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[CellAgent51]

There is almost no reason to wait to buy a hard drive. The technology price curve for hard drives is a pretty consistant. That may change in the next 10 years or so, but until then, buy whatever seems like a good deal.

[emilkalaria]

ok thanks.
I'm gonna go for the HDD. its on offer.

[emilkalaria]

yo guys wuts better AMD or Intel.

wuts faster,:
AMD XP 3200+ or intel P4 3.06Ghz
or...
AMD 64 3200+ or P4 3.06

I dont know, as the amd cpu's dont seem to be measured in hz?

[SHARK_PCO]

get the intel ,,,but with xp

[vpc410]

If you want to go insane, you can buy the Intel P4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition processor for $1,000. By the way, the normal P4 is up to 3.4GHz now.

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[gnogtr]

The P4 is better for video editing, but the AMD 64 is better for games, if you get the AMD 64 3200+ or up, don't get the 3000+, it doesn't have much on chip memory. The P4 3.00 800FSB can be overclocked very nicely, but remember what I said about applications.

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AMD 64 3400+ @ 2.30Ghz
1 gig of Corsair TwinX DDR PC3200 RAM @414Mhz
Radeon 9800 Pro video w/TV out core @450, mem @735
Windows XP SP 1
Microsoft Directx 9.0b
Antec TruePower TrueBlue True480 PSU
LiteOn DVD+/-RW drive
Plexwriter CD-RW
Maxtor Diamond 9 160GB SATA hdd
2x Maxtor Diamond 9 80GB SATA on Raid 0 (160 GB)
Westerndigital 40 gig harddrive
Westerndigital 100 gig hdd
Asus K8T800 mainboard
Creative 5.1 surround system
Swiftech liquid cooling system

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[emilkalaria]

I think I'll go for the AMD. I will use the pc mainly for games. I probably wont get the net I have a central comp the whole family uses with broadband, so I dont need the net. If I want files like patches drivers etc, I can just burn em to CDRW and copy em over.
I noticed that there is a big gap between the amd 64 3000 and 3200, and the 3200 is only 10⣠more, (310â£) so I will probs go for the AMD, as I can put windows on it, and man I'll be set.

[emilkalaria]

What is better TFT Screens or Monitors.
I'm not sure. Do tft screens offer the same graphics quality as monitors??

[CellAgent51]

I think this question is a little out of scope for this forum. Meaning the answer is lot more involved. There are plenty of websites that give pros and cons to each display type.

Personally, I prefer CRT monitors still. Mainly because of all the games I play at different resolutions. I've haven't seen an LCD screen that scales non native resolutions well. Presumably this is a function of the graphics card, but consumer grade level cards don't do this very good. That I am aware of.

[gnogtr]

Agreed. The LCD monitors are cool and all, but they don't have the great CRT feel to them. I have a Samsung 900DF that I'm using, and it's great.

&lt;a&gt;&lt;center&gt;My system:

AMD 64 3400+ @ 2.30Ghz
1 gig of Corsair TwinX DDR PC3200 RAM @414Mhz
Radeon 9800 Pro video w/TV out core @450, mem @735
Windows XP SP 1
Microsoft Directx 9.0b
Antec TruePower TrueBlue True480 PSU
LiteOn DVD+/-RW drive
Plexwriter CD-RW
Maxtor Diamond 9 160GB SATA hdd
2x Maxtor Diamond 9 80GB SATA on Raid 0 (160 GB)
Westerndigital 40 gig harddrive
Westerndigital 100 gig hdd
Asus K8T800 mainboard
Creative 5.1 surround system
Swiftech liquid cooling system

Additional PC version help:

http://www.pcgamessource.com

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