IG-64 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Nevermind, it died eventually. Time to buy a new monitor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Time to buy a new monitor... If I still had a CRT I would be glad of the excuse to replace it, I can't stand them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Why? Sure, they are large and take up space and heavy to move... but honestly I can't think of any other real reasons to dislike them in terms of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoman81 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Well, my video card died on my desktop. I can go out and spend $150 on a new AGP card, but I think I will wait on it. It's been too long since I've had a complete rebuild. So, I'm going to do my best and move all of my photos and music onto my biggest drive and put it into an external case. This leaves me with a few questions: Is there a case that is better than others or are they ll pretty much the same? Since I'm looking to rebuild early next year, is there anything that is coming along that I should know about? I'm only beginning to think about what I might want. I've seen some stuff on whats out now, but I haven't really kept up. I think I will drop $1k (at least) on what a I want to use it for. I think I'm leaning more towards a designer/developer machine with a limited amount of gaming. Any thoughts would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Well, my video card died on my desktop. I can go out and spend $150 on a new AGP card, but I think I will wait on it. It's been too long since I've had a complete rebuild. Yes, as it would be much wiser to make the jump to PCI-E. You don't have to spend $150. When you're about to buy a GPU, I advise you to visit http://www.tomshardware.com/us/ Every month they have an article listing the best GPU's in different price ranges, so as to get the best price for your buck. A great guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoman81 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Yes, as it would be much wiser to make the jump to PCI-E. You don't have to spend $150. When you're about to buy a GPU, I advise you to visit http://www.tomshardware.com/us/ Every month they have an article listing the best GPU's in different price ranges, so as to get the best price for your buck. A great guide. Thanks for the link. I'll start looking at it when I'm ready to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Sun Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 What card did you have? I've got an AGP slot and I've recently bought a GeForce 6800 for $70, great price and great performance cause the memory bandwidth is huge (23Gb/s for this particular model: XFX 128Mb GeForce 6800) and it's got lots of shader processing power (12 pixel pipes and 5 vertex ones I think), plays all my games (KotOR, Jade Empire, SW Battlefront, EaW, NWN 2, etc...) at good framerates (30FPS or more) at 1024x768 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Last post Oct 2007. Please unsticky this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermie Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Okay, I'm getting a new puter! This is the setup I'm looking at: AOpen ES45C Case, w/350W PSU Asus P5Q Mobo Corsair TWIN2x DDR2-800 2048MB (2x1024MB) Ram Gainward GeForce 9800 GT (512 mb) Graphics card Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3 ghz) Processor Samsung SH-S223F DVD-writer Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1 TB HD This should be enough for a decent gaming tower, yes? Is 350W enough, or should I get a different case with a separate SPU (more expensive)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Never, ever, use the PSU that comes with a tower. Always spend the extra dosh and buy a good powerful PSU with alot of power on the 12V rail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Yes I would get a different PSU also. Both my brother and uncle just build new rigs and this is the PSU both of them got, I recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Never, ever, use the PSU that comes with a tower. DISREGARD THAT I have almost the same specs (only with a 10000 RPM Raptor with 2 other HDs) and the PSU that comes with that case powers it with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I approve of the Sonata III's power supply (and yes, it powers my rig rather well). It's a good one all by itself, easily worth $90. I'm using a 140w processor, two SATA HDDs, a Radeon 4870, a SATA DVD combo drive and two case fans. No problems here. A 350w power supply might be iffy, though, so check the requirements of your hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I'm not saying all PSUs that come with towers are s***, just 98% of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 And though they may work at first, it's quite possible that you'll be replacing it in 6 months, so I too would go with a new PSU. My second to last rig that I built I used a stock PSU that came with the case and I had to replace it in less than 10 months. But my current computer has a separate PSU that has been working wonderfully for well over a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 A 350w power supply might be iffy, though, so check the requirements of your hardware. 350w was iffy when 6600GT's where the bomb. You're gonna need at least 400w. Also, since when did 9800GT's become cheap as ****? $130-150? I thought those things cost $350+ last time I checked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 My computer has been acting erratically and sometimes boots to windows but is completely locked up. No response from mouse or keyboard. My power supply is like five years old and was a crappy one when I bought it. Time for a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 What does it do when it doesn't boot to Windows? Have you tried starting it in safe mode to see where it freezes up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 It always boots to windows. I ran checkdisk and it has worked like 4 times in a row thus far. Very weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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