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[JC05]

I'm am thinking of building a custom computer. And this is what I have. What do you think?

Case: Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Super Mini Tower, SmartPower 2.0 450W ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply

Video card: Radeon 9250 Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR

OS: WindowsXP

Hard Drive: Ultra16 500GB Hard Drive
7200RPM, Internal, ATA/133

Motherboard/Processor: MSI K8 ATX Socket 754 Motherboard and AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor Bundle

Memory: 2GB PC3200 184pin DDR DIMM Memory Kit (2-1GB Modules) for PowerMac G5 1.8GHz, Apple Compatible

5.1 Surround sound system.

Drive: Sony DRU-820A 16X Internal Dual Layer & Dual Format DVD Drive

What do you think is a good price?

Edited by JC05, 03 April 2006 - 05:04 AM.

[savge17]

Well I like to spend ALOT of money on my computers, I need the latest technology for the type of games I play. It really dpends on what you are planning to use for your computer. Are you going to use it for games? For work? Etc. Let me know these things and ill be glad to help you out. Those system specs look fine to me as for a work/media computer.

[truefusion]

I'd say a fair price is around $1,800, based on what you've mentioned. A monitor may bring it up to the 2k-pricing range. Over all, that's a pretty good computer.

[JC05]

I'm going to build this computer for whoever wants it. But the Mods don't want people to sell stuff like this. Just PM me and I'll give you my email.

[wild20]

Hmm. I think it seems like a fair price, but I don't know what you are getting the parts for. If you got them around $1500, I wouldn't take more than a $250 profit, if that. But like I said, it all depends on the price you get the parts for. For the time it takes to put a computer together, which is about 2 hours with software and everything, a $100 dollars an hour seems pretty fair. You won't get a lot of people buying these anyway, so naturally you will want a higher profit for your work. Overall? I would rate this computer 8/10, since it is quality, and the price is a moderately fair deal all around. Good luck to you!

[JC05]

Yeah, I guess. I think I'll see how it goes once I have a website. I'll have to see what it costs to build different models and calulate from there. Thanks for your help people. Keep posting.

[Cool_Freaker]

To be honest, that's more of a budget computer in my opinion. It's still using the old 754 socket, rather than the 939 one. The video card is VERY basic; the 256mb memory on it is a gimmick rather than an indication of performance. I believe it's the lowest performing ATi card widely available now, not to mention it's using an AGP slot, rather than PCI-e (which limits upgrade potentional, as AGP GPU's are starting to slow in production).

For a computer like this (especially as socket 754 doesn't support dual channel), you probably don't need more than 1gb RAM - 2gb is on the higher end these days, and is more for higher end computer (which this one doesn't seem to be).. also is it just for Macs? Case choice is excellent though, Antec make good cases, as well as good PSU's. Also good is the large HDD size, though personally I'd be more inclined to get 2x250gb drives, so one can be backup if one fails, or you can put them in a RAID array (RAID 0 for striping which makes it faster). Sony DVD-RW drives don't have the best reputation; a BenQ or a Pioneer would probably be better.

Any information on the 5.1 speaker system? They can range from the cheap - Logitech X530's (AU$99) to something more than 5x that.

As it stands I wouldn't be looking at more than about AU$1000 for it...

[amhso]

mine costed less than 600 bucks, and it's a good performing machine.

amd 64 3000+
1 gb ram
9800 pro OC'ed (saves lots of money to overclock)
2 7200rpm harddisks (parallel)
2 DVD drives (1 burner)

anyways i can play hl2 and other games on max details, while still having 40-50+ fps.

[wild20]

I think the point is, is that this computer is custom. I actually got a price list on all this stuff, he isn't making more than a few hundred dollars. And a lot of time goes into a custom. With the stuff being pout on, it looks like it will cost around $1600-$1800 US dollars to do this. And the price can be adjusted to make him a decent profit while at the same time saving you from work. Just my opinion.

[JC05]

For one I don't know where to get wholesale parts. And this is not just for Macs, I made quite sure of that. The speakers that I would put(but you could choose) is by Creative. They are 50 bucks and I have them. They work really good. And in (AU$99) what is AU? Does anybody know where to get wholesale or cheap NEW computer parts? What would you suggest for a good gaming computer Cool Freaker? Every ones opinions on the matter are greatly appreciated. Thanks again every one!