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NEC Display Solutions AS900-BK Black 19" CRT Monitor 169.99
Maximum Resolution 1600x1200 @ 76Hz
Recommended Resolution 1280x1024 @ 85Hz

Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 49.00
FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX450-PN ATX12V 450W Power Supply 49.99
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939 Processor 190.00
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard 95.00
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Memory 216.00
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST380817AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 65.00
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A 39.90
NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive 8.49
XFX Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E Video Card 280.00

Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speaker 46.75
Logitech Internet Pro Desktop Black Wired Keyboard/Mouse 16.00

Total 1226.12

what do you guys think of my gaming setup ? is the monitor good ?
 
NEC makes decent displays, but for slightly more money you could run 1600x1200 optimal resolution. Samsung 990DF seems to be popular. If you only want to run at 1280x1024 (requires a hack for BF2) like most people on the planet you will be happy.

Is the PSU 24pin?
 
Ratboy said:
NEC makes decent displays, but for slightly more money you could run 1600x1200 optimal resolution. Samsung 990DF seems to be popular. If you only want to run at 1280x1024 (requires a hack for BF2) like most people on the planet you will be happy.

Is the PSU 24pin?
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it doesent require any hack :rolleyes:
 
It all looks good to me. NEC makes a decent monitor, I woudln't worry about it. One thing I would change is the HDD. 80GB is not very much anymore, I'd recomend upping that to at least 160GB.
 
sansung crts image quality are not that good as they say, a cheap lcd is a better option i think.-
 
sc00ter said:
It all looks good to me. NEC makes a decent monitor, I woudln't worry about it. One thing I would change is the HDD. 80GB is not very much anymore, I'd recomend upping that to at least 160GB.
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I've used 80GB without problem before, at the moment one of my 40GB is dead and I'm getting by okay on 40GB. It all depends if you're one of those people who needs 15,000 mp3's on their system, a long with saving every single Simpsons episode ever made on their hard drive even if they know they will never watch any of them again after having seen them once. The amount of people who keep junk on their hard drive for it's 'collectability' never ceases to amaze me. Okay there are people who genuinely have use for 600GB of hard drive, but with internet speeds being what they are now a days, you can download most things without having wasted too much of your life waiting for whatever it is to download.
 
If I were building this system I'ed toss a gig of ram and use the hundred bucks to buy a 7800 instead. The extra ram really won't help you much but the extra video card really will.
 
Thank you for your information. I was looking at monitors, and NEC was one of the brands I was considering.
I hope that you don't mind me posting here. I know nothing about computer hardware. I am not a computer expert of any kind. I am posting to get the best information that I can. I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best brand for the least money as far as multifuntional printers go - color copier, scanner, and stand alone digital camera photo printing.
I had been looking at a Lexmark P6250, but a friend said that Lexmark isn't any good. Is that true? He said to buy an Epson, but I'm not sure I want to spend that much right now. Thanks for any help you can give me.
 
Gnu314 said:
If I were building this system I'ed toss a gig of ram and use the hundred bucks to buy a 7800 instead. The extra ram really won't help you much but the extra video card really will.
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He makes a good point. Better to invest in the video card now and save another $100 later on to get that second gig.
 
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