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Sir. AlphaWhiskey
07-25-2007, 05:03 PM
Its time to put this old gateway to rest, its ran a hard 3 years and the dust is getting thinker ( and i can afford the upgrades).

So help me out, i need a new computer and i need it around $1,200.
Sir. Legolas
07-25-2007, 05:04 PM
uhm.... get 300$ more and you win
Sir. Sashdaman
07-25-2007, 05:05 PM
Yes and No.

Yes if your Birthday is near. No if it's not.
Sir. XaliaS
07-25-2007, 05:05 PM
Under $600...
It might just be UK prices but I doubt your get something brand new to play games under £300 over here.
Sir. MatDef
07-25-2007, 05:08 PM
600 is not going to be possible for a completely new machine, the lowest you could go would most likely be 1k.
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
07-25-2007, 05:18 PM
:mellow:

I'll count my money tonight.
Sir. Cheesecake
07-25-2007, 05:49 PM
If you can upgrade anything, 600 is a cpu & mobo and perhaps ram.
Elxx
07-26-2007, 01:19 PM
I made a very respectable Athlon64 system a couple years ago with $600, transplanting the hard drives and CD drive from an old family computer. If you can pull some components from the Gateway into this one, you might be able to get close if you don't ask for MatDef's advice :p

It's probably much better and more futureproof if you work towards scrounging up the extra cash for a brand new machine though.
superj358
07-26-2007, 03:51 PM
well do you think that with $600 you can build a PC thats good enofe to run firefox????
Sir. Chauncey
07-26-2007, 05:12 PM
well do you think that with $600 you can build a PC thats good enofe to run firefox????

You idiot. I did the same as Elxx did a few years back. Had a budget of $530 to build a gaming PC. Took the hard drive out of my PS2 and used an ancient CRT monitor. Had an AMD Athalon64 6200+ I think it was. Ran BF2 just fine.
Tasty
07-26-2007, 05:37 PM
How big was the PS2 HD?
Sir. Slug
07-26-2007, 05:48 PM
Probably anything between 5 and 20 gigs is my guess.
Sir. MatDef
07-27-2007, 02:23 AM
You idiot. I did the same as Elxx did a few years back. Had a budget of $530 to build a gaming PC. Took the hard drive out of my PS2 and used an ancient CRT monitor. Had an AMD Athalon64 6200+ I think it was. Ran BF2 just fine.

Man you crack me up, a 6200+? :laughing::laughing::laughing:

A few years ago you had a processor that amd still hasn't made yet (just getting ready to launch a 6400+).
Sir. Cheesecake
07-27-2007, 10:48 AM
I was going to say that. Thats one hell of a CPU for a few years back
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
07-28-2007, 10:50 AM
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7080/albumel0.jpg

Thats what i came up with. Im keeping my HD's and speakers. Can't find a network card.
Sir. MatDef
07-28-2007, 08:26 PM
I hope to god you didn't actually buy that.
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
07-28-2007, 08:52 PM
Nooooooooooooo matdef!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aggggggagagaaaaaaa
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
08-04-2007, 02:46 PM
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/6856/800pxf14tomcatvf312006em8.jpg

Why is BIOS Power-Start-Up test not launching?
Sir. Cheesecake
08-04-2007, 02:53 PM
It could be a million different things. Does your system power up at all?
Bobcat
08-04-2007, 03:34 PM
Because you didn't mount the RAM yet...
Sir. Cheesecake
08-04-2007, 03:54 PM
Lol. Yes you have to close the clips on the ram. Might have to push somewhat hard but its what you have to do.
Bobcat
08-04-2007, 03:58 PM
fhwqgad...

Edit: Never mind, Cheese got it figured...
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
08-04-2007, 04:40 PM
Yes, the system starts up and i did mount the RAM. Hopefully.
Sir. Jameslcfc
08-04-2007, 05:05 PM
Do you have the right type of RAM?
Sir. MatDef
08-04-2007, 06:58 PM
Did you plug in the heatsink fan? It has a little plug on the mobo where it's supposed to go.
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
08-06-2007, 05:25 PM
Well i almost melted my CPU. I had the fan installed and working long enough to play some games and get XP up to date and such. I called Intel, they're shipping thermal greese since mine doesn't have any (supossibly why it overheated in the first place...:confused:). Should have everything up and running in a couple of days.
:)
Sir. MatDef
08-07-2007, 11:56 AM
Well i almost melted my CPU. I had the fan installed and working long enough to play some games and get XP up to date and such. I called Intel, they're shipping thermal greese since mine doesn't have any (supossibly why it overheated in the first place...:confused:). Should have everything up and running in a couple of days.
:)

The stock intel heatsink has a thermal pad already attached to the bottom, why on earth would you need more paste?
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
08-07-2007, 04:05 PM
I thought it melted so i wiped it down and put it back in, now it overheats in 45seconds.

:unsure:
Sir. Side
08-07-2007, 04:11 PM
I thought it melted so i wiped it down and put it back in, now it overheats in 45seconds.

:unsure:

HAHA!!! smart move :p
Sir. MatDef
08-07-2007, 04:36 PM
I thought it melted so i wiped it down and put it back in, now it overheats in 45seconds.

:unsure:

WTF! It's supposed to melt you dumbass, thats why it's there.

Never build another machine again, I'm amazed you didn't destroy this one already.
Sir. Cheesecake
08-07-2007, 05:57 PM
the gray goo was supposed to be there and its supposed to melt and make sweet love with the smooth side of your cpu. Without the goo, its like anal sex , not very fun.
Sir. The-W
08-07-2007, 06:21 PM
hahaha
Sir. AlphaWhiskey
08-07-2007, 07:00 PM
I know that now, i never built a system before matdef so go easy, im only 14.
Sir. Fritz
08-08-2007, 10:32 AM
A word of advice for the next computer you build if you ever do: Do some god-damned research before buying.
Sir. Legolas
08-17-2007, 03:01 AM
i was like 9 when i built my first computer... :P i think it was a P1...