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firewolf

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I've done some research and thought these would be some of the best semi-high performing budget parts, however i need to save more money. i need a 17" monitor, the dvd burner, HDD size, and RAM size.

NU 17" monitor 8ms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058

AMD Sempron 64 2800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104245

APEX PC366 Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811154054

MSI K8M800-CE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130494

Sapphire radeon 9250 128MB
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...e=M&Product_Code=190046&AFFIL=pricewatch&NR=1

NEC 16x dvd burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058

WD caviar wd800 sata 80GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106

Corsair value select 2x256mb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145477

right now it comes to about 540, i need to go under 500. i can sacrafice performance, as long as it is similar to a 2.6 celerey D, 6100IGP would also be good it it's 754?

any input will be appreciated, thanks.
 
why get a video card when you have on board video ? why get mATX ? also the 754 does not do dual channel, maybe just get one stick 512, can use in future computer. Buy used stuff from the forums, you save a lot.
 
What he says speaks truth. Buy/Sell forums are some of the best places to shop around for such cheap prices. Unbelievably cheap prices.

I'm not sure what you designed your computer to be used for? It seems like you want some simple office app computer. With that, it's much better to get some Dell's deals.

-J.
 
GeForceX said:
I'm not sure what you designed your computer to be used for? It seems like you want some simple office app computer. With that, it's much better to get some Dell's deals.

-J.
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QFT. If this is just an office rig, I'd just hit up whatever Dell has at that pricepoint.
 
it is for an office, but it's being used to record video from medical devices, so doesn't it need the outputs like dvi and stuff? also, those graphics are supposed to be even worse than gma900. i'll go w/ one stick of ram, bought the mobo cause it was cheap w/ good reviews. i looked on dell, for a 17" monitor, 2.6 celeron, dvd burner it was almost 600, so i'm trying to save money.

thanks
 
firewolf said:
it is for an office, but it's being used to record video from medical devices
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Since it is going to be used to record video, depending on the amount you're recording and the resolution, you'll probably need more ram than 512 and you'll most likely need way more storage space than 80 gigs.
 
Cheapest way to go is get the dells on sale then upgrade the memory or whatever because now they are 349 with a 50 dollar rebate , its hard to put one together cheaper than that especially if you got to buy a copy of windows and a monitor
 
firewolf said:
it is for an office, but it's being used to record video from medical devices, so doesn't it need the outputs like dvi and stuff? also, those graphics are supposed to be even worse than gma900. i'll go w/ one stick of ram, bought the mobo cause it was cheap w/ good reviews. i looked on dell, for a 17" monitor, 2.6 celeron, dvd burner it was almost 600, so i'm trying to save money. thanks
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If its for a medical imaging system being used professionally it would, IMO, save the client a ton of money to triple the system budget. Consider saving even 20% of the operator time, over a year or two that's going to add up to quite a bit. Then, of course, there are the reliability issues. Down time is so expensive in terms of both lost revenue and goodwill.
 
for video, you need lots of RAM and lots of HDD space. We really need to know what you're capturing from to give you any more advice than that. 500 bucks is not much to work with though. May wanna just get a dell cause it'll come with a copy of windows too.

 
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