My Computer is Dead!

[Pete1burn]

Dude, I'll build the computer for you for free and ship it back to you same day. I will happily do it free of charge if it means you get a quality machine that's professionally built.

 

[crazy pyro]

Take Pete1Burn up on his offer or buy Xazax's machine, the performance increase will be HUGE.
Sell one or two of your video cards (I'd say the 8400GS you have and the HD2400) and buy something a bit better, or just sell all the graphics cards you have and buy something with some degree of power.
You're confident in switching the cards round so obviously there are no problems with you fitting a higher end one which you could buy.
Hell, shoot me a PM if you want to know what graphics card to buy for however much cash you get for your old bits of hardware and I'll suggest a card for you.
Just saw the price, you could buy an AWESOME video card.
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=88930&page=2
Link to his thread
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125244
Get that, $50 for HD3850 performance
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102816
OCs like crazy, it'll eat your current cards in terms of performance

 

[Flyordie]

lol... I built my rig from scratch for about $480. Not hard.

 

[crazy pyro]

YOU, it's people like you that make me want to live in the US, building a rig like that for $450...
I'm talking about the post above.

 

[scope54]

http://shop4.frys.com/product/5873833?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG extra
$50 more then your budget and you can possibly go pick it up at the store

or if for whatever reason a bus hits you and it opens your mind to other manufacturers:
http://shop4.frys.com/product/5801543?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

[FilipM]

Man, you can buy this:

Gigabyte 770UD3 AM2 mobo, sb700 (phenom later on)
AMD Athlon X2 4400+ 65W version
4GB ram
HD 4830

for $359.94 after rebates, thats without shipping. Im sure you can sell the remaining of your PC (including the 8400, the HD2400 and what else you have got) and get the money to ship the thing. Then it's only a matter of building it.


PS. Crap, forgot a cooler, it's not a biggie, like $15 gets you a decent one, you can also find some used ones on TPU.

 

[scope54]

you guys don't seem to get it, u2k seems dead set in his ways. Like its trying to convince a mac fan that windows is better (or something like that). So the best way to help him is just show him links to random computers in the $350 range, and he will eventually just pick the worst one from best buy.

(fly get on irc... -hippo)

 

[Yukikaze]

So the best way to help him is just show him links to random computers in the $350 range, and he will eventually just pick the worst one from best buy.

 

[crazy pyro]

He's shown he's competent with putting video cards in the rig, there's a kick ass system just waiting to be bought and he could end up with a bloody powerful machine for his budget.
BUY XAXAX'S SYSTEM AND GET AN HD4670 OR HD4830

 

[FilipM]

^^ what he said

 

[crazy pyro]

I'm gonna go through and thank everyone who's made a reasonable post in this thread since they deserve the credit.

 

[Paintface]

He's just trolling every single person who wants to help with nothing but good intensions, have fun with your celeron system for $350.

 

[BroBQ]

yea, at this point it is useless to help anymore.

If you want a pre-built, enjoy.

 

[JATownes]

yea, at this point it is useless to help anymore.

If you want a pre-built, enjoy.

Agreed. Unsubscribed.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Guys , relax. What is the big deal here?

#1 You said pre-built is bad, but this Gateway Pentium III which i am using has been doing just fine since 2000.
#2 Building can be fun i guess, but i don't have to do it , all because everyone else is doing it.
#3 There is nothing wrong with PCI cards, i have been using them since 2005 and i never had any major issues with them as for performance is concern. I already mention that using that Celeron D help my 2 PCI cards gain about a 50% boost in performance. Games ran just fine between 30-40fps solid or at times, 60-100 or 80-200. So what is the problem with that?
#4 I don't mind spending the extra cash on pre-built rigs, so the best to do is to just fine a nice rig at a nice price.
#5 Whatever i buy a celeron dual core or something else, its not a big deal, its a computer ok lol

So take it easy

 

[JATownes]

Just one quick question: What was the point of this thread??

