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- Goatweed - 04-10-2003
Imp, not to get personal, but how much did that rig set you back (ballpark)?
- King Imp - 04-10-2003
Quote:I hear this card is a monsterYeah, it is, and Damn expensive too. I can't wait to see the graphics this baby pumps out.
The reason I decided to go with the 2.4 GHz instead of the 2.8 GHz is someone told me I can probably overclock the system to the higher speed. Problem is I don't know how to do that. Does anyone know how to overclock and could you walk me through it?
- King Imp - 04-10-2003
Quote:Imp, not to get personal, but how much did that rig set you back (ballpark)?$1835. It was $2158 before the 15% discount.
- Goatweed - 04-10-2003
Quote:$1835. It was $2158 before the 15% discount
not too bad, considering - the discount really helps.
I don't know nuttin' about overclocking except it's usually risky and not worth it for a few extra frames per second - others might disagree, however.
- Danked - 04-11-2003
How's this?
Quote:Raidmax Model 268WBP(BLACK/SILVER) 10-bay Case Retail No Power Supply (Item#ABS11156018) 1 Standard
Gigabyte GA-7VAX ATA133 AC97 Sound USB 2.0 8X AGP Motherboard (Item#ABS13128154) 1 Standard
Allied 400 Watt Power Supply with 2 Fans (Item#ABS17154013) 1 Standard
AMD Athlon XP 2600+/333 FSB 256K Processor (Item#ABS19103349) 1 $100
Dynatron DC1206BM-L/610-P-Cu HeatSink and Fan (Support Up to 3000+) (Item#ABS35114009) 1 Standard
*Corsair 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM (Best with Supported Motherboard) (Item#ABS20145407) 1 $40.5
Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM Hard Drive - 8MB Cache Special Edition (Item#ABS22144118) 1 $45
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB DDR DVI AGP (Item#ABS14102258) 1 $135
LITE-ON XJ-HD166S 16X DVD ROM Drive BLACK (Item#ABS27131603) 1 Standard
Lite On 52x24x52 CDRW Black Model LTR-52246 (Item#ABS27106190) 1 Standard
Sound Blaster Audigy Sound Card w/1394 Firewire Port (Item#ABS29102148) 1 $65
Creative Inspire Dolby 5.1 5200 5 Speakers w/Subwoofer (Item#ABS36116116) 1 $33
Aopen FM56-SVV V.92 PCI Modem - Retail (Item#ABS25131005) 1 Standard
Mitsumi 1.44 MB Floppy Drive - BLACK (Item#ABS21104101) 1 Standard
Mitsumi KFK-EB9HY-BK BLACK PS/2 Keyboard with Hot Keys - RETAIL (Item#ABS23133003) 1 Standard
none Input Devices 1 $-15
Multimedia Microphone with Base (Item#ABS36111104) 1 $0
ABS Mouse Pad 8" X 9" (Item#ABS17114103) 1 $0
Microsoft Windows XP Home with Service Pack 1 (Item#ABS37110010) 1 Standard
Corel Office WP 2002 (Item#ABS32106119) 1 $0
Microsoft Age of Empires II Gold Edition - OEM (For Bundle with System use ONLY!) (Item#ABS37110006) 1 $9
Battlefield 1942 (Item#ABS32130101) 1 $39.99
2Net 1 Year 24/7 Tech Support & Onsite Service (Concurrent with Standard Warranty) (Item#ABS88101201)
Weird put these specs together from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.abspc.com">http://www.abspc.com</a><!-- m -->.
- King Imp - 04-11-2003
That looks like a killer system Danked, but there are two things I have to say.
First, if you are planning on using the system for gaming, you may want to get a motherboard that is AGP 4X instead of that 8X one. Even though 8X is the "future" I have read a bunch of reviews saying they aren't too stable.
Second is kinda long the same lines. I had thought about going with ABS because of their low prices, but I caught them in a lie and from there on I couldn't trust them. On another motherboard they claimed it to be AGP 8x, but after doing a bunch of research I found that said mobo only came in AGP 4x. I called them on it, but they never had an explanation or bothered to get back to me.
If you do go with them, make sure you completely trust that what their components say are actually what you get.
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- Danked - 04-11-2003
We'll see. I already made the purchase. I couldn't wait. All in all I paid $1275 for the system. No monitor though. I'll have to use my old one until I can scrounge together some more money and go to Best Buy or some other store and pick one out.
I'm curious about the v.92 modem. I signed up with VTISP back in February with the intention of getting that modem for my laptop and increasing my dial up speed. I'll see how much faster it works. I can't do anything else out where I live except get satellite which is just out of the question.