Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
KatEnigma:
Quote from: blubug on 2007 January 24, 08:01:16
I don't think I'll be using vista soon, and I'm sad that the prices are high here. This is the best I could find in my price range, and not DELL as I have no trust in that company due to horrors lived by my dad and my sister.
Here's the specs:
HP Pavilion DV6189EA AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 1.8GHz, 2GB DDR, 120GB SATA HDD, 15.4'', XP Media Center Notebook (RP957EA)
Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 Technology TL-56 (1.8 Ghz)
Memory: 2 GB (2*1024 MB DDR-2 SDRAM-how is it DDR2 AND SD, I dunno)
Hard Disc: 120 GB SATA 5400rpm
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce Go 7200 sp. TurboCache 256 MB
Monitor?: 15,4'' WXGA HD BrightView (1280*800)
*DVD-RW (+/-) LightScribe
*Entegre 10/100 Ethernet
*Modem: Entegre 56K modem
*Sound: Onboard / Altec Lansing speakers
*Mouse: TouchPad
*Wireless 802,11b/g, /Bluetooth/HP Mobile remote, WebCam
Guarantee : 2 Years
I'm not sure about the graphics card, is this on board or something, I'm not sure. I don't want an onboard card or if that's what it's called. Oh! And it's 1.650USD
The card is fine. It's a laptop, the card HAS to be onboard unless you're buying an expensive gaming machine (and even then, they can't really be upgraded since the specs are so tight that only 1 card, usually, will fit into any given machine. Which is why HP won't let you pick certain cards if you've picked certain other things). ;) If you don't buy this week, you'll be forced to have it come with Vista, and you should make sure you get the voucher for it anyway- it will either be free or something like $5, and then you'll have it come SP2 when it will be safe to run. LOL The Turion processors aren't as good as the regular X2's or the Duo, but will be more than enough for Simming or writing papers, and you have enough RAM. Don't worry about it, it's a good computer and the price isn't bad, either.
KatEnigma:
Quote from: Craigsters on 2007 January 24, 10:21:19
My Sims 2 pets was taken over 45 mins to load and I got tired of it taken so long to load and I gave in and called Dell.ca they financed me again for a new computer..
For those wondering, I have all the Sims 2 games and stuff pack game's, my current computer I'm on which is paid off, only had a
pentium 4 3.4 Ghz processor, it's a Dell Dimension 8400, I already had the hard drive and motherboard replaced under the 3 year warrenty and I maxed out the Ram to 4 Gigabytes DDR2 Ram last year, video card ATI Radeon X300!..
not mentioning the price tag, because that's my business and last time I mentioned I financed a computer on a gaming forum they all where shocked by the ammount I'd end up paying at the end of the four year contract, these places that rent to own or that finance you are place's of last resort and convenience for those of us that can't dish out the money needed for a new computer each year!, the amount that Dell is giving me well be a better deal then Canada's MDG or those rent to own place's here in Canada, and both Canada's MDG and those rent to own place's have crappy computers that are over priced, enough said about that!..
[I might transfer some of my DDR 2 Ram from my current PC to my new PC sense they both use the same type of Ram]
Specs for new PC!.. [from e-mail from Dell]
1 466-2278 DIM 9200,CDCR, E6400 (2.13GHZ),DCT,2MB
1 310-7963 DELL USB KEYBOARD
1 310-7966 DELL OPTICAL USB MOUSE
1 310-8542 BACKUP MEDIA FOR XP MCE,05U,DIM 9200
1 310-8583 XPRS UPG,VISTA PREM FRM XP MCE,ENG,DIM
1 310-8590 WWW.DELLVISTAUPGRADE.COM TO REDEEM
1 310-8591 VISTA CAPABLE STICKER, DIM
1 310-8617 VISTA CAPABLE VALIDATOR INFO
1 311-5115 1GB DDR2 SDRAM AT 533MHZ-2X512MB,DIM,P
1 313-2758 INTEGRATED AUDIO
1 313-4032 DELL A525 SPEAKERS, BLACK, DIM
1 313-4423 16X DVD-ROM AND 16X DVD+/-RW,P
1 313-4427 V.92/56K PCI DATAFAX,INT MDM,FULL,LF,DIM
1 320-4807 256MB NVIDIA 7900 GS,DIM,P
1 320-5212 22IN (22.0 IN) E228WFP,DIM,P
1 341-3865 NO FLOPPY DRIVE REQUESTED
1 412-0688 IMAGE RESTORE, DIM
1 412-0853 MCAFEE 7.0,OEM,ENG,3YR,DIM/INSP
1 412-0911 DELL SUPPORT 3.2,DIM/INSP
1 412-0914 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 7.0,DIM
1 412-0931 SNAPFIRE BASIC, DIM/INSP
1 420-4927 WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10,DIM
1 420-5585 WINXP MCE 2005,ENG,DIM,NM,U
1 420-5769 ISP SEARCH ASST PORTAL,DIM/INSP
1 420-5781 SONIC CINEPLAYER,XPS
1 420-5790 ROXIO CREATOR/MYDVD LE,NON XPS,DIM/INSP
1 461-8388 NO DIGITAL MUSIC SOFTWARE REQUESTED
1 463-2282 THANKS FOR PURCHASING YOUR DELL
1 465-3892 320GB SERIAL ATA 2,7200 RPM,DIM,P
1 412-0452 MICROSOF OFFICE 2003 BASIC EDITION,INSP
1 412-0674 AOL 9.0 ,FI,ENGLISH CANADA
1 465-8990 ELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE UPGRADE,CAN/DLA
