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Offline BigCrate

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« on: January 17, 2002, 03:07:46 PM »
What would be the slowest yet uasble speed of a computer to run AH??? I'm looking for a new used computer and I have like $275 to spend I have the monitor and keyboard and stuff just need the computer itself..

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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2002, 03:20:04 PM »
You want to buy a computer for $275? good luck


the lowest i'd go is around 400mhz, 64ram, and a tnt1.
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2002, 03:45:00 PM »
Well i need to do something grandma gettin pissed at me takin over her computer.. hehehhehe :)

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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2002, 03:53:21 PM »
PII 333 or better for AH

or you could get one of these
http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/10000/
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2002, 07:43:00 PM »
Be nice to Granny, and maybe she will give you a loan.  I would build my own.  Check out http://www.pricewatch.com  

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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2002, 08:07:42 PM »
Yer gonna come up a little short...

Do you have a case and power supply?

List EVERYTHING you have, and then maybe we can point you in the right direction.
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2002, 09:35:55 PM »
I have a HP pavilion 7050 with a Intel 100 mhz pentium processor
24 megs of ram
1.6 gig hard drive
8x cdrom drive
floppy drive
PCI local bus video
and the case

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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2002, 09:36:55 PM »
and I'm using it right now to post this :)

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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2002, 10:03:15 PM »
so you have a
harddrive
a cdrom
a floppy drive
and a case

you'll need a motherboard, ram, processor, vid card and sound card. (am i forgetting something?)

 you can get a soundblaster live for  <40
 a decent vid card for < 100
 256 megs of ram for about 55

 that leaves a motherboard and processor(no idea what the lower end ones are gonig for these days. maybe somebody else can be of more help)
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2002, 10:35:58 PM »
$275 is not a lot to work with.  If I only had that much, I'd be looking on Ebay or something for used stuff.  You could probably get some decent used components to put together a system for that much.
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2002, 11:53:50 PM »
$275 ?

Buy $273 worth of lottery tickets.

Keep $2 for coffee!

:D


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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2002, 10:25:02 AM »
And I'm guessing that your HP pavillion has a Baby-AT case, so you will need a new case to fit an ATX board, and your powersupply is probably about 150watts, so you need a new powersupply...

You can find all of this at newegg.com

BIOSTAR M7VKD AMD VIA KT133A VIV 686-B 266MHZ FSB SOCKET A ATX - RETAIL - $64

AMD Duron 800MHz Socket A PGA Processor-OEM Version - $39

KINGSTON VALUERAM 128MB PC133 SDRAM - OEM - $28

Siluro Nvidia Geforce2 Mx200 32mb - $44

CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER LIVE! 5.1 - OEM - $32

Cooler Master DP5-5G11A AMD Socket A Processor Fan with Heatsink - $5

EVERCASE E4252WEF25, Intel P4 / AMD, 10-Bay, 300W P4, Truely Screwless ATX MID Tower Case. - $40


I don't think I missed anything (though you might want to add a case fan for another $5)... So...

Grand Total: $252 - That leaves you with $23 for shipping.

Now, I know NOTHING about any of these products, and am making no implication that this setup wouldn't be a real pain in the ass.  I'm also not saying it WOULD be a pain in the ass.  All I'm saying is that this is the list of parts you need, and this gets you in under your budget.
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« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2002, 01:38:19 PM »
Badass thnx alot :)

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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2002, 01:46:14 PM »
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Originally posted by capt. apathy
so you have a
harddrive
a cdrom
a floppy drive
and a case
you'll need a motherboard, ram, processor, vid card and sound card. (am i forgetting something?).


A monitor
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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2002, 02:08:28 PM »
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Originally posted by Aurelius

A monitor

Originally posted by BigCrate

I'm looking for a new used computer and I have like $275 to spend I have the monitor and keyboard and stuff just need the computer itself..



I just realized though, unless your current PC has a PS2 keyboard connection (little, like the mouse) or you have an AT to PS2 adapter for the keyboard, you will need a new keyboard.
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