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super computer for cheap

Postby choper » Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:56 pm

this is my first pc build will be adding water cooling some time
lets see i got
xp pro  =   120$
asus p4c800-e mb=180$
3.2 cpu=440$
fx 5900=200$
200gb=130$
dvd rom=old pc$
dvd rw=100$
sound blaster audigy ex=100$
460 watt power supply=100$
i only got 256 pc2100 untill i get my 1g of pc3500=140$
but i get 80 fps and will spike into the 120s
total of only $1,510
you would pay over 3,000$ for a pc like this
let me know what ya all think
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Re: super computer for cheap

Postby swanny338 » Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:07 pm

definently not a super computer but its a good setup
Still have a nice PC but I just switched to a hella nice mac
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Re: super computer for cheap

Postby randombeaner » Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:42 pm

hey Its definately super computer compared to my, and there was a point in my life I thought 1.6 GHZ was super fast ;D.. time flies
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Re: super computer for cheap

Postby Iroquois » Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:07 pm

I'd go for the Athlon 64. It's expensive but supposed to be blindingly fast.  
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