gamehead200 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 OK, so I got your opinions and everything! Now, I looked at 2 stores and compared. Future Shop and Mega PC (All in Montreal, Canada). At Future Shop, the prices are as follows:MSI Intel 845E P4 Motherboard USB Pro Series Motherboard Cable Azen 128MB PC-100 (RAM) Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz Processor Cicero Internal 1.44MB 3.5 Floppy Creative Sound Blaster 16 - PCI ATI Radeon 7000 64MB PCI Video Card Pine 56x CD-ROM Drive LG 40x12x10x Internal CD-RW Drive Western Digital 60GB 7200RPM EIDE HD A-TOP Mid-Tower pIV Silver 350w USB (From Mega PC)Total: $1,391.69Now from Mega PC, the prices are as follows for a different system:Asus P4S333 SiS645 pga478/DDR ATX USB Pro Series Motherboard Cable (From Future Shop) 512MB PC-133 SDRAM Intel P4 1.6ghz 256k pga478 Box 1.44mb Floppy Drive Creative Sound Blaster 128 pci oem ATI Radeon 7000 64MB PCI Video Card ASUS 52x cd-rom ide LG 40x/12x/40x Int IDE oem Maxtor 80gb 7200rpm ATA/133 A-TOP Mid-Tower pIV Silver 350w USB Total: $1,220.28Which one is the best buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 In my opinion i think the second one is a better buy. But do yourself a favor and get DDR RAM. You'll be much happier. Using SDRAM on a system like that is like putting cheap gasoline in a Ferrari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lezend Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 OK, so I got your opinions and everything! Now, I looked at 2 stores and compared. Future Shop and Mega PC (All in Montreal, Canada). At Future Shop, the prices are as follows:MSI Intel 845E P4 Motherboard USB Pro Series Motherboard Cable <<gimmick Azen 128MB PC-100 (RAM) <<no one buy this any more Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz Processor Cicero Internal 1.44MB 3.5 Floppy Creative Sound Blaster 16 - PCI <<10 bucks at Fry's Electronic ATI Radeon 7000 64MB PCI Video Card Pine 56x CD-ROM Drive <<gimmick LG 40x12x10x Internal CD-RW Drive Western Digital 60GB 7200RPM EIDE HD A-TOP Mid-Tower pIV Silver 350w USB (From Mega PC)Total: $1,391.69Now from Mega PC, the prices are as follows for a different system:Asus P4S333 SiS645 pga478/DDR ATX <<DDR motherboard and it used SDRAM?? Wrong info? USB Pro Series Motherboard Cable (From Future Shop) <<gimmick 512MB PC-133 SDRAM <<average users Intel P4 1.6ghz 256k pga478 Box 1.44mb Floppy Drive Creative Sound Blaster 128 pci oem ATI Radeon 7000 64MB PCI Video Card ASUS 52x cd-rom ide <<gimmick LG 40x/12x/40x Int IDE oem Maxtor 80gb 7200rpm ATA/133 A-TOP Mid-Tower pIV Silver 350w USB Total: $1,220.28Which one is the best buy?*gimmick: Things that they add in just so there look like there so many stuff but worthless.In my opinion if this is what you can afford, go for the second one. But I suggest you shop around for better deal. This isn't one of the average spec. PC now aday.Edited in Quote:Take a look at this site http://www.newegg.com/ If you have that amount of cash, build yourself a computer. Cheaper and you get exactly what you want only. No gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 end of the day a 56x cd rom drive is what... $25 ?? maybe cheaper?you can pick a DVD rom drive up for around ten bux more... look at LITE ON's for starters.everyone can build a pc its easy, you might save yourself 100's, spend the same cash, or slightly more, but you will end up with quality parts, no OEM junk in there, you should see some of these "geforce 4" cards in some systems, you would swear blind it was a TNT card or something, almost always with no fan - how can it be a top notch graphics card if it has no fan even?? if i ran my geforce without a fan for any length of time while playing a game id be lucky if it didnt get damaged or freeze the system up.come on build one, you have net access so its EASY to find cheap bits, and you can post piccies here after and claim your bragging rights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsivforce Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 IMO, go with the second one. But, if it supports DDR, use DDR memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Yea...DDR all the way.....(PC1066 RDRAM recommended here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Yea...DDR all the way.....(PC1066 RDRAM recommended here) rd ram is only for pentiums and arent intel stopping using it with there next CPU anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Dunno about the stopping it..And thats the point, I ONLY use Intel.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 So if I changed the SDRAM to DDR, would it work properly? Is all this hardware compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team929 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 The systems you described will work fine as is, whether you use SDRAM vs DDR/ DVDrom vs 56x CDrom/intel or not.. Its just a matter of preference and what you will be doing with them. Just to answer your question of WHICH ONE is better, the second one is the concensus on this posting, as is for me also. If you are going to do some hard gaming, you will need to upgrade a few things to say the least and thats when upgrading your ram from SD to DDR will help along with better video card and such. I'm sure the rest of the fine folks here can help you with the details. good hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipp51 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Now it looks like you have your heart set on an intel system,but check these amd systems from ABS.$1185 and you get a faster processor(upgradable too),an Abit mobo which in my opinion are top notch,ddr micron memory,a 19 inch monitor(samsung),liteon cdrw 40x12x48,creative audigy sound,5300 5.1 speakers,etc.(got carried away).Clearly a much better deal.ABScomputers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 Are those U.S. prices? I LIVE IN CANADA! :moon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 the problem with DDR is its expensive, i have two sticks of Crucial Tech' 256MB DDR pc2700 in here. yes its fast. but its damned expensive. this cost me £74 each stick from Crucial, and they dont do it in 512mb sticks (or didnt last i checked) as it becomes unstable apparently in sticks that big. so just for my 512mb of ram, bought directly from crucial (prompt delivery, well packaged i might add) it cost me £148 that must be about.. what $280 USD ? or around that price. Also, check WHAT DDR that board supports, if it supports DDR and SDRAM i doubt it will run Pc2700 (DDR333) but will run the slower stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipp51 Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 The ABS prices are US.I,m not sure what the exchange is but this system quality is what you should look for.If you bought from a US vendor would the cost be not worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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