hey, i have read some of the topic around here and you all seem to know alot about....everything.

i was wondering if any of you could help me with a computer system i am wanting. i want nice computer system that can boot in under 10 minutes (thats the speed of my current one).

but i only have $400-500 to spend, can you help me, please?

It'd help if you could tell us what you'll mainly be using the computer for... games? Office work? 3D rendering?

general use, i play some online games, work on my webpage. not alot of hardcore, 3-d rendering stuff. although maybe later, when i get more money.

400-500 dollars? Hmm, I would have to look. You could maybe upgrade your computer with that money maybe. Not sure about a new computer.

Even mine boots in under 3 minutes...what kind of computer do you have right now? I can't wait for my 1.4GHz so I can boot up in 30 seconds or less ^_^

hmmmm... that woulda bought you 25-30gb of ram yesterday at this time...;)

what would i do with it all?
my computer is no faster the 300 megahertz, TOPS, and thats stretching it.

I'm from the UK so I don;t know how much computer stuff cost over there.

But I'm guessing from the replys you can't buy a decent premade onefor that amount.

If I were you I would build one from yourself.

The good thing about that you can choose which bits to put in there and when you get more money you can upgrade it!!

Just get a good motherboard,cpu and memory to begin with the rest you can by second hand (auctions) and when you get more money upgrade the other bits.

Building a computer is easy not as hard a you might think, go to:

HERE

To get an idea of how its done.

http://www.newegg.com
http://www.directron.com

You can build you own computer there too. Those sites are pretty good.

thanks guys.

what are some good places to buy parts? (cheapest places, but good :))

oh, and can anyone tell me or show me what the differnce between and AMD Antholon and a AMD Duron is?

I gave you a few places in my post above.

You can maybe visit their site.

http://www.amd.com

My comp boots in like one minute. But I'm not sure you could get a new comp with 500 bucks.

1 - 10 min??? Sjeesh what a slow comps you guys have!

Adam, I advice you to wait with purchasing a new computer, atleast wait till you have $2000 . . .

this one takes around 1 1/2 - 2 minutes to boot.

my computer takes around 15-45 seconds, depending on loaded software.

the pc i am on right now takes about 50 seconds, that include the os-selection screen (winME (for my bros games etc etc), win2k pro, linux mandrake 7.2)

if you, like others have suggested, build your own pc .. you can get something pretty good for $500

Blah, I am gonna spend more then $500, im looking at 600-800 now. oh well.

there's no point spending $2000 on computer stuff, that in 2 months is outdated and worth half that.

okay, heres what i got, tell me what you think.

Case(ATX CASE MID TOWER WITH 300W) :: 55.07 :: ecost.com
Motherboard (Abit KT7E KT133E) :: 95.00 :: newegg.com
Processor (AMD Athlon 1.2G) :: 109.00 :: Componentsdirect.com / pricewatch.com
Hard Drive (IBM Deskstar 41G) :: 106.00 :: http://shentech.com/ibmdes6040ud.html
RAM (Crucial 256MB PC2100 DDR-SDRAM) :: 44.99 :: http://www.crucial.com/store/Partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=CT32M64S4D7E
Graphics Card (GeForce2 GTS 32MB) :: 111.00 :: COMPUTERHQ.COM / 888-455-7978
Sound Card (Soundblaster LIVE 5.1) :: 49.00 :: http://shentech.com/creatsounliv.html
Cooling (Taisol CGK742092) :: 20.95
Floppy Drive(samsung 1.44) :: 6.00 :: http://www.buyaib.com/14flopdriv.html
CD-ROM (Scdrom-56x) :: 23.00 :: http://www.computerbuys2000.com/cdrom56x.html
Keyboard (Logitech Internet) :: 17.00 :: http://www.openlinx.net/cgi-bin-openlinx/PerlShop.cgi?ACTION=[&thispage=page15.htm&ORDER_ID=!ORDERID!
Mouse (Intellimouse Explorer) :: 37.00 :: newegg.com
OS ::

TOTAL :: 674.01

The RAM that you've got in there right now won't work... You're using a KT133 mobo, which only supports PC100 or PC133 (SDR) ram, not DDR ram.

If you want the DDR ram, you can get another motherboard that supports DDR (might I suggest the Iwill KA266 -> $132 @ Directron?). Otherwise, you'll have to change your RAM to either PC100 or PC133 types (PC133 is faster, and the prices for both are usually idental, so get PC133 if you can).



---Skorpion

One more thing, never buy a case online. The shipping is just outrageous and when I buy cases, I like to see it all around to make sure if there is enough room and other things.

The only ABIT motherboard with DDR support is the KG7-RAID which I haven't seen sold yet...oh yeah don't get the MS Intellimouse Explorer unless you have really big hands. I'm about to put mine in the closet and just buy the Logitec version which is smaller and more comfy...

[ July 20, 2001 07:03 PM: Message edited by: GoTorankusuKu ]

Does anyone have a problem with MS Intelimouse Explorer? Mine messes up it likes is so hard to drag now-a-days. It has only been like 2 months.

Go into the mouse properties. Mine works fine at default (using WinMe)

Thanks, I fixed it.