September is near, Is your computer ready for Half Life 2 yet?

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Every since the first video of HL2 was released PC gamers everywhere had upgrade fever, I know I did. What parts have you bought and how much did they cost you?

Here's what I've bought and I think I'm finally done.

Intel D865PERL motherboard = $126
2.4c Pentium4 Processor = $170
768mb Kingston HyperX DDR333 = $142

Grand total of = $438

Oh yeah and I bought a new case for $57 because the one I had was a POS.
 
ive bought....nothing.....need....money....must....whore self out.....for.....penniesss..........
 
Ive brought a radeon 9600pro, hopefully ill buy a new mobo so I can have a faster CPU, but i'm scared that my current stuff will f up with the new mobo etc etc etc
 
Originally posted by simmo
Ive brought a radeon 9600pro, hopefully ill buy a new mobo so I can have a faster CPU, but i'm scared that my current stuff will f up with the new mobo etc etc etc
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What do you mean exactly? You're scared what will F up?
 
*shows sign*
"Will suck your penis for money so I can upgrade"
 
I bought a new computer. I have been wanting to build a new one for about a year and when i heard about hl2 i knew it was time.

Just got -

Athlon XP 2800+
ASUS A7N8X DX
crucial 1024ddr pc3200
9800pro 128
Blah blah disc drives harddrives etc...

i alo bought a new case.
 
I didn't buy a new computer. I didn't do anything special. I'm using my ancient 333MHz Compaq to write this though, because I reformatted my hard drive so that everything will be clean and sparkly for HL2.
 
I bought a 9600 Pro. Might get more RAM (1024 from 512) but thats mainly for rendering, not gaming.
 
For the most part. I think i am going to RMA my video card in hopes of getting a replacement that will softmod. I might wait a bit and just get what ever comes next in the mid range level.
 
im getting 512ddr, but i hope i get another $90 before hl2, because i dont want to have 1 single 512 stick.
 
built a new one.

intel D865PERL w/ RAID support (super solid, a great mobo) $150

2 sticks 512 ddr333 ram (dual channel) $125

p4 2.6ghz 800fsb w/ hyperthreading $250

geforce FX5600 256 (good card, i got a deal on it so thats why i dident go with radeon) $175

silver antec LANBOY mini tower case with smartBLUE (blue LED's) 350w PS and clear side (it also came with a free carrying strap cha-ching!) $80

memorex 52x 24x 52x cd-rw $80

SEwestern digital 80gig HD w/ 8mb cashe $100

2 antec blue LED fans, 80mm $20

windows xp home $93

$1023.00 around 1100 w/tax,shipping
got it all on newegg sept video card.
 
im waiting till the last minute so i can get the best that is out at the moment.

i was about to order this one tho (But i changed my mind to wait for better parts which would get cheaper)

for roughly 1000
p4 2.8C
512 ddr 400
9800 pro
audigy2
450watt Cheiftec
All that other crap (dvd/cd blabla mouse)
 
I'm getting a p4 2600, Radeon 9700 pro, 512 ddram and some good mobo later this month.

might upgrade later to p4 3200 and radeon 9900 and more ram.
 
Athlon XP 2800+ ASUS A7N8X DX crucial 1024ddr pc3200 9800pro 128 Blah blah disc drives harddrives etc...
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That in a nutshell is exactly what i got...wierd
 
Originally posted by jbscotchman
What do you mean exactly? You're scared what will F up?
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I'm scared that the mobo wont fit in my case, and the power supply scared me with all them wires, is there a site with a tut on putting in a new mobo safely ? :LOL:
 
^^Ah I know exactly what you mean. The power supply wires freaked me out for a long time but when I built my first system I realized theres nothing to it. Theres plenty of sites that tell you all about building PC's just search in google.
 
2.4C
Abit IS7-G
1 gig of corsair XMS PC3700
9800 pro 128mb
80 gig SATA drive, etc. etc.

I was hoping to order today but the power outage has cause a bunch of probs.
 
Bought new pc :

p4 3.0 ghz
120gb hd 7200
asus p4c800
1024 corsair twinX pc3200 ram
9800 pro 128mb
audigy 2 platinum

With speakers and monitor it came to around £2000 but i got other things with it also.

But on play.com the release date for hl2 has been changed from sept 30th, to nov 30th so i should have waited before buying my new system, ah well whatcan u do ;(
 
Originally posted by Aaron
Bought new pc :

p4 3.0 ghz
120gb hd 7200
asus p4c800
1024 corsair twinX pc3200 ram
9800 pro 128mb
audigy 2 platinum

With speakers and monitor it came to around £2000 but i got other things with it also.

