Spec out a $700 PC?

[b1gapl]

This will do then....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590
What will happen if you don't use the standard, it just won't work? Or will it just be slower?

 

[aliasaid]

ya stick with the corsair...


but getting slower ram should still work.

 

[KingAustin]

How about you dont waste the hundred or whatever it is for microsoft office and go download openoffice.org Open Office It does an equal job if not better.......and it's free!

 

[aliasaid]

How about you dont waste the hundred or whatever it is for microsoft office and go download openoffice.org Open Office It does an equal job if not better.......and it's free!

good idea! it runs on windows right?

 

[KingAustin]

good idea! it runs on windows right?

Ya. I like it better than microsoft word, and even if it were slightly less useful....the price obviously more than makes that difference!

 

[dario03]

This came out to almost 700:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103735

Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128321

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231018

XFX PV-T73G-UDD3 Geforce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150140

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103931

I say that looks good but maybe consider a HIS x1800gto IceQ3 Turbo. You can unlock it to xl or x1900xt speeds pretty easily.

 

[dipique]

I love MS Office -- much better than OOo2.0 IMO -- but they're right; is the price really worth it?

Just focus on using the technologies that will speed up your computer:

CPU--dual core, at least 1MB cache, NOT Pentium D
RAM--DDR2-800, Dual Channel, good timings
HD-- SATA 3.0G, 16MB Cache, RAID if possible
Video Card-- GDDR3 RAM, 256MB or more

Also: consider getting a sound card. You can get a pretty decent one for $40 or so, and it makes a huge difference in sound quality. Plus, it will take a little load off the CPU, and that's always good.

Dan

 

[macdawg]

still not sure if you need a monitor or not?

speakers?

Core 2 prices will come down, if you need to buy now I would get a socket 939 4400 with 2 mb cache if you have to buy now, which is about $230.

 

[KingAustin]

still not sure if you need a monitor or not?

speakers?

Core 2 prices will come down, if you need to buy now I would get a socket 939 4400 with 2 mb cache if you have to buy now, which is about $230.

The E6300 is cheaper than that, so why spend more money on something worse?

 

[macdawg]

if your on a tight budget and even the basic intel conroe mobo's that have no overclocking options are 120 bucks, probably need to spend 170 or so on a decent mobo, and 200 or so on the processor, so that would be 370, plus more epensive ddr2 ram, when you can find a good mobo for an x2 for 60-80 bucks, so when you on a budget you can't always buy the fastest stuff.