A little computer advice...for a christmas gift

Published on December 12, 2003 By Hus In WinCustomize Talk

My sister wants to get her boyfriend a PC for Christmas (what a nice sister, huh?), anyway...her absolute limit is $1000, that has to include everything. I did a little research on companies other than Dell. Here's what I found, and would like to know if you think this is a good deal before I make her buy it...

Abit NF7 Motherboard (LAN, Audio, USB, etc.)
512mb Dual Channel DDR RAM
AMD Athalon XP 2600+
Western Digital 80gb HD
nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128mb DDR w/TV out & DVI
NEC Dual Format DVD Burner
6-in-1 Flash media reader (they give it to you for free)
17" Viewsonic E70fb monitor
XP Home Edition
Free ground shipping

Total cost: $972

His current PC has a nice set of speakers which he bought as an upgrade, audio and LAN are onboard, plus is comes with your generic keyboard, mouse and a ATX case etc.

What do you think?

BTW, this is from CyberPower Inc. http://www.cyberpowersystems.com
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Comments (Page 4)

Tech-Cat

on Dec 13, 2003

Sometimes I think you are talking out the side of your neck.

kona0197

on Dec 13, 2003

Jesse-

I forgot to add that you can also get a water cooled system. You have to get a new case though. The water system has intercoolers and everything. Can be used on AMD and intel. NO NOISE!

d0p3y2k4

on Dec 13, 2003

my current system rocks
windows xp hacked in cracked by me
plextor 52x24x52 cdburner
2 512 ddr 2700 kingston
Abit IC7-G Max 2 mobo
2.66ghz proc intel pent4
1 40gb maxtor 7200 rpm with 8mb cache
3 120gb maxtor 7200 rpm with 8mb cache
ATi Radeon 9800SE 128MB DDR Video Card
Mitsumi 7-in-1 USB2.0 Internal Flash Memory Card Reader
i paid a little over a 1,000 us for a dealer in flordia

Tech-Cat

on Dec 13, 2003

windows xp hacked in cracked by me

I hope you really mean that you have a legal Windows XP CD, with it tweaked for performance on your hard drive. I hope that "hacked in cracked" does not mean that you got a piracted copy of Windows XP.

kongit

on Dec 13, 2003

Here is the computer I want. Hehehehe

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm

Just 8 grand for the best
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goodmorphing

on Dec 14, 2003

...sure beats the heck out of mine...

kongit

on Dec 14, 2003

EventHorizon

on Dec 14, 2003

Now THATS funny...

kongit

on Dec 14, 2003

I bet you could get one of those for under a grand

d0p3y2k4

on Dec 14, 2003

its a legit copy of course bought it from bestbuy by meaning hacked in cracked i always say that i dont like anything on my os to be default so ive changed almost 90% of my os to my personal look
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EventHorizon

on Dec 14, 2003

Ok, note to admin...Whats up with the Top downloads list?

The cursor 'OrangeArrow' had more than 200 more downloads thatn ChristmasTime, but is at the bottom of the list...
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EventHorizon

on Dec 14, 2003

changed almost 90% of my os to my personal look

Ain't windowblinds just amazing?

Tech-Cat

on Dec 14, 2003

I wonder if that cardboard case would catch on fire after running the PC components for a long period of time.

d0p3y2k4

on Dec 14, 2003

yeah windowblinds is amazing but thats only what 10% of my os is altered lol
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kona0197

on Dec 14, 2003

running 4 hard drives and 2 cd roms? Impossible with your mobo.

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