im prolly gonna go the dell route, and have it be maintainable by them and get what i can get for 1500 or so....
unless thats just a dumb idea, but putting something together or whatever, doesnt get me off, and would just be a major headache for me, i think On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > gotcha... and see, this is where my brain takes a left turn... thats > all almost too much > for me to care about :) haahaha, i swear, i must be the most non-geek > geek in the world. > > zero gaming. > zero sci-fi. > zero anything like that, idk, i just dont care, i want to make money > making sites, and play golf > > other than that, i just want a computer that will help me to do that > alll VERY fast, and thats it :) > > hahahaha > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Matthew Smith <chedders...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> xfire is ati, sli is nvidia, two names for the same thing. Running two >> cards with identical chipsets for (almost) twice the power. So you but a >> radeon 5770 for now, and when it is not enough to play your games, instead >> of a totally new card, you buy another 5770. A cable connects the two. It >> is considered better to get one powerful card off the bat than two weaker >> cards. two cards can cause thermal issues, and you have twice the fans so >> more noise. >> >> If you are not gaming then get the cheapest that supports your native >> resolution. >> >> Your monitor is probably 1920x1080, so the 5770 would be enough. I am using >> mine on a 24" 1920x1200 and get decent frames, though I am catching up >> playing older games. The 5870 is a damn fine card, though the 5850 holds it >> own quite well and saves you a few bucks. Any of the three would be great, >> just depends on your budget. I highly recommend xfx as they have a double >> lifetime warranty. If you sell the card, the new owner gets a lifetime >> warranty so you will get more for it on ebay. >> >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> idk, its an AOC 21" widescreen guy, with no cool connectors... my 17" >>> sony has that. >>> im so hardware dumb, that i dont know what you mean by xfire/sli >>> >>> tw >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Matthew Smith <chedders...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > What is the native resolution of your monitor. That will determine your >>> > video card, which will determine your power supply. Do you plan to >>> > xfire/sli down the line? If so that will also affect your PS choice. >>> > >>> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >> >>> >> ok. luckily... in a few months :) hopefully... there will be a new >>> >> mbpro here for me @ work. >>> >> so, this workhorse @ home, just needs to be a box, with a lotta ram, a >>> >> big ole hdd, a nice big video card, and some usb ports. >>> >> of course, dvd, etc... but thats all... im looking to spend ~1200-1500 >>> >> and thats it... i spent 899 on my last >>> >> circuit city sony box, and made well over 100k with it :) im looking >>> >> to make the same kinda investment and make even more >>> >> with this one .... i love spending little, getting a cheap box that >>> >> normal geeks would scoff at, and rather than play games >>> >> on it... BANG OUT a buncha sites, and make nice cake with it... >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Matthew Smith <chedders...@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> >> If you are on the fence, spec out a dell, then get the parts into >>> your >>> >> >> shopping basket on newegg. Do a price comparison. Is the hundreds >>> of >>> >> >> dollars you save worth it, or is the extra expense worth it for >>> >> something >>> >> >> that arrives at your door ready to go and has tech support attached. >>> >> > >>> >> > Sometimes you can also find one or two components that will save you >>> >> > substantial money. You could spec out a Dell and put very little RAM >>> >> > in it, then buy the RAM from NewEgg. That gives you a machine you >>> >> > didn't have to assemble, you just have to swap out the memory >>> >> > yourself, which is pretty easy to do. >>> >> > >>> >> > I mentioned previously that my new laptop will be a Mac. I plan on >>> >> > buying it with minimum RAM because buying pre-installed memory >>> >> > upgrades from Apple is WAY more pricey than buying it yourself. >>> >> > >>> >> > -Cameron >>> >> > >>> >> > . >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314771 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
