JUPITER Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Guys magandang hapon sa inyo. It’s nice to learn that merong thread d2 sa MTC on computers, ang laking bagay para sa mga computer aficionados. Anyway pipol, can an I ask 4ur suggestions? Im planning kc to buy a computer, It will be for home use lang. Konting word processing, internet, and printing of pictures. But my primary reason for buying a computer is to watch movies and play games (especially the latest ones) If there’s somebody who is kind out there, pa2long naman kung ano mga specs ba ang dapat ko bilhin. Mas makakamura ba ako if I buy by parts and let a computer technician assemble it or il buy sa mga computer shops na pre-assembled PC? My budget sana is mga P15-20thou. And info din sana where I can buy PC parts and have them assembled. Thanx guys!! try mong setup: ECS N2U400-A Nforce2 Ultra 400 Athlon 2400XP+ (invest on a gud fan like Thermaltake)2 x 256MB DDR333( u need this for dual channel)Videocard: Radeon 9200 or 9600 128Mb dapat modem mo external serial (wag usb, may controllerless na USB-sobrang bagal nun parang internal) HDD 40GB+ 7200 RPM na Maxtor (133Mb/sec) UDMA 6 (highest) DVD-ROM dpat ASUS E616 - the ONLY ATA100 (100mb/sec) DVD drive that can read DVD-18. all the others can only read DVD-4.7, DVD-9 readers are rare. sa monitor, dapat at least 17" kasi madaling lalabo mata mo sa below 17" coz of the low refresh rate. I am now in the process of migrating from 19" to 21" FD Trinitron. Refresh rate should be at least 85Hz - 100Hz. the bigger the monitor, the higher the capacity for higher rates, the better it is for the eyes. ok din Geforce basta Titanium series all the MX are craps. iinit lang ulo mo pag naglaro ka na. You'll never go wrong with radeon 9000 series up (even yung lowest nila, the 9000, can beat the geforce5 (FX5200). @matsutsu ANG SWERTE MO PRE!!!! nanjan ang the best na boards! mura cguro Gigabyte 7NNXP jan or ABIT NF7-S ver 2.0 kailan ka ba uwi pre? hehehe... Quote Link to comment
JUPITER Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 btw, don't worry too much about speakers, mas ok kung ikabit mo na lang pc mo sa component or any sound system mo na may AUX/LINE IN. mas ok pa tunog. RMS and PMPO are whole lot diff..pag titingin ka ng wattage ng speaker system, make sure its in RMS to know its real power. ako this is what i did: amp: MOS-FET type voltage amp, 200W RMS/ch x 4. front: JBL TLX series (super deep ng bass nito) rear: gumawa ako ng Konzert speaker setup. kaso pangit bass..bili na lang cguro ako ng speakers. can u imagine the thrill i feel? hehehe wla pa akong center and sub..wla pa funds hehehe. kung may speaker and car amp/amp kang di ginagamit tell me tulungan kita setup either here or in person (basta not outside MM ha). Quote Link to comment
matsutsu Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 How i wish malaki sweldo ko so i can buy all parts that i want. i plan to buy stuff from here at dalhin ko sa pinas. (extra pera)mejo malabo yung computer parts kasi delikado yung handling not to mention yung warranty. ano ba yung magandang items ibenta sa pinas?i was thinking of memory cards at usb flash cards.they are small and easy buy in bulk. any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
vicaner Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 dudes just updating you on what i've decided to buy. sorry bro jupiter but i'm going the Intel path coz of the lack of AMD support here although nag ti-trickle in na ang parts, i'm not too sure about the future of AMD here kaya mahihirapan ako sa upgrade in the future, and the last straw is the price. Limited ang places na nagbebenta kaya controlled nila ang market, the price is either equal to P4 or much higher w/c is very frustrating. CPU P4 2.4C or 2.6C GHZ 800MHz Hyper ThreadingMobo Asus P4P800 deluxe i865 (or the non deluxe version due to price constraints)HD Western Digital 80 GB 7200 RPM (sorry jupiter, hirap makahanap ng maxtor)Memory Twinmoss 256 DDRAM 400MHZ (2pcs to activate the DUAL DDRAM)Asus DVD RomAsus CD RewriterLG FLatron 17"samsung optical MouseCreative 5.1 speakers I currently have a GeForce 4 MX 440 (yes it's crap but it works still!) which I plan to keep till I get the extra moolah to buy a higher end video card.Jupiter, is the Radeon 9200 a good enough buy? these are the ones available here that are not the all in wonder types. I'm still considering though, I have till next week to decide kasi suweldo next week pa. any more suggestions from you peeps? Quote Link to comment
roxysnonie Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 bro vicaneer, magkano pumatak lahat yang items mo? saan store mo kukunin? madami naman sourcing ng amds ah... Quote Link to comment
silentkilla Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 the top three that me and my brothers consider when buying parts are pc express, pc option, and pc corner. they have good prices. better buy from gilmore then ....(I'm sure you do) YESSSSSSSSS I do Quote Link to comment
