Should I Get The Fragbox...

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³@11 December 2003 - 01:22
buy a dell or some shit. you get a nice monitor and a decent comp, with all the trimmings, and youll have room to mod the damn thing, or you can build your own. a nice monitor will set ya back about $200.00(us). but if you buy a decent OEM comp, you can get a good deal for the same price as that ratbox. that box is for peeps who have alot of money and like to frag at lan parties. if you dont frag, then get a tower and shit on that ratbox. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DONT BUY IT. YOU'LL BE SORRY LATER WHEN YOU CAN'T UPGRADE THAT PIECE OF SHIT. (again, just my opinion)

fuck no man. a dell? u kidding?

build one cygnuz.

here's some good recs:

p4 2.4c
some kind of good wc
radeon 9800xt
mobo chipset: 875
u know, all the good stuff

and ram, go with pc3200 corsair or kingston

cuz u need good ram to oc.

then u got everything. as for monitor, find one for less than 300, and ur good

u can build all this for 1200 for sure

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

i agree abu, i was just thinking he could get a monitor bundled with it. and if he aint OC'ing, a dell would be fine (not that i endorse OEM, cuz i think they rip you off). but yea, building your own comp is the BEST way to go, get an ASUS board, a P4 478 pin, and 3200 ddr ram, that IS the way to go. BTW, my comp is a gateway, with an intel bios (cuz i found out my board is intel d850gb) with RDRAM, and i have no problems, ever since i dumped all the gateway shit, lol

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by Cygnuz-Y@10 December 2003 - 22:32
I just saved $1500 and i found this super cool PC and i want to ask you guys the experts what you think..

Intel®Pentium®42.66GHz 533MHz Front Side Bus Processor - Intel®i845 Chipset
80 GB Hard Drive, 7200 RPM
512MB DDR Memory - Upgrades to 1024MB Available
nVidia GeForceFX 5600 Ultra 128MB Graphics Card
16X Black DVD-Rom
1.44MB Black Floppy Drive
Intel USB 2.0 controller 4 Ports
1394a Firewire controller with 3 Ports
10/100 Network Interface Port
Digital & Analog 6-Channel Sound
Microsoft Windows XP Home
nVidia NVDVD Dolby Digital DVD software
Emergency System Recovery DVD



Fragbox $995
Logitech Cordless MX Duo $100
NEC MultiSync LCD 1560v-BK 15" LCD $349
Final Price $1,444.00

Must of you will say to build the system myself but i did a little search and in the end the price comes the same, so what you think should i get it...

anyone remember GCN and his 5700 ultra overheat issue?

well he built the PC using the EXACT SAME CASE (www.AMSelectronics.com), and it has double the HDD space, a 5700ultra, a dvdburner (no firewire tho) for 1000 on its own. so i think building the PC with a case from AMS gives u the same result but better

btw wxphome sux

[Cygnuz-Y]

Thanks for all your help but i think im going for the tower...

[RGX]

I like those cases alot but ive checked the links and they are all intel based, anyone know if anyone in the uk does purely the case? Just so I can buy the motherboard etc. myself?

[abu_has_the_power]

since u got a shitload of $, get urself a cool case. like a xaser or xsuperalien. or just mod up a cheiftec

[_John_Lennon_]

www.newegg.com ---> Computer Hardware ---> show by catagory ---> Barebones ---> Summary view.

Result: http://www.newegg.com/app/listProduct.asp?...rtby=11&order=0

is it that hard to find, newegg has it all.



This would be more along the lines of what I would want should I get the money for it, *180

The Frag box, is at the bottom.

Btw, the Epox one also looks pretty cool, it also has the VERY handy and usable LCD screen built into the front.

[abu_has_the_power]

i thought cygnuz changed his mind and now want's a full tower...

well, cygnuz, go ahead and build a full tower. with 1500, u can build a monster.

like i said b4.

[Cygnuz-Y]

I think im getting this one... :

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...T925-2004&Tab=1

What do you think?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by Cygnuz-Y@11 December 2003 - 21:00
I think im getting this one... :

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...T925-2004&Tab=1

What do you think?

dude. that's a mid tower. it'll be harder to fit a wc system in there. besides, thats like more expensive than the xaser full towers.