help build comp for ffxi ><

[xXx]

well i am geting my copy of ffxi next month or so..well while waiting for it i would like to get a better computer to improve the graphics in the game when i play it cause i know my computer arent really capable of playing the game atm ^^: so please help.. i can only spend around $1200-1400 and can anyone help and give the best result of getting a comp that can run ffxi very smoothly ^^ thx =):thumbsup:

[Mithrankittycat]

Burn money!!! (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mithrankittycat/7425.html)
pricewatch.com and googlegear.com

[--Amun-Ra--]

Alienware seems to be the way to go....that is if you dont want to build. Alienware is pretty cheap now so heres a link. Hope i can help. http://www.alienware.com

[Ranmas]

If you know enough to build your own computer forget about alienware.

Do like Mithrankittycat said and go too pricewatch.com. I don't know about googlegear.com I haven't used it.
but for about $800 Not icludeing a new monitor, OS, Keyboard and mouse. I built a damn good computer. Here is what it included.
case with 500watt power supply
AMD athlon xp 2800+ 333mhz
Motherboard
512mb 333mhz ddr ram
Soundblaster audigy2
cd-rw
dvd-rom
modem
nic
Radion 9800 128mb

You could probably get the fastest cpu that amd has and have it cost you a bit over $1000 if thats what you wanted. But you deffinatly get more for your money when you build it for yourself.

Now if you wanted a new monitor you can get them as cheap as $69 on pricewatch and a new keyboard and mouse isn't all that much if you really think you need new ones. The only other expenive thing is the OS but you have one on your current computer. So you could use it untill you decided to get XP.

edit:
Oops I forgot to put the hard drive up there. It was an 80gb hard drive....

[SolidSnake207]

Whoa 800 with that Radeon card now I know what im spending my next pay check on

[Shiro_Hayate]

where do you live? if you live in Canada Ontario you can go to a place called Pacific Mall (it's an asian mall though) However the computer stuff they sell in there is extremely cheap. I got an LCD 19 inch for 400 bucks non used.

[SolidSnake207]

That sounds great and all but I am in NYC.

[Kimahriii]

DO NOT BUY ALIENWARE they over charge by at LEAST 500 bucks. If you can build it your self I suggest a 2.8ghz athlon Radeon 9800 pro or Geforce4 Ti4600 1gig of DDR ram whatever size HDD you want just make sure its at least 7200rpm. That setup should cost you around 1,000bucks and be able to run FFXI at highest graphics no problem.

[SolidSnake207]

Hmm... Heres what I have........

Processor: Athlon 2400+ 2.0GHz (thinking about moving it up a bit kinda slow ;) )

Motherboard: Shuttle AN35N ...... whatever it comes with AGP8x on board lan/video(i wont use nforce2)/sound(which i wont use either)

CDRW: Lite on 52x24x52

DVD: 16x

Hard Drive: MaxtorDiamondMax 120GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA/133

Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer 2 6.1

all for..................................$420.00 and they all have 2nd day free shipping........ This kicks ass!!

Anyway is their something im missing I can't really think at the moment. Don't even bother metioning the video card i have one in mind but not willing to add 500 dollars to the price.

[SolidSnake207]

Hmm. RAM.... I'll just buy a 512 DDR333 and get 2 more 256 from the office.... I'll have 1GB Ram hahahah!!....

[Shiro_Hayate]

lol I have 2 512 mb sticks or RDRAM =P screw you ppl and your DDR!

[SolidSnake207]

Just added the ram and changed the processor to a Athlon XP 2700+. Currently at $564.00 including shipping. YATTA!!! Now all I need is a case, some wires, and that sweet Radeon card....

[devils_pickel]

I live in Quebec, Canada. Is there a good online shop like newegg.com in Canada? Newegg doesnt ship here, or US shops that do it is for 60$US. I hate shipping cost.

Its simple, I need an ASUS P4P800 motherboard and an Intel 2.4Ghz with 800FSB CPU. Thats not too difficult to find, no?

[SolidSnake207]

So what to buy ATI Radeon 9800 256MB for $449.00 or 128MB for $372.50? I dont think ill ever need 256 but....

[devils_pickel]

If u buy 256mb, u wont use them! 128mb is enough, believe me.

Can someone help me with my shopping problem? Plz

[xXx]

heyyy!! i live in toronto too and i often go to pacitic mall --;! maybe every week go like like once or soo...yeah i will check out the store there and hopefully buy a new comp befor my ffxi comes!! YAY!! woho lolz anywais....yeah thx for the help guys and hopefully see u all in jp server sometime next month!! and btw how much is the feed that i have to pay to go on again??

[Ranmas]

Snake man those are awfull prices to pay for that radeon card..... In fact that $372 is $100+ more expensive than what you can get it for at www.pricewatch.com :sweat:

Go there will you not be disappointed.

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there you are. Three places with that card for more than $100 cheaper than the price you listed:cool:

Or go with the Geforce FX 5900 128mb for $358 once again at pricewatch.com

[SolidSnake207]

Thanks for the info i'll definately look into it.

[Mylan]

Is Pacific Mall in Chinatown on Spadina? If so, where?

[--Amun-Ra--]

yeah your right, alienware is way overpriced...i wish they just sold the cases they use, that would be col. Does anybody got a link to any cool cases?