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August 12th, 2006, 01:25 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
Check out this article:
http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/...ide-200606.ars
Sound: want serious sound something like Audigy 2 ? NO onboard.
Serious sound is not anything from Creative. Something based on the Envy24 chipset, such as the M-Audio Revolution 5.1 (or 7.1) will get you much higher quality sound. There is also the Chaintech AV710 for the budget consumer.
Serious speakers are not computer speakers at all, much less Creative ones... For good speakers, you need to veer away from the stuff made for PCs and get actual stereo speakers (and an amplifier). But that can be pricey... At the least, try to stay away from Creative. |
August 12th, 2006, 02:01 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
Question is how long are you going to keep the system before upgrading any components. Using that, plus the knowledge that coming in right behind the technology curve will still produce good, lasting performance, will save you hundreds. Obviously the mobo/cpu are more labor-intensive to upgrade so you may want to go as high as reasonable with those, but dropping memory and video card down a notch or two will yield substantial savings.
Also, go with a CRT.  |
August 12th, 2006, 02:51 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
Nah, LCD has better picture quality, and blacks can really be black if you have the brightness and contrast at the right settings. Black for me is acutally pitch black.
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August 12th, 2006, 04:38 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
Just make sure you always view it at the same angle.
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August 12th, 2006, 05:39 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
I'd stay away from LCD and go CRT. After all, you'll get something a 21" CRT for the price of a 17" LCD. To me, that matters more than some indistinguishable inprovement in color quality.
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August 12th, 2006, 06:02 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
There's also reductions to glare/eye strain as well with LCDs.
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August 12th, 2006, 06:11 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
I will sell you my P75 for $1,199.00 if your interested. It comes equiped with a blazing fast 850 meg hard drive, 4 mg matrox video card, and a whopping 8 megs of ram. This baby is so hot that it can play Doom and Dark Forces lickidy split. It comes with a 14" 200 pound monitor, an ACER key board and mouse, and two desk top speakers. This is one damn fine machine and is a real bargin for the price being asked.
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August 12th, 2006, 06:14 PM
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Re: Experts here, i need a new PC, budget: 1300 $
A good site to look for computer components in addition to Newegg is www.tigerdirect.com
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