New Computer Needed Help Me Decide! - Old For Sale!

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:56 pm

you know what kind of cmputer i really want?
those small shuttle PCs

ACK!

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:20 am

AMVfreak wrote:you know what kind of cmputer i really want?
those small shuttle PCs

ACK!

Yes those are sweet and you could probably build one for the same, if not cheaper price as one of those tigerdirect systems...

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:40 am

Shuttle SS51G $175
P4 2.4 GHz $125
1 GB RAM $175
DVD-RW $80
200 GB h/d $150
WinXP Home $100

About $900 after adding keyb/mouse/spkrs. Add $$ to use AGP video card instead of on-board graphics. AMD systems run a bit cheaper.

The SS51G is their bottom-of-the-line case. Higher end cases range from $300 -$400. See newegg.com or zipzoomfly.com for pictures and specs.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:09 pm

TaranT wrote:Shuttle SS51G $175
P4 2.4 GHz $125
1 GB RAM $175
DVD-RW $80
200 GB h/d $150
WinXP Home $100

About $900 after adding keyb/mouse/spkrs. Add $$ to use AGP video card instead of on-board graphics. AMD systems run a bit cheaper.

The SS51G is their bottom-of-the-line case. Higher end cases range from $300 -$400. See newegg.com or zipzoomfly.com for pictures and specs.

You knew I'd say this, but I'd rather get an Athlon 64 system for the same amount. I believe someone posted a link to an Athlon 64 system for under $1,000 and that'll smoke a 2.4 Ghz P4 (esp. since it beats a 3.4 Ghz P4 at almost all benchmarks).

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:05 pm

i heard AMD processors are more cheaper than intel...?

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:12 am

AMVfreak wrote:i heard AMD processors are more cheaper than intel...?

At a given clock speed that's usually true.

dwchang wrote:You knew I'd say this, but I'd rather get an Athlon 64 system for the same amount. I believe someone posted a link to an Athlon 64 system for under $1,000 and that'll smoke a 2.4 Ghz P4 (esp. since it beats a 3.4 Ghz P4 at almost all benchmarks).

Well, if you're going for one of those, why not have two in the same size case:
Iwill ZMAX, dual Opteron, small form factor. (I think Quu posted this link earlier.)

It's a good-looking case, and that shark fin is perfect.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:23 am

TaranT wrote:
dwchang wrote:You knew I'd say this, but I'd rather get an Athlon 64 system for the same amount. I believe someone posted a link to an Athlon 64 system for under $1,000 and that'll smoke a 2.4 Ghz P4 (esp. since it beats a 3.4 Ghz P4 at almost all benchmarks).
Well, if you're going for one of those, why not have two in the same size case:
Iwill ZMAX, dual Opteron, small form factor. (I think Quu posted this link earlier.)

It's a good-looking case, and that shark fin is perfect.

That's just the case though (~$500). Buying the two Opteron chips alone will set you back over $1,000 since those are our server-level chips.

Either way, that system does indeed rock.

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:40 am

man i would kill to get one of those cases