New PC time. - Page 2

Slimdw · February 15, 2008, 11:35 AM

What do you guys think about this with XP?
Dell Vostro 200 Slim Tower
$420.00

Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Proc E2180 (2.00GHz,1MB L2Cache,800FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows® XP Home EditionPRODUCTIVITY SOFTWAREMicrosoft Works 8. Does NOT Include MS WordMONITORDell 19 inch Widescreen E198WFP Analog Flat Panel MonitorMEMORY2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz - 2DIMMsOPTICAL DRIVESingle Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner DriveHARD DRIVE160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™VIDEO CARDIntel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100FLOPPY OR MEDIA READERNo Floppy DriveMODEM & WIRELESSNo Modem OptionSOUNDIntegrated 7.1 Channel Audio

Absalom · February 15, 2008, 11:44 AM

While I would say avoid Vista like the plague (I have had the liberty of dealing with it at work since it was in beta), I will say this one thing. Microsoft is scheduled to release Service Pack 1 for Vista very soon. Our testing with it at work has found that it actually increased performance over the currently shipping Vista. I only bring this up for those of you that have Vista or have some reason to "need" to use Vista. It may help.

Having said that, Microsoft is also scheduled to release Service Pack 3 for Win XP later this year which is supposed to blow Vista SP1's performance out of the water.

I'd stick with XP

Faraque · February 15, 2008, 11:54 AM

Ok, forget buying a pre-built. Build your own > Pre-built.
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!

Get an inexpensive, feature laden motherboard.
Newegg.com - ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Get an inexpensive dual-core processor. I prefer AMD.
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

Get 2gb inexpensive ram.
Newegg.com - A-DATA Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Get 1 pseudo-expensive video card.
Newegg.com - XFX PVT84JYAJG GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Get (if you want) a new optical drive.
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVDR DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM

Get (if you want) a new tower with power supply.
Newegg.com - Broadway Com Corp 82-4HL Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail (if you know how to set things up)
Newegg.com - ATRIX CSCI-L8033-C43 Black SECC steel sheeting FCC class CBCE approved ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 480W Power Supply - Retail (if you've never built one before)

Add all this up, and you should be under 500 for a new system that will smoke WoW.

February 15, 2008, 11:35 AM	#11 (permalink)
Slimdw Lurker Character Info Dregoth 70 Undead Warlock Skullcrusher US PvP Profile: Blizzard Armory	Re: New PC time. What do you guys think about this with XP? Dell Vostro 200 Slim Tower $420.00 Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Proc E2180 (2.00GHz,1MB L2Cache,800FSB) OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows® XP Home EditionPRODUCTIVITY SOFTWAREMicrosoft Works 8. Does NOT Include MS WordMONITORDell 19 inch Widescreen E198WFP Analog Flat Panel MonitorMEMORY2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz - 2DIMMsOPTICAL DRIVESingle Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner DriveHARD DRIVE160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™VIDEO CARDIntel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100FLOPPY OR MEDIA READERNo Floppy DriveMODEM & WIRELESSNo Modem OptionSOUNDIntegrated 7.1 Channel Audio Last edited by Slimdw; February 15, 2008 at 12:03 PM..

February 15, 2008, 11:44 AM	#12 (permalink)
Absalom Destruction Warlock Character Info Lavath 80 Blood Elf Warlock Shadow Council US RP Guild: Syk Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/14/47	Re: New PC time. While I would say avoid Vista like the plague (I have had the liberty of dealing with it at work since it was in beta), I will say this one thing. Microsoft is scheduled to release Service Pack 1 for Vista very soon. Our testing with it at work has found that it actually increased performance over the currently shipping Vista. I only bring this up for those of you that have Vista or have some reason to "need" to use Vista. It may help. Having said that, Microsoft is also scheduled to release Service Pack 3 for Win XP later this year which is supposed to blow Vista SP1's performance out of the water. I'd stick with XP

February 15, 2008, 11:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
Faraque Lurker Character Info Faraque 70 Orc Warlock Shadowmoon US PvP Guild: <Côrê>	Re: New PC time. Ok, forget buying a pre-built. Build your own > Pre-built. Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! Get an inexpensive, feature laden motherboard. Newegg.com - ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail Get an inexpensive dual-core processor. I prefer AMD. Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail Get 2gb inexpensive ram. Newegg.com - A-DATA Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail Get 1 pseudo-expensive video card. Newegg.com - XFX PVT84JYAJG GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail Get (if you want) a new optical drive. Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVDR DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM Get (if you want) a new tower with power supply. Newegg.com - Broadway Com Corp 82-4HL Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail (if you know how to set things up) Newegg.com - ATRIX CSCI-L8033-C43 Black SECC steel sheeting FCC class CBCE approved ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 480W Power Supply - Retail (if you've never built one before) Add all this up, and you should be under 500 for a new system that will smoke WoW. Last edited by Faraque; February 15, 2008 at 11:58 AM.. Reason: Wow... filters of doom... and I like the way it handles url's being typed out. nice nice.