who read my drivel!</p><p>I am willing to bet I have made a few grammatical errors in this rant, but at least I tried.</p><p> </p><p>and if you don't like reading proper English, you don't have to read anymore of my posts.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks.</p><br />
Hmm Ok I can understand a
little bit better now. I don't know though. I think when it comes down
to it Im both to lazy to spell check, I don't care that much and for
gods sakes its a freaking message board for a great radio show. Look if
it REALLY means that much to everyone Ill try to take the time to spell
things the correct way. And like you said, if I dont like reading
proper English, I dont have to read anymore posts. Fine and dandy, I
can always post my own stuff, and nobody else has to read it.&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sorry for the attitude folks. Have a nice day<img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" /> <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" /> <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" /> <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" /> <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" />&nbsp;</p>

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