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I got my controls figured out but my PC needs upgrading...
Brad Lee:
About the Radeon8500dv... Yes it is a very nice card and ati has a good reputation for tv-out, but you need to ask yourself if you're going to be doing video capturing, editing, 3d, etc on this machine
If that's a yes, or if I misread and this is your main pc and your just building a panel to play on, then go ahead
If it is a standalone cabinet jsut for games, maybe just go for a lesser 8500 that's still got tv-out
My $.02(USD, not no funny Aussie money or loonies) :) I've got a 7500all-in-wonder, with video in and out etc, because that was what card I was using already. I'm still considering getting liek an 8500 or 9000 with jsut tv-out and moving the capture card to my main PC
BASSOFeeSH:
Since the case is going inside a cab(right?), that doesn't matter too much. The power supply MUST be compatible with Pentium4 boards though. I think they introduced some new power requirements/connections.
Wienerdog:
--- Quote from: TheManuel on April 11, 2003, 09:47:42 am ---About the Dell computer, it certainly is a big time deal, although, I wanted more memory, I already have a hard drive and I want to buy the Radeon 8500DV. That pretty much makes it a bad match for my situation.
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I added up your processor, mobo, case, and power supply to see that you were spending $292. That is $292 without memory.
I am paying $324.15 + tax for the machine I listed above, which has a 2.53Ghz processor instead of 2.4Ghz, a 32MB ATI
skirge66:
let's see...about motherboards, if you are buying a new case look at the power supply in it, does it have the new 4 pin 12v atx plug or not? if it does then i would say the albatron board is pretty nice, works really good with the pentium 4's and is pretty fast, will support up to 3gigs of 400 mhz ram, if you are sick and have a ram fetish or something, if you don't have this plug ecs makes a mainboard that will run p4's pretty good, though not as well as a board with dedicated 12v for the cpu. personally i would go with a combo with the atx plug...if you don't know already the p4 is a powerhog, if you give it that power it will scream and bury AMD hands down, and handles heat much better. As for power supplys i wouldn't think you would need anything over 300w.
the ecs P4vxasd2+ is pretty cheep at about $50, the albatron, a much better board is more like $90...power supply shouldn't run you more than $60 tops...and honestly the case? who cares, it's whats in the case that matters...the case just keeps the insides on the insides and gives you a place to mount your stuff. video cards...if it's to run mame only or maybe a jukebox...why overkill the requirements aren't that great.