Need help buying a computer

jks · Post by **jks** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:42 pm

Processor = noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! NEVER buy a celeron.
Video card = shitty, but youre switching that out anyway.
Make sure the hard drive is SATA, other than that its an ok system, get more ram though.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:04 pm

thanks a lot dude, but i think thats all they offer as far as processers.

jks · Post by **jks** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:10 pm

Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever buy a celeron. Ever.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:11 pm

Why not? Crap? I know nothing about hardware.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:52 pm

jks wrote:Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever buy a celeron. Ever.

Wow, did that processer kill your parents or something?

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:18 pm

Mine did. theyre revolting and avoiding being put in a mac... But yes, Celeron's suck.

jks · Post by **jks** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:20 pm

Celerons are the bane of computers, put one in a computer and it instantly becomes demonic, worshipping satan and eating babies.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:31 pm

jks wrote:Celerons are the bane of computers, put one in a computer and it instantly becomes demonic, worshipping satan and eating babies.

ROTFLOLAPMP!!!! (rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, and peeing my pants) So what processer is good? AMD?

What about this computer....

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:18 pm

yuck. Gateway? you can do better than that....

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:36 pm

Ok come on people! Just tell me which brand to get....errrr....

jks · Post by **jks** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:43 pm

Gateway is good, and yes get an AMD processor, preferably an athlon 64.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:22 am

What video card would get me 60 FPS on new mabussa? The reason i say 60 FPS is because i'm going to get halo 2 PC and the graphics might be twice as good makeing the FPS 30. Also, the AMD processers seem to be kinda slow. Like 2.00 GHz.

jks · Post by **jks** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:55 pm

AMD processors dont really work on the same scale as pentiums, a 2 ghz AMD is about equal to a 3 or 3.2 ghz pentium, if the AMD is good like an Athlon 64. This is because there are two clocks in a processor: the clock speed is what you see on like pentiums, which is like 3 ghz, then you have the front side bus or FSB and on P4's its generally 800mhz. Clock speed is the speed at which it can take in, and process code or software threads, and FSB speed is the speed at which it can send commands to the various hardware pieces or whatever it needs to do. AMD 64's always have a FSB speed of 2000mhz, or 2ghz, and this increase in FSB speed is what makes AMDs faster. P4's are generally used for industry level stuff, like Photoshop and 3ds max and stuff, so Pentiums have more processing space than AMDs but they process it slower. AMDs are pretty much hailed as the best gaming processors in the world, the Athlon FX-57 being the fastest in the world at an equivalent speed of around 5.5-5.7ghz, they have less processing space, but they do it faster, which is why they make such good gaming CPUs. It really depends on if you are going to be doing more gaming vs CPU intensive program stuff.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:18 pm

Wow thats all i needed to know about processors! 5 GHz!!! Anywho what about video cards?

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:05 pm

a 128 or a bit above will do fine. Depending on the person, they'll say either ATi/Radeon or nvidia. Get a good X series Radeon and you'll be set.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:11 pm

BTW i'm designing this computer for windows vista and want 60 FPS in halo.

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:27 pm

If your designing for Vista your going to definately want a 64-bit processor, I would suggest an Athlon 64. You'll also want a pretty good graphics card, I would get an ATi Radeon X-Series (I would suggest around or above X800)

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:46 pm

k, thanks. Also, should i look for anything in a sound card? What about PSU and the other stuff that nobody thinks about but is important.

jks · Post by **jks** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:14 pm

If your designing this for Vista, get a high end Athlon 64, and a cheap video card. Your gonna have to buy a new one when Vista comes out anyway because Vista has DirectX 10. Get a baseline 450w PSU, preferably 500w, so you can upgrade it later without worrying about the power supply. Sound card you dont really have to worry about, but if you want quality get an Audigy or something with 5.1 support if you have suround sound.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:29 pm

When i went to best buy like 2 weeks ago i looked at a radeon X1600 and under system requirements it said it was compatable with vista.

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