NEED HELP IN CHOOSING A COMPUTER

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kobe5



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:44 pm    Post subject: NEED HELP IN CHOOSING A COMPUTER Reply with quote

New to the site, need your help in choosing a PC
Mostly gonna use the pic editing,audio editing,some minor dvd burning and some games. Which one of these and if I can do better for the price


This is the choices (budget) I have

Ist choice - price $ 759

INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6300 (2M) CPU
INTEL D946GEIS MAINBOARD
1GB DDRII 533MHZ RAM(DUAL CHANNEL)
ATI RADEON X550 256M
PCIE VIDEO CARD
250GB SATAII HARDDRIVE
16X +/- DVDRW DUAL LAYER
7.1 SOUND CARD
1.44 FLOPPY DRIVE
10/100 /1000 NETCARD
InWin ATX MID TOWER
KEYBOARD /OPTICALMOUSE/600W SUBWOOFER

Second Choice - also $759

Intel Pentium D945 Dual Core 3.4GHZ CPU
ASUS P5LD2 MAINBOARD
1 GB DDR II 533MHZ DUAL Channel
ATI RADEON X550 256M PCI E VIDEO CARD
250GB SATAII HARDDRIVE
16X +/- DVDRW DUAL LAYER
7.1 SOUND CARD
1.44 FLOPPY DRIVE
10/100 /1000 NETCARD
600w Sub and speekers
ATX MID TOWER W/450w POWER SUPPLY
LOGITECH kEYBOARD/ OPTICAL MOUSE
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Marcin



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would prefer that with Core 2 Duo.
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slava



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Intel motherboards suck. They do not overclock at all. But yeah, Core2 is the choice these days.

Edit: Ha-ha-ha, why would you want to overclock SUCH a powerful machine? LOL

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soeren



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Core 2 Duo rulez ^^
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Intel Core 2 Extreme Model X6800 (2.933GHz) thats the only way Very Happy
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kobe5



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys
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