Where to buy parts :S

Mj · Post by Mj » Wed May 19, 2004 11:35 am

Thanks! you guys have been a great help! Now, i'm off to do my homework on these parts

kai0ty · Post by **kai0ty** » Wed May 19, 2004 10:50 pm

sir, tiger direct has cusotmer reviews too. and the prices are only different on some items, a lot of items tiger direct ahs cheaper, but newegg will have cheaper stuff on some things too. u really need to look at a variety of stores and find stuff. i wouldnt only buy from one single stie if it was convienient and only cost a little more. also http://www.pcdirectsource.com is sometimes good, and these sites are great for case customizing if ur into that:
http://www.xoxide.com
http://www.xpcases.com
happy hunting

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Wed May 19, 2004 11:52 pm

this is an American site but i'm real happy with the comp we got from it, i'm not sure whether they have parts or not..

www.ibuypower.com

kai0ty · Post by **kai0ty** » Thu May 20, 2004 12:30 am

o man, i cant believe i forgot about that site lizard. they have the best prices ive ever seen on pre-built computers. definitely go there. thanks, im so stupid.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Thu May 20, 2004 8:35 am

Wow! Those systems look nice on the outside! And they have the AMD 64 technology in them also! My only gripe about sites like this is the pre-builts are good prices but you have to look closely at the components they put into them. I still think that site has some good deals. I just might look into one in the near future. Nice find lizarddude!

And the thing that I don't like about TigerDirect, and I think I already mentioned this is that the parts they stock aren't all good quality parts. Sure, they do care some name brands but they have way too many parts that you have no clue as to who makes it and jack the price up to make a real nice profit but keep it down to make you wanna buy it. Don't get me wrong, they do have some good prices but I wouldn't buy from them for the very reason you stated, kai0ty. I like to buy all my parts from one location so as to keep shipping costs down. I like NewEgg, you like TigerDirect. We are both happy with our choices so let's have a party! Yipee!

Man, those systems look nice!

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Thu May 20, 2004 2:00 pm

believe me ace of spades, these systems rock on the inside too, we got the gamer's dream (or something askin to tht) and powered it up just about as far as it would go RAM and HD wise (120 gigs HD, 1 gig RAM, starts up in like three seconds) and it's a dream.

thnx guys, pleasure to help.

Mj · Post by Mj » Thu May 20, 2004 2:04 pm

Oooh your making me really envious

My budget is ?350 (only really need a motherboard proccessor and RAM though)

But thanks for the great input all

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Thu May 20, 2004 2:06 pm

*hands mj and m18 smoke grenade*
well, pop one of these around your cpu and boot it up. you'll never know the difference.

Mj · Post by Mj » Thu May 20, 2004 2:09 pm

Lol.. my comp takes at least a minute to load up! not 3 secs

*uses the m18 smoke nade anyways... and suffocates realising he forgot to leave the windows open*

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:01 pm

remember, you have to close all your windows before shutting down.

Mj · Post by Mj » Thu May 20, 2004 3:22 pm

That was a really bad joke

But i dig bad jokes

M&M · Post by **M&M** » Mon May 24, 2004 11:25 am

cant believe i missed this thread !!!
anyways ,if u only need certain things .id recommend u buy them manually (i.e look for them specifically instead of getting a pre-built pc w/o the some stuff)

try looking at www.tomshardware.com to learn which is better or has more quality to it .after u decide on something ,go hunting for it on the other mentioned sites

rodney · Post by **rodney** » Wed May 26, 2004 5:13 am

Mj wrote:Something that will not lag with LoDterrain on Mohradiant, and can play Medal of Honor: Allied Assault smoothly on at least minimum graphics (preferably medium)

Not that i know the spec that will do that though...

It looks me that is question already was resolved... but I want to give to my opinion!!!

Medium quality...

In MOHAA...

I recomender:

ASUS A7N266... i can run at medium quality with this mother board... with Geforce 2 Mx... integrator... and with average of 30 fps in high quality...

Athlon XP 2.200... with more it do not incraze much the speed... with a 3.2 processor... in the games it incraze at maximum 10%

384MB or 512MB DDR SDRAM 266Mhz... -32 to video Geforce 2 Mx... integrator...

It is a good to run MOHAA in medium quality... and on mohradiant... i can high speed with bigs map more than 10.000 bushes...

Prices in the Brazil:

ASUS A7N266 $55-65
Athlon XP 2.200Ghz $50-60
384MB $70-80
or
512MB $90-100

But now i am using a:

MSI K7N2 Delta... the best mother board of MSI... and one of the best today... with high suport to frequence... and Dual Channel in the memory...

MSI Geforce 4 MX 440 8X... With this card i do not have problems to run MOHAA with all quality... (this is the most fast version of Geforce 4 MX 440... with 8.0Gb/s... compared to 5.4Gb/s of normal)...

Athlon XP 2.200Ghz

And with this configuration you can high speed wothoght problems in the mohradiant...

Prices in the Brazil:

MSI K7N2 Delta $85-95
MSI Geforce 4 MX 440 8X $45-55
Athlon XP 2.200Ghz $50-60
512MB $90-100

Itself excuse me to its question already to have been resolved...

But i see the exaggeration place a processors 3.2Ghz!!!

I expect to i have went help you... or i went confuse you???

Mj · Post by Mj » Wed May 26, 2004 9:26 am

You have helped me greatly! and your English is getting better too!

Thanks a lot Rodney!

ziptie2k2 · Post by **ziptie2k2** » Wed May 26, 2004 5:02 pm

Well, I just bought all my pc parts from www.tigerdirect.com . I bought an AMD 3200+, with motherboard (FIC), 1024 MB ram, antec case, fans, hard drive (120 GB maxtor) and OS from them for about $810.00 (american). I dont know how much it costs to ship it to you but that's not bad for that system and the older technology is alot cheaper yet.