Zantar45 0 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Since I dont have to worry about getting anymore games for the next few months (sig) I have some extra cash and I'm thinking of getting a new PC. The one I got now really isnt mine (story of my life I tells ya) so I cant really fix it up or get anything new for it. Would be stupid to drop a wad of cash on it and then have to give it back down the road. So I have been looking at PCs and being a PC illiterate, need some help/guidance if possible. Is this PC a good deal? Bare Bones pc I dont want anything fancy, just a PC that can run some of the newer games (anything over 9FPS I get on GR with current PC) and can be easily upgraded (probably cheaply as well) down the road. If its not a good deal, does anyone know of any? I have about $300-$400 to spend at the moment and cant really go over that limit. Also I can only pay by check and money order, some silly reason they wont let you get a credit card if you have no job. Go figure. I know its better to build one yourself but Zantar+electronics=fire and lawsuits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteKnight77 1 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 See if you can get one with an nForce2 motherboard instead of the VIA chipset based board you show there. This is not bad though you only have 2 RAM slots. It does have room for upgrades when needed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Thanks for the reply. If I get that one, what do you recomend I try to get with it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Been going town to town looking for deals on PCs and cant seem to find any good ones, at least not in my price range. I just saw this one on Tiger Direct today, must've just been added. eMachine Looks pretty good, of course I dont anything at all. Anyone think/know if its possible to play Americas Army, Farcry or Joint Ops on this? Future of my PC gaming hangs in the balance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 You would have to pay me to buy a Celeron. If the future of your gaming hangs in the balance, I suggest you save some dough and buy a top end rig. You can piece together/buy a great PC for $1,500 and up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 (edited) Am I missing something? Does a Celeron give cancer or make skin dissolve? Thinking of getting a Dell (DUDE!) problem is, the ones in my price range have GeForce FX5200 video cards. I heard these cards werent any good. Or were the people just talking non sense? In any case, does anyone think/know if it would be possible to take out the FX5200 vid card and put in a newer one? **EDIT** Nevermind, I'm getting a Dell PC. I know there is probably going to be something wrong with it. Oh well I guess. Edited June 22, 2004 by Zantar45 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NYR_32 6 Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 You can upgrade the Video card but the PSU may become an issues depending on how much wattage it's rated for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Good luck with the new PC Zantar. Which model did you get? Also, what are you running now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NurFACE 0 Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Zantar, you can upgrade your video card to something else and replacing AGP card on dell is no different than any other PC. Power supply used to be different not sure if wiring has changed for Dell power supply and motherboard but I can check tomorrow at work on some of the Dell machines that are current. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Its a refurbished Dell Dimension 4600 with; -Pentium 4 2.8GHz 533MHz front side bus, intergrated audio/video -256mb RAM -40gb HD 7200RPM -128 DDR GeForce FX5200 card -48x CDRW / 16x DVD-R Cost $599 (not including Monitor, Interest 28% IIRC, S&H + S&H taxes (go figure) ) This is ALOT better then my current PC; HP Pavilion xt973 -Intel Celeron 1.1Ghz -256mb RAM (2 sticks of 128, anything over 128 dont work unless I buy HP RAM which is a hella o lot) -16mb Intergrated Audio/Video card (no idea really) -50gb HD Cost $500 (in 2003) I'm happy as long as I can play some of the newer games on med/low settings, instead of none like right now. At least Ghost Recon will run a little smoother now instead of the usual 6-10 FPS it currently does at the ''low everything'' settings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hopefully that FX5200 isnt the PCI version... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 It probably is since its refurbished they most likely threw alot of cheap parts into it. Want AGP over a PCI right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteKnight77 1 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Want AGP over a PCI right? Yes, you want AGP and not a PCi video card. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chef-Scott 0 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Its a refurbished Dell Dimension 4600 ..................... Cost $599 (not including Monitor, Interest 28% IIRC, S&H + S&H taxes (go figure) ) Huh? 28% interest?? So the cost is actually $766.72 ($167.72 in interest). Build your own. It's easy enough to do. And best of all, you get to make it the way you want it to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 I asked around for help building a PC. Pretty much all the responses I got were that it would cost more then what I paid for my refurbished PC to upgrade my current one or even build on from scratch. I didnt go with the Dell payment plans, so there isnt any 28% interest to pay. Got my monitor yesterday but not the rest of the order yet.... heh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 Got the rest of my PC today. Specs; Dimension 4600i Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz 510MB RAM DDR PC2700 80GB HD (7200RPM) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, 128.0 MB (AGP version) SoundMAX Digital Audio 2 USB in front, 8 USB in back 2 disc drives, CD-rom and CD-RW etc. The "Micro Mini Tower" as they call it stands about 15" and weighs about 30 pounds. So far I put the PC through its paces with +8 hours of Joint Ops demo without any problems, tomorrow gonna test it out with the Far Cry, Soldner demos maybe a little AA as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Congrats, cool stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 My case alone weighs 37+ lbs. If you can, upgrade that video card. For a budget system, an ATi 9600XT, nVidia 5700U or 5900XT can all be found for well under $200. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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