Temptation

[organicmatter01]

I am considering buying a new computer and putting it together myself. For $600 I can get:

Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz processor with 800Mhz FSB
MSI motherboard with 1 8x/4x AGP slot, 5 PCI slots, and 4 DDR ram slots
2 gigs of RAM
A new case/power supply with blue LEDs, see through window and temperature monitor PrettyAny suggestions/advice from computer

Comments

[dankamongmen]

I would personally recommend an Athlon 64 rather than a P4. Hyperthreading can be great for some apps, but is murderous on others, whereas the fat 64K L1 [id]cache on an athlon 64 keeps the cache spill blues down even if one goes with a 64-bit userspace. Furthermore, using 2G with a 32-bit processor means that you'll need highmem support for address translation, whereas 64-bit kernels won't have this problem. It's highly dubious that any of your speed concerns are purely cycle-based; RAM and hard drive random access times (*especially* if one uses swap) are the usual true root of x86 architecture's bottlenecks. The IOMMU on AMD64 takes scattered DMA and smooths it like plotted curves of East Cobb demographics.

Also, I can't advise that you use SATA rather than nappy PATA too much.

[organicmatter01]

In response to your advice I have decides to go with an AMD 64 3200 "Venice." Mostly I was just leary about making the switch from intel to AMD because I have been rather satisfied with intel in the past, and completely ignorant of AMD.

Also, I am getting a mobo with both PATA and SATA because my current hard drives are PATA and I would like to be able to upgrade to SATA with future hard drive purchases. (Addtionally the mobo I have selected has a chipset that allows for SATA II)

Thanks for your advice, it was most helpful.

[dankamongmen]

Intel was and still is a great company. Their network cards as represented by the EEPRO 100 and E1000 are second to none. They really fucked up on the 64-bit train, though. AMD64 is here to stay.

Hope you like the new machine! Let it live free and run linux.

[organicmatter01]

Jonathan and Andrea have already gotten it, plus I know lots of guys that play it at legynds. We would have many friends...

[jujuyy]

if you are getting a led case, make sure it has a switch to turn the damn things off. it's really annoying to have to turn the computer off before you go to sleep every night because of the freaking blue glow escaping your case.

[fatkevin]

the words you speak make sense independently, but together, I just don't understand.

[kalaskani]

Shadow moon pvp server, horde side....join it now!

[organicmatter01]

Trust me, you will the first person I talk to once I get it.

[blackoutdaddy]

man fuck WoW, GW for life!

I suggest to take that 600 bucks and waltz down and buy a handgun, 600 would get you a nice glock. Full size, compact, Sub Compact, what ever you like.

That your could drop $315 and get a Ruger P89 9mm, though I donot endorce 9mm, but thats a decent gun. I believe they make a .40 cal or .45 cal

or get a shotgun, Remington 870 12 gauge would probably run you around 320, the Mossberg 590 would be about 60 bucks cheaper and holds one more shell, but its made out of pot-metal and is stamped, where as the Remington is finer steel that is poured and milled.

[organicmatter01]

Yeah, but my computer is getting on in its years. Its sad really because I mostly just need a new motherboard, but unfortunatly because my motherboard is so outdated it requires a whole host of other upgrades.

As far as WoW goes, I had my fill of GW. It is similar in many aspects to diablo 2, which of course I loved. Ultimately with WoW I am looking to play gemstone 3 with 3D models, and I think it will provide me that.