JUPITER Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 @vicaner if that's the case, ok na yan..just don't spend too much on PC there if u wont be stayin' long kasi it will be impractical na dalhin pa yan dito..i bet mas mura dito sa pinas courtesy of the chekwas. mas ok sana kung may makikita kang 9100. mas mabilis yun. 8 rendering pipelines kasi yun..unlike the 9200 na 4 lang. sa radeon kase, mas mabilis ang 9100, 9700. and yung mga XT models nila. pero kung 9200 lang available jan, ill go for that. WD is ok naman, matagal na sila sa business. Storage for Servers ang specialty nila. ngayon lang sila nag-start mag consumer marketing before kasi corporate lang yan..business to business. Yung speakers mo, palitan mo ng Logitech Z-640 mas maganda bass and sound nun...yang creative, sabog ang tunog after sometime. if u'll find Logitech X-620, the better. 6.1 yun eh..pero $99 lang. wla pa sa pinas..baka jan meron na. good luck man. @matsutsu i think good idea yung small things. mem cards and USB drives would be nice cguro. how about..videocards? radeon 9700, 9700Pro, XT series..etc. kailan ka ba uwi? Quote Link to comment
matsutsu Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Jupiter: I'll coming home next year in January (Chinese New Year).Yung mga video cards ok din bumili ako pero my concern is yung handling at warranty.The video cards' boxes are big.Kung iuuwi ko sila, I have to put them in balikbayan box.I've seen how they handle those boxes. Nakakatakot! Aren't u worried about warranty? Mas ok na sa tingin ko sa pinas para madali ibalik. Quote Link to comment
warz Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 pareng jupiter maraming salamt sa suggetions mo, it helped me a lot sa pag dedecide ko kung wat computer set up to buy! have a nice day dude! Quote Link to comment
warz Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 pareng roxysnonie and matsutsu salamat din! it was a great help, cool talaga mga pipol dito sa MTC Computer Thread! till next time guys! Quote Link to comment
vicaner Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 jupiter thanks for all your input, much appreciated. I'm spending the money coz I want my pc to be good, i bought a pc just last year and it's already crap coz I bought it from the shop (the "special" already built packages they have) i've spent lots of money trying to power it up a bit and it all comes down to one thing, get the best parts you can already in one go so you wont regret anything later. radeon 9100 is the one with 8 rendering pipelines? i thought it was the 9500 Pro series? are you sure? I've checked at Tom's hardware vid card comparison table and that's what i found out, maybe i blinked and missed it. will check again. So far my speakers are good, the quality is crisp at di pa sumabog. I'll go check out the logitech speakers pero maybe next year na, ubos na ang budget natin. rnonie wala ako sa pinas dude, buwiset nga eh. dami-daming good buys sa pinas. Sa gagastusin ko eh super pogi na dapat ang pc ko kung pinas ko bibilhin, kainis! matsutsu bringing computer parts to earn a little sideline money is a good idea but you have to check our customs policies bro, maraming buwaya sa airport at baka may "tax" ang dadalhin mo. better nga kung ang dadalhin mo ay yung flash cards at maliliit na items, also make sure na heavily protected sila kasi baka masira ng x-ray machines sa airport plus ang handling ng bags ay di mo rin maisisigurado. laking hirap naman kung masira during transit, babalik ka pa sa taiwan para mapapalitan. good luck! Quote Link to comment
matsutsu Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Thanks sa advice.May mga pinoy kasi dito na nag-stay lng for a month.I plan to use them as my courier. Syempre, small items at tipong indi madaling masira.Makikisuyo lng ako kaya ayaw ko na abuso.Balak ko sana noon eh mga CDRs kaso bagsak na presyo sa pinas ngayon. Yung mga tao sa customs sa pinas, madali lusutan mga iyon.They only look at those ppl carrying big boxes at yung maraming alahas.Fortunately for me, I only travel light at indi ako mahilig sa alahas. Quote Link to comment
roxysnonie Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Thanks sa advice.May mga pinoy kasi dito na nag-stay lng for a month.I plan to use them as my courier. Syempre, small items at tipong indi madaling masira.Makikisuyo lng ako kaya ayaw ko na abuso.Balak ko sana noon eh mga CDRs kaso bagsak na presyo sa pinas ngayon. Yung mga tao sa customs sa pinas, madali lusutan mga iyon.They only look at those ppl carrying big boxes at yung maraming alahas.Fortunately for me, I only travel light at indi ako mahilig sa alahas. dude, i had four trips as ofw, so far nde naman nila ginalaw mga boxes ko, save for the r/c racing bag na ubod ng bigat dahil sa parts ng equipment for it. pero never ako nag pay for anything... in packing, put things in between clothes, towels, kumbaga sa gitna or core the box, kahit magbaliktad at tumambling sya, nde maaano yung mga items. matsutsu, i used to do that also, the "pakisuyo" thingy, i had like a small business because of that...we guys out here in pinas deposit in dollar equivalent afterwhich a week later pauwi na yung order! dami naman courier dyan sa taiwan ah! GP is highly recommended! Quote Link to comment
matsutsu Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 roxysnonieAno yung GP? I usually stay sa pinas for just 5-10 days. I don't pack much clothes kasi may damit ako sa pinas (sa utol ko ). Quote Link to comment
JUPITER Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 @ warz, sure bro, you're welcome. @vicaner, yup 8pipes yun. una kasi 9100, 9500 ang 9700 lang..then naisip nila gumawa ng cheaper solutions, kaya may 9200, 9600, etc. may SE na nga eh pero slower speeds at 4pipes lang katulad ng Geforce Titaniums. @matsutsu, magkano ABIT NF7-S ver 2.0 jan pre? how about Gigabyte 7NNXP? bka bili ako sayo. also, Creative Audigy2 ZS/ZC. I'll try to assess the risks. thanks! Quote Link to comment
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