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Brand New Computer!

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 23:21
by xidontcarex
as some of you might still remember, my old pc broke down the other day, but instead of spending 100bucks replacing a powersupply which would have fixed the problem, my parents wanted me to get a brand new computer, so i was like hey, why not?

Price:900something
Processor:AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor 3.20GHz
Ram: 8gb
Video Card:ATI Radeon HD 6850
PowerSupply:700W
Haddrive: 1TB
System type: Windows 7 64bit

worth it? No? comments? :P

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 23:22
by Lord_Mountbatten
No idea. I hate trying to make anything out of specs.

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 23:37
by xidontcarex
Heres the weird thing, i get lower FPS on mc than on my bro's computer, but yet my computer SHOULD be running faster than he is, as hes computer is only a quad core processor with 4gb ram while i have a hex core processor with 8gb ram o.o just dont really make sense to me...

Unless he has a better video card than me... but i dont think thats the case

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 23:38
by 697134002
I have one word for you:

Notch.

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 01:47
by MKindy
You might be able to get a better deal if you have parts now that can go in your new machine. For instance, do you need a new hard drive, or do you have plenty of space on your current one? Do you need a case, or can you remove everything from your current computer and put new stuff in? Do you have a current Windows CD so that you don't have to re-purchase the OS, or can purchase an "upgrade" version at a reduced cost?

Newegg currently has a bundle with that same processor -- only thing it lacks is a video card, 4gb RAM, and a Windows key: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBund ... mbo.719555 Amazingly, Windows and the video card by themselves, brand new, are about $360 total.

If you already have a hex core computer, and your parents are suggesting getting a new one, please ask them how much you can sell the old one for, I might be very interested in buying it. <3

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 09:07
by Aenir_bEPU
Like Kindy said, only buying the parts you need will save you a ton of money.

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 14:03
by Darktaint
if your brothers cores are faster then yours, his mc will run better. This is due to notch only coding so mc use's just one core. *Sadface*

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 20 Aug 2011, 15:32
by Wildwill002
I want your parents. Ive had to start a donation thing just to get £40 for a new cpu :'(

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 11:27
by xidontcarex
MKindy wrote:You might be able to get a better deal if you have parts now that can go in your new machine. For instance, do you need a new hard drive, or do you have plenty of space on your current one? Do you need a case, or can you remove everything from your current computer and put new stuff in? Do you have a current Windows CD so that you don't have to re-purchase the OS, or can purchase an "upgrade" version at a reduced cost?

Newegg currently has a bundle with that same processor -- only thing it lacks is a video card, 4gb RAM, and a Windows key: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBund ... mbo.719555 Amazingly, Windows and the video card by themselves, brand new, are about $360 total.

If you already have a hex core computer, and your parents are suggesting getting a new one, please ask them how much you can sell the old one for, I might be very interested in buying it. <3
lol the specs shown above is the new computer which im currently using now, The old computer i had that broke down was very different, if i still remember the specs it was something like:

2.8GHz Dual core processor, 4gb ram, windows vista 32bit, ATI radeon 1650, the worst part, is that its HDD only had 70gb(This was my cousin's old computer that he didnt want) i had to throw in another 250gb HDD just to get my games downloaded lol

The only thing that broke down in my old computer was the powersupply, things literally melted in there, i coulda fixed it, but my parents said it was an old computer, so just get a new one...
Darktaint wrote:if your brothers cores are faster then yours, his mc will run better. This is due to notch only coding so mc use's just one core. *Sadface*
Im pretty sure its about the same speed, if speed is how much GHz it runs in, then yea both of ours is the same thing o.o i did find 1 that had 3.3GHz that could be boosted to 3.7GHz, but i didnt like the fact that it had no reviews, as i did buy this off of newegg.com

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 12:50
by Aenir_bEPU
You already have 4GB ram, why not re-use them and just buy 4 more?

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 13:13
by xidontcarex
well, the computer came with 8gb o.o and i might fix up that old computer so i would have 2 computers lol

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 14:24
by Aenir_bEPU
Wait you already bought the computer?

What's the point of this thread then?

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 14:44
by MKindy
xidontcarex wrote:well, the computer came with 8gb o.o and i might fix up that old computer so i would have 2 computers lol
How much would you take for the old computer? I'm interested in buying. :)

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 19:59
by xidontcarex
idk if im actually gonna sell it atm, ill have to think about that, XP ill get back to you on that 1

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 21:33
by MKindy
xidontcarex wrote:idk if im actually gonna sell it atm, ill have to think about that, XP ill get back to you on that 1
Ok :3

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 15:51
by Byroe
one question. can it run Arma 3?

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 16:07
by Aenir_bEPU
Better question: can it run Crysis?
The original of course, we don't acknowledge what some of you think you may have seen earlier this year.

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 20:15
by xidontcarex
Aenir_bEPU wrote:Better question: can it run Crysis?
The original of course, we don't acknowledge what some of you think you may have seen earlier this year.
The original crysis 1 i can definitely run it, on highest quality too, i have a copy of it, and i already test it, Crysis 2 i have no idea as i dont have the game, wanna donate 60$ so i can test? :D
Byroe wrote:one question. can it run Arma 3?
never heard of the game, but pretty sure it can

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 20:21
by Zehydra
xidontcarex wrote:Heres the weird thing, i get lower FPS on mc than on my bro's computer, but yet my computer SHOULD be running faster than he is, as hes computer is only a quad core processor with 4gb ram while i have a hex core processor with 8gb ram o.o just dont really make sense to me...

Unless he has a better video card than me... but i dont think thats the case

I've noticed that Video card quality is rather important if you want a good FPS with Minecraft. My cousin also got a new-ish laptop that was pretty good, except that he had a generic-out-of-blockbuster less than 1 G graphics card.

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 22 Aug 2011, 20:24
by Aenir_bEPU
xidontcarex wrote:
Aenir_bEPU wrote:Better question: can it run Crysis?
The original of course, we don't acknowledge what some of you think you may have seen earlier this year.
The original crysis 1 i can definitely run it, on highest quality too, i have a copy of it, and i already test it, Crysis 2 i have no idea as i dont have the game, wanna donate 60$ so i can test? :D
Crysis 2 does not exist.

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 05:09
by vallorn
Crysis 1 is harder to run than Crysis 2.

that is all. :)

a better question is. how many Cats can it support in Dwarf Fortress without the framerate chugging? ;)

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 08:44
by xidontcarex
vallorn wrote:Crysis 1 is harder to run than Crysis 2.

that is all. :)

a better question is. how many Cats can it support in Dwarf Fortress without the framerate chugging? ;)
i would test that, but i have no idea what dwarf fortress is o.o

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 09:21
by vallorn
xidontcarex wrote:
vallorn wrote:Crysis 1 is harder to run than Crysis 2.

that is all. :)

a better question is. how many Cats can it support in Dwarf Fortress without the framerate chugging? ;)
i would test that, but i have no idea what dwarf fortress is o.o
this cannot be allowed to continue! TO THE GOOGLEMOBILE! 8-)

Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 12:17
by Aenir_bEPU
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Re: Brand New Computer!

Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 21:55
by xidontcarex
i dled it, and its sooo confusing to me, no idea whats going on, and dont think ima bother trying lol XP, maybe find other ways to test this computer's speed lol