- Feb 19, 2005
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A friend of mine recently had his house broken into, and his good computer was taken. Fortunately he was insured, and is getting around $3000 to play with. His 'good' computer was a 3 year old Dell, so he was thinking about getting another one, but I've convinced him that building his own would be the best way to go value-wise. His main concern about putting together his own computer lies with potential compatibility problems.
My question for you is...if someone walked up to you and gave you a check for 3k, on the condition that you'd only be able to spend it on a computer/monitor/accessories....how would you spend it? SLI MB with 2 6800 GT's?
He says he wants 2 gigs of ram, a cheap but decent 19 inch CRT monitor, and something that's fast fast fast. He doesn't care if it's Intel or AMD. He mostly plays EQ2, so he's not really into FPS-type games. He had an 80 gig HD before, but says he didn't even fill half of it. I'm thinking a WD Raptor would impress him. He will probably never overclock this machine, or if he does, it will just be a little bit.
Any help or advice would be appreciated. He's taking advantage of the general goodwill of his wife in this instance, so who knows how long he's got before she comes to her senses.
My question for you is...if someone walked up to you and gave you a check for 3k, on the condition that you'd only be able to spend it on a computer/monitor/accessories....how would you spend it? SLI MB with 2 6800 GT's?
He says he wants 2 gigs of ram, a cheap but decent 19 inch CRT monitor, and something that's fast fast fast. He doesn't care if it's Intel or AMD. He mostly plays EQ2, so he's not really into FPS-type games. He had an 80 gig HD before, but says he didn't even fill half of it. I'm thinking a WD Raptor would impress him. He will probably never overclock this machine, or if he does, it will just be a little bit.
Any help or advice would be appreciated. He's taking advantage of the general goodwill of his wife in this instance, so who knows how long he's got before she comes to her senses.