Help With Buying a New PC

Iucky · 04-03-2006, 08:00 AM

Hello everybody,brbrWell here it goes im a noob to pc's really, i've had my fair share of them but never really understood them all that well. So I'm trying to learn as i go. And i need one at a fair price. I found a pc at newegg.com and i was wondering if you could look at it and tell me what you think. I only need the pc for school work, playing games like World of Warcraft, burning dvds and Music. Heres the pc.

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darrenstraight · 04-03-2006, 08:32 AM

*moved from Google Search Engine Forum to Computer forum*

Hmmm intersting a 64 bit Processor PC with an on board graphics card!

Well 64 bit Processing is the next big thing but it's still taking a while for software/drivers to come out for it and it's a shame it's an on board graphics card but then again that's why it's cheap and it's not that bad of a graphics card for what it is.

Plus for what you want it for it should be all ok! *thumbs up*

puppynut5 · 04-03-2006, 02:42 PM

Yah I would have to agree with Darren... I just recently built myselfa new puter with XP64. And it takes a bit of work for the drivers but its well worth it in my opinion. Also, you dont need 64 bit drivers unless you have Windows XP x64 bit edition installed.

04-03-2006, 11:59 PM

Thats some good specs there, but the onboard graphics is going to be a
pain, overall a nice machine that will last you for at least 4
years. img src="/richedit/smileys/Happy/19.gif" border="0"

mavahntooth · 04-04-2006, 05:58 AM

thats a good marchine! it looks like a server to me

cruocitae · 04-04-2006, 08:16 AM

mavahntooth looks like a serving noob to me then. that box is far from being a server.. i mean, it can run apache (OF COURSE

), but it's far from opterons with 64 gb of ram. those REALLY look like a server.

puppynut5 · 04-04-2006, 08:26 AM

Haha yah, it could be set up as a server but it would be pretty weak. it would all depend on what you are doing. I have some good servers set up on some crappy computers but they are all running Unix and not doing anything to impressive.

mavahntooth · 04-10-2006, 10:33 PM

No kidding aside... hmmm.. in a third world country like ours that setup is mostly like a server to us... sad to say

but look at the bright side... what PC's made up the google server... lol

cruocitae · 04-11-2006, 09:25 AM

OMG, those quite sucked initially.. what about the present google servers, haha

If not even google, but I have some data about the kernel.org servers:

Quote:

Apr 9, 2005: We have put two new external servers, graciously donated by Hewlett-Packard into full production use. These servers are both ProLiant DL585 quad Opteron servers, each with 24 GB of RAM and 10 TB of disk. Huge thanks to HP!

Each is connected to a separate ISC gigabit link. Enjoy!

Nice, huh? For me a single opteron server would be enough.. I'd sell it and buy a MacBook Pro.. What the hell could I do with a server-processor w/o the other parts, which actually cost a lot?

mavahntooth · 04-12-2006, 01:52 AM

lol... they already changed their server... i didnt know that. thanks for sharing

04-03-2006, 08:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Iucky Noogle Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Help With Buying a New PC Hello everybody,brbrWell here it goes im a noob to pc's really, i've had my fair share of them but never really understood them all that well. So I'm trying to learn as i go. And i need one at a fair price. I found a pc at newegg.com and i was wondering if you could look at it and tell me what you think. I only need the pc for school work, playing games like World of Warcraft, burning dvds and Music. Heres the pc. p class="MsoNormal"strongspan style="font-weight: normal;"ABS Awesome Awesome V1D 60 Athlon 64 4000+ 1GB DDR 160GB ATI Radeon Integrated Graphics Windows XP Home, /span/strongATI Radeon XPRESS 200 MSI RS480M2-IL Socket 939, ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard, Realtek ALC880, br/pHeres the website where it can be found please helpbrhttp://www.newegg.comroductroduct.as...66brbrOpinions appreciatedbrbrbrp class="MsoNormal"brstrongspan style="font-weight: normal;"/span/strongb style=""o/o/b/p

04-03-2006, 08:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
darrenstraight Microsoft Student Partner Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 5,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	moved from Google Search Engine Forum to Computer forum Hmmm intersting a 64 bit Processor PC with an on board graphics card! Well 64 bit Processing is the next big thing but it's still taking a while for software/drivers to come out for it and it's a shame it's an on board graphics card but then again that's why it's cheap and it's not that bad of a graphics card for what it is. Plus for what you want it for it should be all ok! thumbs up __________________ Visit my Tech Blog!

04-03-2006, 11:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
matt90 Guest Posts: n/a	new pc Thats some good specs there, but the onboard graphics is going to be a pain, overall a nice machine that will last you for at least 4 years. img src="/richedit/smileys/Happy/19.gif" border="0"

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04-03-2006, 02:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
puppynut5 Google Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Al Qa'im, Iraq Posts: 433 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yah I would have to agree with Darren... I just recently built myselfa new puter with XP64. And it takes a bit of work for the drivers but its well worth it in my opinion. Also, you dont need 64 bit drivers unless you have Windows XP x64 bit edition installed.

04-04-2006, 05:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
mavahntooth Master Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: estero Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thats a good marchine! it looks like a server to me

04-04-2006, 08:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
cruocitae Master Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Terminus Posts: 531 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	mavahntooth looks like a serving noob to me then. that box is far from being a server.. i mean, it can run apache (OF COURSE ), but it's far from opterons with 64 gb of ram. those REALLY look like a server.

04-04-2006, 08:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
puppynut5 Google Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Al Qa'im, Iraq Posts: 433 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Haha yah, it could be set up as a server but it would be pretty weak. it would all depend on what you are doing. I have some good servers set up on some crappy computers but they are all running Unix and not doing anything to impressive.

04-10-2006, 10:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
mavahntooth Master Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: estero Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No kidding aside... hmmm.. in a third world country like ours that setup is mostly like a server to us... sad to say but look at the bright side... what PC's made up the google server... lol

04-12-2006, 01:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
mavahntooth Master Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: estero Posts: 722 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	lol... they already changed their server... i didnt know that. thanks for sharing

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