My Suggestion to Everybody

[Baal]

if your main objective is to play HL2 on your computer and want to upgrade, wait until HL2 is released! That way, say it is released in like April, you can probably get the same system then for like $300 cheaper.

I'm speaking from experience because I bought my:

*CANADIAN PRICES*

CPU: AMD Athlon-XP 2.08 Ghz Barton (2800+) Retail Price: $296.00
Motherboard: Asus A7N8X (nForce2+5PCI+AGP8X+LAN+USB2.0+Audio). Price: $176.00
Case: Enermax (Silver) CS3051L Modded Case, no P/S w/ USB, Window & Side Fan. Price: $73.00
Memory: OCZ 512MB Kit PC-3200 Dual Channel EL DDR (256 x 2). Price: $208.00
Hard Drive: WD 800JB (80GB) 7200RPM ATA-100 8MB, 3YR MFG. Price $137.00
Floppy Drive: Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive Price: $15.00

Sub Total: 970.00
Tax: 145.50
Total: 1115.5

in the summer, mainly to play HL2 but it was not released..but I could of waited and got one later for cheaper. oh well....

 

[Xtasy0]

Originally posted by Baal
if your main objective is to play HL2 on your computer and want to upgrade, wait until HL2 is released! That way, say it is released in like April, you can probably get the same system then for like $300 cheaper.

I'm speaking from experience because I bought my:

*CANADIAN PRICES*

CPU: AMD Athlon-XP 2.08 Ghz Barton (2800+) Retail Price: $296.00
Motherboard: Asus A7N8X (nForce2+5PCI+AGP8X+LAN+USB2.0+Audio). Price: $176.00
Case: Enermax (Silver) CS3051L Modded Case, no P/S w/ USB, Window & Side Fan. Price: $73.00
Memory: OCZ 512MB Kit PC-3200 Dual Channel EL DDR (256 x 2). Price: $208.00
Hard Drive: WD 800JB (80GB) 7200RPM ATA-100 8MB, 3YR MFG. Price $137.00
Floppy Drive: Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive Price: $15.00

Sub Total: 970.00
Tax: 145.50
Total: 1115.5

in the summer, mainly to play HL2 but it was not released..but I could of waited and got one later for cheaper. oh well....

yes, common sense is wonderful isnt it? although it's unfortunate that you upgraded when you did without realizing this.

 

[Baal]

yea...but the main reason I upgraded was because my sister needed a new computer because her's was way too outdated and garbage. So she got mine and I got a new one.

 

[Sgt.Igneri]

An absolutely pointless thread. Closed.