Custom Rig or Bought?

[d2alio]

Originally posted by Silverstrand


are you sure you dont want an amd? have you thought about it?

AMD's are not better than Pentium 4's. I've personally had both and AMD's overall performance doesn't even come close.

 

[Pedestrian]

yes and p4 are more expensive but in the long run if your cpu fan fails the p4 will slow itself down to avoid it being shutdown or burnout as for amd's burnout and sometims have cought fire..
this was tested by a bunch of geeks hehehe.

 

[Brent0s]

Dameon, are you getting the computer from Firestorm? If so, you choosing the wide screen moniter? LOL

Anyways, I got a bought computer, a early 2000 Gateway model, running at 1ghz (AMD Athalon). It originally had a GeForce2, but I got a GeForce4 64mb (that's all I really need) in December, except it was made with AGP as well, or some company like that. It also had only 64MB of RAM, but I got 256 more, so I'm at over 300 now, lol (not much, but it was my first comp that I bought).

Next one for me is going to be custom, with a black tower (high gloss), and a big question mark cut out with a green light inside, since I go by The Riddler at the site I mainly visit (RCT2, as well as the defunct RCT Station ).

Yup.

 

[Pedestrian]

what does the 'high gloss' mean? but i like the sound of the question mark

?

 

[Brent0s]

High Glossy... like looking supa smooth/shiny... or something like that. But realizing this is a gaming site, you probably already knew what that meant (at least I hope you did), so yeah.

 

[mb90078]

I bought a custom designed one from Ibuypower, and I like a lot more than any standard computer (I have an old HP as well).

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2000MHz
Motherboard: MSI KT4VL
Memory: 512 MB
Video Card: Nvidia -4 MX 440 (Nvidia GEFORCE)
Hard Drive: Ultra ATA 100/133 80.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS
Monitor: ViewSonic E95
DVD
CDR/CDRW
Sound Card: On Board
Operating System: Windows XP
See through case.

 

[Haver]

I have only had one computer since I got interested in them, It was pre-packaged not custom built. I don't normally play PC games anyway, so yeh.

Specs:

AMD Athlon 1.4ghz
40GB HD
256 MB Memory
Nvidea GeForce
Creative SoundBlaster

It does the job, I don't know much about specs.

 

[Istaboli]

Hi. I'm new here and just built this rig:

AMD Barton 3200+ w/ aerocool Deep Impact 101
A7N8x Mobo
1 Gig pc3200 Dual DDR (2 sticks of ocz 512)
ATI Radeon 9800 w/ 256mb RAM
80 Gig HDD
54/48/54 CDRW
Phillips 705 surround sound for gaming
KDS 17 inch and a 34 inch TV (heehee)
Plantronics gaming Headset
Nostromo Speedpad
Logitech 500
Ratpadz mousepad

 

[sambo]

built my own

xp 2400 @ 2600 @ 195 fsb

epox 8rda+

9700 pro

antec trueblue 480 watt

antec amg 1000 case

cantec iceburg on the nb

maxtor 8- gb 8 mb cache

5 case fans blooo cm led ones

slk 900 wiht 92 mm fan

19 inch diamond pro (black and silver)

512 mb corsair pc 3200

 

[Guest]

Originally posted by d2alio
the pc I have now blows, but here's what I'm getting shortly:
Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.06Ghz 533Mhz FSB w/512kb Cache
Intel 875P Pentium 4 Motherboard
1GB DDR SDRAM PC-2700
120GB Seagate Barracude ATA V7200RPM 8mb Cache
80GB Western Digital Ultra ATA 7200RPM 8mb Cache
Lite-On 52x24x52x CD-RW
Pioneer DVR A05 DVD-RW
ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro 128mb 8x AGP Video Card
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum 6.1 Sound Card

BOO-YAH! :rofl:

Thats hot! I always build.. best way to get exactly what you want.

For all you people who would never build a PC but are into gaming, there are excellent options. IMO the two best are: Alienware Area-51, and Dell Dimension XPS.