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There's not much you can get when you've only got $450 to build an entire system.
Pentium D's are the least expensive dual cores there are.
Pentium D's are the least expensive dual cores there are.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103036
seems like it'd be a better choice than the PD
seems like it'd be a better choice than the PD
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yeah, i think the 65nm x2's are better than PD. you can overclock it to have it match the low C2D cores (e6300/e6400/e6600)
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103046
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane - $95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130063
MSI K9N4 Ultra-F - $62
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231125
G.SKILL 512MB DDR2-667 -$35
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130075
eVGA 7600 GS - $90
total for these is $282
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane - $95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130063
MSI K9N4 Ultra-F - $62
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231125
G.SKILL 512MB DDR2-667 -$35
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130075
eVGA 7600 GS - $90
total for these is $282
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Thanks!
As I understand it, Linux can be put into a graphical user interface with the use of something like Ubuntu or Kubuntu (etc.), right?
...How would I go about getting a copy of Linux, and how much would it cost me?
EDIT: ...Is Linux not compatible with AMD Processors? T.T
^ Never mind, I found Ubuntu 64-bit ^.^ Apparently you can buy it for $1.95 from a 94% Positive Feedback Retailer off of Amazon.com (From amazon directly, it is $9.95)
What can I use in conjunction to Ubuntu to allow it to play Windows games (I'm currently including the processor Apokalipse mentioned)
Thank you all thus far!
As I understand it, Linux can be put into a graphical user interface with the use of something like Ubuntu or Kubuntu (etc.), right?
...How would I go about getting a copy of Linux, and how much would it cost me?
EDIT: ...Is Linux not compatible with AMD Processors? T.T
^ Never mind, I found Ubuntu 64-bit ^.^ Apparently you can buy it for $1.95 from a 94% Positive Feedback Retailer off of Amazon.com (From amazon directly, it is $9.95)
What can I use in conjunction to Ubuntu to allow it to play Windows games (I'm currently including the processor Apokalipse mentioned)
Thank you all thus far!
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New development: My dad has offered to give my friend an old Monorail 6200, free of charge. He'll give him a relatively older monitor, and a keyboard/mouse/speaker set. I figure the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers are good no matter what, but I wanted to know if a non-PCI Mobo w/ a Celeron is worth having... It works for the Internet, and would come with Windows 98 pre-loaded.
Would this be good for now, and later we can upgrade the mobo/CPU/VGA, and add in a bigger hard drive? The HD is only 4.3GB's, so that'd need to be upgraded ASAP as well...
Would this be good for now, and later we can upgrade the mobo/CPU/VGA, and add in a bigger hard drive? The HD is only 4.3GB's, so that'd need to be upgraded ASAP as well...
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Sorry, I forgot to mention the specs:
(This is straight from inside the case)
Monorail PC Product Line
6200 Line, Int. 3D Aud & Vid, 3.5" Floppy
Intel Celeron 366-MHz with 128k Cache
32MB PC100 SDRAM (1 DIMM)
(Shared Memory: 8MB Dedicated to video)
4.3GB Ultra ATA Smart EIDE Hard Drive
MS Windows 98
1 Year Parts and Labor Warranty
40x EIDE CD-ROM
56k v.90 PCI Modem
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Oh, and also: I've got my laptop dual-viewing on the monitor, and it looks great ^.^
It's 19 inches, not widescreen, but my laptop won't let it go to the 2048 x 1536 that the Settings window in XP's Display Properties shows... >.>
(This is straight from inside the case)
Monorail PC Product Line
6200 Line, Int. 3D Aud & Vid, 3.5" Floppy
Intel Celeron 366-MHz with 128k Cache
32MB PC100 SDRAM (1 DIMM)
(Shared Memory: 8MB Dedicated to video)
4.3GB Ultra ATA Smart EIDE Hard Drive
MS Windows 98
1 Year Parts and Labor Warranty
40x EIDE CD-ROM
56k v.90 PCI Modem
~~~
Oh, and also: I've got my laptop dual-viewing on the monitor, and it looks great ^.^
It's 19 inches, not widescreen, but my laptop won't let it go to the 2048 x 1536 that the Settings window in XP's Display Properties shows... >.>
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Lol, not a bad start, but good luck getting Warcraft running on that at an 'acceptable' speed... I KNOW it SHOULD work, but would be slow and choppy and the like, but I could bare with it. I was among the last of my friends with a PC. Mine came from a cousin that got it from work during a Y2K upgrade, it was a 100 Mhz Intel P1 (with 133 Mhz evergreen upgrade.... ZOMG!) 72 meg of RAM, and ALL ISA cards, not a single PCI card. I actually had Diablo 2 RUNNING on that PC for the first few months I got it.... (averaging 1-2 FPS.....)... Geez, I still have that PC too...
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