But on play.com the release date for hl2 has been changed from sept 30th, to nov 30th so i should have waited before buying my new system, ah well whatcan u do ;(
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And you really believe that? Its still the 30th, until valve officially says otherwise.
 
7NJL1 APOGEE

AMD Athlon XP 3000
Chaintec7NJL1
1024 MD DDR 3200
Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 Ultra
40 GIG 10000 Rpm HD
"19" 150 herts Monitor
and my brand new 3d Goggles.

I think Im ready.
 
Originally posted by jbscotchman
Why not an FX5900 Ultra?
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cause i think everyone knows the 9800pro is better from all the goddamn flame wars we have had.
 
Originally posted by Flyingdebris
That in a nutshell is exactly what i got...wierd
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well after those im getting 2 lite on disc drives, audigy2, WD 80gig hdd SE 8mb cache
 
Originally posted by Sgt.Igneri
And you really believe that? Its still the 30th, until valve officially says otherwise.
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Yea i belive that - they seems to have release dates right all the time including delayed games. And its obvious valve are delaying it, or they wouldnt answer every email asking the release date with no comment, after they already announced it to be 30th of sept previously.
 
With everyone upgrading... Does anyone have a 512mb stick (or greater) of PC2100 RAM that you'd be willing to sell?
 
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 115€
ATX Casing 42€
512MB DDR 54,90€
DVD-drive 45.80€
Epox 8K9A 79.90€
MSI G4Ti4200-TD8X 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI 171€
 
ill be selling my old computer.

I dont know if im going to sell it as a whole or sell the parts individualy.

gefroce 4 ti4200
P4 1.7Ghz
512SD ram
SHIT ass motherboard :)
 
ASUS P4P800 Mobo
P4 3.2ghz 800FSB Processor
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
Santa Cruz Sound Card
1024mb Corsair DDR400 Ram
Maxtor 80gb 7200rpm HD
Lite-On 52x32x52x CD-RW
Samsung 16x DVD-Rom
Samsung 19" viewable Syncmaster 955df Flat CRT monitor
Logitech Dual optical mouse
fUnc mousepad
Logitech Elite keyboard

Grand Total - $1750

I'm set.
 
Hudson, I have a friend who might be willing to buy some componets from you.
 
I wont waste my time bragging about my new high-end gaming rig, so I'll just post to up my post count.

Hey thats a good deal for 1750 bud! :cheers:
 
Originally posted by [Hunter]Ridic
cause i think everyone knows the 9800pro is better from all the goddamn flame wars we have had.
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WTF? Its a matter of personal preference and just because everyone thinks the 9800pro is better doesn't mean shit. Personally I think the FX5900 Ultra is better.
 
Only had to upgrade 2 things:

256 MB DDR Ram = 512 Ram total
Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Mb = Replaces GeForce 4 MX 440-SE

Still have to get the card though.
 
Originally posted by jbscotchman
WTF? Its a matter of personal preference and just because everyone thinks the 9800pro is better doesn't mean shit. Personally I think the FX5900 Ultra is better.
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actually by now, its not even full opinion anymore. Its a word i like to call faction.

What it means is this - The 9800pro is better by fact, but some people might still think that the 5900u is the best, even though its not.

You know, its my special word.
 
^^Then by all means "prove" to me that the 9800 Pro is the better card in every aspect.
 
He didnt say evey aspect. Each card does better in some things then others. In the end the 9800 is on top. Try doing a search on google, for "9800 pro vs. FX5900" or somethng.:dozey:
 
yea, its been flamed too much. Though i will give props to the 5900u for having higher clock speeds
 
The ATI Radeon 9800 Pro is up to 15% faster at higher resolutions. At resolutions 1024x768 and lower, the cards are pretty much the same. IT HAS BEEN TESTED AND BENCHMARKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THE ATI ALWAYS (or doesnt sometimes because of the nVidia driver cheats) COMES OUT ON TOP. I don't want to start a flame war, but even CGW said that they perfer the new ATI card, and personally I think they are nVidia/Intel biased.

You can't go wrong with either card, but the fact is that the Radeon 9800 Pro is 100 dollars cheaper, has better image quality (16x AF and no sign of driver cheats), and is still faster than the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra. End of story.

Go search on google if you don't believe me, but just don't go to Tom's Hardware. Tom is a nVidia suckup.

[Hunter]Ridic: Clock speeds do not mean everything, altough I do agree that ATI should up that ante on the 9900 Pro which is supposed to come out near September/October with HL2.
 
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