I inPHOMOUS Beta member Messages 3 Jan 13, 2010 #1 Looking to spend about 500-600$ on the comp and maybe buy a 24" 1080p LCD monitor with that. What specs should i get?
Looking to spend about 500-600$ on the comp and maybe buy a 24" 1080p LCD monitor with that. What specs should i get?
M Muffin Man muffin enthusiast Messages 2,724 Location new york Jan 14, 2010 #2 hm, including a monitor its gonna really stretch your budget. do you have a harddrive and/or optical drive from an old comp you could re-use? do you need an OS? mouse + keyboard?
hm, including a monitor its gonna really stretch your budget. do you have a harddrive and/or optical drive from an old comp you could re-use? do you need an OS? mouse + keyboard?
aliasaid Fully Optimized Messages 2,400 Jan 14, 2010 #3 i think he meant the 24" monitor is going to be on top of the 500-600 he plans to spend on the tower. so thats 500-600 on the tower only. Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Desktop Memory Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive total: $582.47 + shipping, so it may go past your $600 limit. now of course that doesn't include an OS, so if you needed that then its gonna be higher or you'll need to downgrade some parts.
i think he meant the 24" monitor is going to be on top of the 500-600 he plans to spend on the tower. so thats 500-600 on the tower only. Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Desktop Memory Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive total: $582.47 + shipping, so it may go past your $600 limit. now of course that doesn't include an OS, so if you needed that then its gonna be higher or you'll need to downgrade some parts.
I inPHOMOUS Beta member Messages 3 Jan 14, 2010 #4 Yeah 600 on the comp itself and also I already have cd drives from my old comp that I could use. I have windows 7 ultimate so I don't need an OS. I'm digging the harddrive, but that case looks pretty ugly imo lol
Yeah 600 on the comp itself and also I already have cd drives from my old comp that I could use. I have windows 7 ultimate so I don't need an OS. I'm digging the harddrive, but that case looks pretty ugly imo lol