200 bucks for college

[nick1985]

parents are lettin me spend 200 bucks for computer parts before i go to college. my rig in sig.

im thinkin,

slk-7
80 mm fan
2 cold cathodes
dvd player
athlon xp 2500

any other suggestions/ideas?

 

[kayatai]

a lock

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: nick1985
parents are lettin me spend 200 bucks for computer parts before i go to college. my rig in sig.

im thinkin,

slk-7
80 mm fan
2 cold cathodes
dvd player
athlon xp 2500

any other suggestions/ideas?

dont forget a hardware firewall

 

[nick1985]

my case already has a lock on it

the chieftec dragon

 

[nick1985]

***ordered***

 

[Mikesta]

Hmmm looks pretty good dont lose the keys for the lock

 

[txxxx]

why a 2500+ when the 2100+ is fine as it is? (or is it a palomino?"

 

[Sid59]

save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste

 

[Lyfer]

Books, duh.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Sid59
save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste

Same thing I was thinking.

I like the "doubling" upgrade path - buy mid-to-low-end stuff that is a good deal, then upgrade when there's something twice as fast for an equally good deal.

 

[erikistired]

a good set of headphones.

 

[techwanabe]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: Sid59
save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste

Same thing I was thinking.

I like the "doubling" upgrade path - buy mid-to-low-end stuff that is a good deal, then upgrade when there's something twice as fast for an equally good deal.

That is my philosphy - buy low to mid level and double processor power. This has been my upgrade path:

1985 - Atari 512
1989 - 386DX 33 mhz
1994 - Cyrix P200+
1999 - Pentium II 450
2000 - Pentium III 550E o/c'd to 733 mhz(wife kicked me out and she kept the PII 450) first home built PC
2002 - Celeron Tualatin 1.0A o/c'd to 1.33 mhz
2003 - XP 2500+ Barton (just set up, plan to o/c to 3000+ after I run a while and get a H/P HS/F

 

[Corporate Thug]

i woulda done another 512 of ram

 

[Blaizer2]

Congrats on College....

What you have will get you through...
You may need a printer. If not, roger the headphones if you have a decent sound card; otherwise a USB flashstick is nice. Office software if ya need it.
Get used to studying.... check out JourneyEd.com


R/B2

 

[OverVolt]

Looks perfect to me! HF OC'in that sucker!!!!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: nick1985
my case already has a lock on it

the chieftec dragon

while a 45lb case isn't very easy to just walk off with a good lock will keep away all casual theifs

 

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: Sid59
save the 200 and use for spending when you're at college.

2100 to 2500 is a waste
the rest of your items are waste

I agree... 200 can buy a lot of cheap vodka!

 

[astroview]

umm beer.

 

[nick1985]

my 2100 is a palimino...

and i already have a good set of headphones

 

[MDE]

You're gonna need a bigger hard drive being on a college LAN and all.

 

[nick1985]

i have 2 40's. thats enough for me...

 

[nick1985]

i plan on oc'in it to 3200 speeds.

 

[FlippyBoy]

you'd be amazed how fast two 40's are gonna fill up once you get onto campus.

 

[tweeve]

get a bigger HDD i have 2 120's in RAID 0 and i fill those up fast. and im not in a dorm or on broadband. Im stuck on Dial up

 

[4x4expy]

Originally posted by: nick1985
my 2100 is a palimino...

and i already have a good set of headphones

In that case the Barton is a good upgrade. Though I would have recommended some ram that will easily handle synced speeds at 200+ fsb. You can pick up 512mb Buffalo pc3200 on the cheap, that will not break a sweat. If you had a few bucks more to spend you have some nicer choices. Your Mushkin may handle it if you relax the timings some. At 3200+ speeds, your rig will take you through college easily, unless you like to keep cutting edge components in your box.