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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 12, 2008 17:15:45 GMT -5
Tyler, I am going to save up $1000 for a new computer, or upgrades to my current one.
What should I do?
What should I get?
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Post by Hauskaz on Oct 12, 2008 17:59:50 GMT -5
If you want to spend $300 on a graphics card, a GTX 260 would be pretty solid.
If you want to spend $230 on a hard drive, the Samsung SpinPoint F1 RAID Class is pretty close to the VelociRaptor and hs 1 TB of space. Doubling it up for $460 would be beastly.
If you want to spend whatever amount on RAM, then there are a billion sticks that get the job done. Feeding Vista more RAM only makes it snappier.
If you want to be like me, get a ThinkPad SL500.
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 12, 2008 22:38:13 GMT -5
I also need a power supply for that crap  I don't know what would work with BTX |
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Post by Hauskaz on Oct 13, 2008 0:05:28 GMT -5
You can use any ATX power supply with a BTX motherboard.
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 13, 2008 10:12:00 GMT -5
cool
what about a monitor? I'd prefer a 24" with a PPI higher than 100. But that would cost like $700 or something.
Something ~$400 would be nice.
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Post by Hauskaz on Oct 13, 2008 13:57:34 GMT -5
24" monitors are typically 1920x1200, which would be 94 PPI. They can be had for about $400 though.
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 13, 2008 14:29:48 GMT -5
link
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Post by Hauskaz on Oct 13, 2008 15:14:07 GMT -5
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 13, 2008 17:25:11 GMT -5
cool
they're all shit-brands
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Post by Hauskaz on Oct 13, 2008 17:31:45 GMT -5
Hence why they're around $400, rofl.
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 13, 2008 17:45:01 GMT -5
$500
rofl fuck
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 13, 2008 17:45:37 GMT -5
actually fuck 24"
22" for $400
Also i am lazy to search on my own
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Post by Hauskaz on Oct 13, 2008 19:02:42 GMT -5
If you're looking at 1680x1050, you're looking around the $250 mark.
The lowest 1920x1200 LCD I can find at 22" starts at $450.
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Oct 13, 2008 22:21:23 GMT -5
sweet, I'll go 22"
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Post by Hauskaz on Oct 14, 2008 5:48:32 GMT -5
Keep in mind that 1680x1050 is 90 PPI while 1920x1200 is 103 PPI.
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