New Box, Unlimited Budget.
<div class="IPBDescription">Oh the possibilities.</div> My parents gave me all the money for a new box as my graduation present. Needless to say, I spared no expense.
Asus K8v
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
2 Maxtor 200gb 7200RPM SATA HDDs
Audigy 2 Platinum
8x +/- DVD Writer
DVD Reader
Radeon X800 Pro
Lian-Li Quiet PC case
500 Watt PSU
Auravision EluminX Illuminated Keyboard
Logitech MX 500
1 GB Hyper X PC 400 Ram
One copy of Windows XP Pro
Should be built by next week. It's a huge improvement over my laptop with the whole 32 mb on the vid card.
Asus K8v
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
2 Maxtor 200gb 7200RPM SATA HDDs
Audigy 2 Platinum
8x +/- DVD Writer
DVD Reader
Radeon X800 Pro
Lian-Li Quiet PC case
500 Watt PSU
Auravision EluminX Illuminated Keyboard
Logitech MX 500
1 GB Hyper X PC 400 Ram
One copy of Windows XP Pro
Should be built by next week. It's a huge improvement over my laptop with the whole 32 mb on the vid card.
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Oh the jealousy...
Im getting an Acura TSX/with navagation for my grad present
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btw whats the total price on that? -cut- nm nice case
Hehe good work. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Im getting an Acura TSX/with navagation for my grad present
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It was either this or a new car, and I like my car.
Haven't gotten a price yet
PCI-X will offer no significant improvement over current setups <a href='http://www17.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040310/index.html' target='_blank'>clicky</a> it has the potential to do great things but as that clicky article points out there was almost no diffrance between AGP 4 and 8. Anyhow I dont think it will have the impact that people are predicting.
I would wait for pci express too though but i'm weird <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Guess that's called being "reasonable"
Lian Li cases look nice, but I never understood the need of a glowing keyboard
Oh, and you forgot the screen if needed <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> Except if you plan using that laptop screen :O
You got an education.
You got an education. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
And a whole lot of spirit crushing.
I don't want to wait a month for the video card, the pro should last me a while and when I really do need another I'll just upgrade.
And I'm going to Best Buy and picking out a nice headset and LCD monitor tomorrow (maybe dual monitors, not sure yet.)
And careful with dual monitors. You'll get spoiled very easily. Same with 1600x1200, and combine the two.. you'll have problems using a 'normal' computer ever again. ^_^
same here <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> , my sister graduated college at the same time i did high school so it kinda took the big deal out of it. and than i got the now your and adult now speach and i dont want you to become to big of a disapointment speach, although my first year of college was great, but i do miss my highschool slightly, mostly the wacky abnormal people you will find there <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Get the MX 510. It's worlds better then the 500. I just got one and It is fantastic. (And I want your parents!)
Get the MX 510. It's worlds better then the 500. I just got one and It is fantastic. (And I want your parents!) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
its not worlds better, Ive had bot hfor a decent amount of time, and 510 is noticeably better, but not much.
Get the MX 510. It's worlds better then the 500. I just got one and It is fantastic. (And I want your parents!)
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Huh, didn't know there was a 510. Thanks.
I have a 700 now but it only lets me use 3 buttons out of the 8 that are on it.
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Good to know I'm loved
<a href='http://www.xerox-displays.com/7series.html' target='_blank'>Too late</a>
Picked up 2 of these tonight. Couldn't be happier.
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Since my current box is a laptop and I can't upgrade it, no, it's not an option.
<a href='http://www.falcon-nw.com/' target='_blank'>falcon northwest</a>
edit: twinked out mach-v: $14,322.00 + custom cut/painted case
<a href='http://www.falcon-nw.com/' target='_blank'>falcon northwest</a>
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It would be mean to make him pay that much.
You have no idea how much a larger cache will increase your performance over everything. It's simply crazy.
If you can get a 1mb cache, that's hot. 2mb will probably break the bank, if AMD even makes them that large.