Build a PC - $1000 (2 Viewers)

[Templar]

Dell Inspiron 6400 comes with Core Duo and ATi X1400...anything but shabby, and all at a nice price.

Personally I'd be very happy with a Core Duo 1.83GHz and X1400 256MB. 2.0GHz and X1600 would be icing on the cake, but for its price it's a great little machine.

 

[sweetcherry]

I got my computer from MSY for $605, excluding freight and monitor - they did a great job, and I haven't had any problems with it. I'd recommend MSY Technologies. Dell is crap.

 

[Sefi]

I built my parents pc for about $500 (although we already had the monitor and keyboard and case etc)

heres what it is:

Gigabyte GA-K8VT mobo
AMD Athlon64 3000
512MB kingmax DDR400
winfast px6600le
standard PSU


I guess the other stuff ccould be had for less than $500

 

[BIGTYMA]

If your looking to build a new computer I would recommend www.umart.net.au www.msy.com.au or www.fluidtek.com.au . Fluidtek has the lowest prices around.

 

[Industrious]

Try Centrecom's 'custome quoter' feature http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/build.php?ccsid=b1acbbf68c1b547db981007c7038428c

 

[withoutaface]

Decide on your budget, then go here http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=wiki&tag=rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_systems.

 

[phatic]

I built a decent budget gaming system for about 700-800, monitor excluded. After overclocking it runs very well - gives about 10950 on 3dmark03.

Asus K8N4-E (skt 754)
Sempron 2800
7600GS
512Mb Corsair RAM
80Gb SATA
plus case and psu, and windows.

 

[Collin]

I built a decent budget gaming system for about 700-800, monitor excluded. After overclocking it runs very well - gives about 10950 3dmarks.

Asus K8N4-E (skt 754)
Sempron 2800
7600GS
512Mb Corsair RAM
80Gb SATA
plus case and psu, and windows.

Which one? I'm assuming 3DMark03. Big big difference to 06, since you'd need a top-end Core 2 Duo and an 8800GTX to get 10k in that.

 

[phatic]

whoops, edited.

 

[Hidden Ability]

Decide on your budget, then go here http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=wiki&tag=rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_systems.

It's interesting to know that Whirlpool PC Suggestions is being mentioned here...

R u a member of Whirlpool?

 

[Forbidden.]

www.staticice.com owns

 

[d3vilz]

It's interesting to know that Whirlpool PC Suggestions is being mentioned here...

R u a member of Whirlpool?

i am.

 

[The_highwayman]

www.staticice.com owns

that's a link to google!

 

[withoutaface]

It's interesting to know that Whirlpool PC Suggestions is being mentioned here...

R u a member of Whirlpool?

Not a regular one, no.

 

[ogmzergrush]

Not a regular one, no.

Try prune juice!

 

[The_highwayman]

lol.

 

[icraig88]

im reviving the thread..

im looking at a comp around the 1500 mark

asus p5b deluxe wifi $260
intel conroe e6400 $310
2gb ddr2 corsair ram $180
500gb seagate sataII $75 (thanks to a hookup from a mate of a mate)
asus 7900gs 256mb $210
antec sonata II w/psu $170
acer 22" 5ms wide screen dvi lcd $400


this system is for producing and multimedia purposes and probably spend a bit on sound card. thinking of either the creative x-fi elite pro ($530) or the creative x-fi platinum ($270) and for headphones looking at the sennheiser hd280 which are currently been discounted from $350 to $184 at umart which is quite handy since i only live down the road from there.. these 2 purchases probably wnt be made for a while though

 

[mr_brightside]

im reviving the thread..

im looking at a comp around the 1500 mark

asus p5b deluxe wifi $260
intel conroe e6400 $310
2gb ddr2 corsair ram $180
500gb seagate sataII $75 (thanks to a hookup from a mate of a mate)
asus 7900gs 256mb $210
antec sonata II w/psu $170
acer 22" 5ms wide screen dvi lcd $400


this system is for producing and multimedia purposes and probably spend a bit on sound card. thinking of either the creative x-fi elite pro ($530) or the creative x-fi platinum ($270) and for headphones looking at the sennheiser hd280 which are currently been discounted from $350 to $184 at umart which is quite handy since i only live down the road from there.. these 2 purchases probably wnt be made for a while though

get a mac

 

[icraig88]

im gettin a apple laptop in the future anyways i prefer the standard windows computer for now...

 

[AsyLum]

im reviving the thread..

im looking at a comp around the 1500 mark

asus p5b deluxe wifi $260
intel conroe e6400 $310
2gb ddr2 corsair ram $180
500gb seagate sataII $75 (thanks to a hookup from a mate of a mate)
asus 7900gs 256mb $210
antec sonata II w/psu $170
acer 22" 5ms wide screen dvi lcd $400


this system is for producing and multimedia purposes and probably spend a bit on sound card. thinking of either the creative x-fi elite pro ($530) or the creative x-fi platinum ($270) and for headphones looking at the sennheiser hd280 which are currently been discounted from $350 to $184 at umart which is quite handy since i only live down the road from there.. these 2 purchases probably wnt be made for a while though

Will you be working with music input?

If so, I'm not a fan of Creative cards, probably better off getting an Audiophile 24/96. If not, then those seem awfully expensive for what you need.