Author Topic: What would you buy with $2500? (Read 541 times)

LLv34_Camouflage · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2002, 02:35:41 PM »

The nForce MB and Radeon sound tempting, I have to look into those.

Mipoikel, sounds good! When will the Radeon be available in Finland, any idea?

Thanks guys, golden advice!

Camo

Wanker · « **Reply #16 on:** July 30, 2002, 11:56:21 AM »

Hey Camo!

$1500 for a Sony 21" monitor?

I bought an NEC FE1250+ 22" flatscreen monitor for $630 at newegg.com. I highly recommend it!

LLv34_Camouflage · « **Reply #17 on:** July 30, 2002, 04:51:38 PM »

I've learned that the best investment is a good monitor. My current 17" Nokia Trinitron is from 1994 and still as good as the day I bought it. I paid a sick amount of money for it, but its been worth it.

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Sony PREMIERPRO™ Series 21” FD Trinitron® CRT
GDM-F520
The F520 is ideal for the demanding CAD and graphic professionals. The virtually flat, high resolution FD Trinitron® CRT combined with a 0.22mm aperture grille pitch...

$1699.99

Maybe that?

Maybe not.

But I'll definately get a trinitron. The 21" G520 is around $800, prolly even cheaper if bought from the right place.

Camo

straffo · « **Reply #18 on:** July 31, 2002, 02:59:18 AM »

2500 $ ?

I would go for 3 bottles of "Domaine de la Romanée Conti La Tâche, 1996"

Turbot · « **Reply #19 on:** August 01, 2002, 02:18:25 PM »

What ever you look at check price (shipped) from http://www.newegg.com Those guys ship fast and reliably I have done almost $15,000 in business with them this year already. If you ever need to send something back they don't ask questions. Order on Monday you will have a tracking number email that night, and have it in your hands that following Thursday.

Morgoth · « **Reply #20 on:** August 03, 2002, 08:31:28 PM »

I'll second the motion to use NewEgg.com and give you a second one: MultiWave Direct. Both have treated me very well over the years.

eagl · « **Reply #21 on:** August 25, 2002, 05:09:52 PM »

If you're crazy and want more speed, get an IDE RAID controller (some mobos have them built in) and 4 of those spiffy western digital special edition drives. 8 meg cache on each, 7200 rpm... yummy. Run the 4 drives in a RAID 0+1 configuration (striping and mirroring) for speed and protection against drive failure. Or if you make regular backups, just get 2 drives and run them in RAID 0 (striping) for speed. Get a DVD+RW (4.7 gig rewritable, compatable with regular DVD drives, under $400) instead of the additional 2 hard drives and make regular backups.

I run 2 drives in RAID 0 and it's noticeably faster than a single drive.