If it was for advice on what to buy, just ask the guy at the store you go to. He will help you spend your $350.

I guess for most of us at TPU, its not just a computer, its a lifestyle.

 

[Pete1burn]

You're missing the point.

#1 You said pre-built is bad, but this Gateway Pentium III which i am using has been doing just fine since 2000.

Pre-built machines use inferior parts and cost more than doing it yourself 90% of the time. If you could build a far superior machine for less money, then I'm sorry, it's stupid not to.

#2 Building can be fun i guess, but i don't have to do it , all because everyone else is doing it.

No, you don't have to do it, but you're on a forum full of computer enthusiasts who wouldn't be caught dead buying a prefab for the reasons I stated in #1. You can't come to a board like this and expect 100% positive feedback on your decisions if 95% of us think they're bad decisions. That doesn't mean we're not willing to help, just that for people like us, it's supreme folly to waste money on inferior products. In this analogy, if someone at a store offers you a Ford Focus for $60,000 and someone online offers you a Ferrari for $40,000, you're buying the Focus.

#4 I don't mind spending the extra cash on pre-built rigs, so the best to do is to just fine a nice rig at a nice price.

We're trying to find you a BETTER rig at a NICER price. Like I said, you buy the parts, I'll build it for FREE. So it's the same as buying a prefab, because I'll be building it and it'll come to you complete.

 

[aCid888*]

u2k is obviously 12, let him get on with wasting his parents money....waste of time posting in any of his PCI-loving threads.

 

[KainXS]

so its all come back to where this thread has started

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=82683

I do not understand how he makes these threads and get this many friggin replies to em, i don't get it.

 

[oli_ramsay]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=88930

u'd be stupid to pass up this deal TBH. Tell him to leave the graphics card out and you could get it even cheaper, then use the remaining money to get a 9600Gt or the like and you'll have a PC that'll last you another 10 years like your P3 lol.

 

[crazy pyro]

What we're saying is you can get an absolutely kick ass machine from Xazax, go for it, trust me you WILL not regret it.Oli, you do realise he's dropped the price to $75 under U2K's budget so if he dropped it any more an HD 4830 or even an HD4850 would DEFINITELY be within his price range.

 

[n-ster]

PLEASE TELL ME YOUR GOING TO BUY XAZAX COMP OR LET PETE1BURN BUILD YOU ONE!!!

I beg of you... if you buy a pre-fab comp, your shooting ALL 42k (including you) members in the head!

Hey let me ask you one thing u2... if you have a piece of trash on your bedroom floor... will you call a maid to pick it up for you and pay her 50$ or will you pick it up and put it in the trash yourself? Please think RATIONALLY before buying a comp.... I'm pretty sure at least half of the TPU members will build you the comp if you pay shipping... but there are few that will pay shipping for you!

You've got to realize the kindness of the TPU members... we care for you, we are willing to give you free stuff and services, and even if you are thinking irrationally, we are trying to bring you back to the right path... we care for you as a mother cares for her child... so please except it!

Do it for our sake... if not then at least do it for YOUR sake...

 

[BroBQ]

lol @ pci cards

 

[n-ster]

oh yea... get a 4830

 

[lilkiduno]

well, i guess if he wants to blow his money on a pos mass produced pre-built computer let him, but as other members had said, he gets on here a computer thread where almost everybody can help him step by step build a rig that is far better then any pre-built he could buy for the price. i bought a prebuilt computer for my first rig about 3 years ago, spent $200 and then decided to spend $1500 on upgrades. now three years down the road i wouldn't tuch it so i gave it to my sister. point of the story i have a new rig that is 4 times faster then it and spent the same amount on it.

so if your willing to buy the proformance a ford focus when you can buy proformance a dodge viper at the same price (all you have to do is put it together [ i know terrible comparison in cars to computers so much simpler to put a computer together])