1 930-1570 NBD OS,DIM, 9200,GTN,INIT YR, RA
1 930-1577 HW WRTY + SVC,DIM,9200,INIT, RA
1 960-2800 WARRANTY SPRT,DIM,INIT YR
1 930-1572 NBD OS,DIM, 9200,GTN,2YR EXT, RA
1 930-1578 HW WRTY + SVC,DIM,9200,EXT, RA
1 950-5462 WARRANTY SPRT,DIM,2YR EXT
1 007-1429 DIMENSION, SHIPPING AND HANDLING
If you buy a top of the line computer to begin with, you don't need to buy one every year. You also didn't say how many downloads you have and if you bothered to defrag/de-spyware, etc before you decided to let them sell you a new machine. By the time you're done paying for your computer through Dell, it will be a doorstop. You'd be better off getting a credit card- the interest rate would be MUCH lower. We got an offer for 0% interest for X months and transferred our balance to it, and even when the time is up, the interest will be about half of what Dell was charging us. *shrug* But it's your money, and you can waste is anyway you please.
If you plan on running Vista or TS2 (not and, OR), you're going to wish you had at least 2 GB RAM instead of 1 and I hope you have enough slots for it, and I can't decipher what the processor is- I hope it's a Duo. Otherwise, it's okay.
Craigsters:
In reply to katenigma
I have 10 gigabytes in my downloads folder, I defragmented my hard drive on Sunday and my pc has both Spybot - Search & Destroy & Ad-Aware SE Personal, I bought this PC almost 3 years ago, bought it out in December!..
I have a visa card its maxed out right now :P
My current pc has four gigabyes of ram DDR 2 ram which I'll transfer to my new PC and leave this PC with 1 gig of ram, it only has windows XP service pack 2, my current pc is going to be for online downloading surfing and emailing only when my new PC comes!..
The rent to own store would of tried to charge me $39.99 plus insurance plus Canadian taxes a week for a clone pc, which is a total rip off, and they don't build them to your specs, you take what those damn rent to own stores have in stock at the time!..
Dell is around 50 bucks cheaper a month compared to rent to own stores here!..
Also I'm on disability and live way below the poverty line, and get what I can afford!..
blubug:
@Craigsters, I also have 10Gb of downloads, and it takes me 35 minutes for the game to load,I have an old 2.4GHZ processor and I only have 1,5GB RAM (I say only, cos' I'm comparing to yours) I think 1,5 gigs is quite enough for any pc, and almost enough for a 10gig-loaded sims game. I don't know a lot about this, so I'm just guessing-maybe you won't get quite so much out of the new pc than you did with your other. But it's just my opinion.
@ katenigma: Thanks for your comments, I'm being more drawn to this laptop than I was before. But having never owned a notebook, and not too computer savvy, so I apologise if this sounds too dumb.(I've been reading a lot on computer stupidities)
I still don't quite understand; when I said onboard, I meant; does it share the memory (the RAM), because that reduces my memory, right? And that's not so great, right?
Because when I built my own pc, I did most of the stuff myself. I wandered in forums, took advice from friends, etc. Bought the parts and knew that a pc with an onboard standard card gives crappy graphics, so I got a good nvidia card I could afford and attached it myself. Not being a very musical person I didn't bother with the sound card.
So I'm just having trouble expressing myself here, hope it's clear.
And about vista, can't I uninstall that and install it again later? Because I need more than a week to make a decision :) Hehe. I guess I'm scared by the muck-ups of XP (Same with the sims :D) too much to trust something the week it comes out. I have to adjust mentally.
Craigsters:
I'm also getting a new PC because this PC rejected my Tom Clancey's Splinter Cell Double Agent Game, system requirements for this game are!..
Supported OS: Windows® XP (only)
Processor: 3 Ghz Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 3000 (3.5 Ghz Pentium 4 or Athlon 3500 recommended). Game optimized for Dual-processor-enabled computers.
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: DirectX® 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled 128 MB video card (256 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c-compatible (EAX" recommended) - PC audio solution containing Dolby® Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio.
DirectX Version: 9.0c or higher (9.0c included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM or faster
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Mouse, keyboard
Multiplay: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster
*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
ATI® X1600/X1800/X1900 NVidia® 6600 /6800/7300/7600/7800/7900
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