p4 idiot...

HackaX0rus · Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:14:04 Post Subject: p4 idiot...

i am building a pc for a friend and i cant talk him into getting an amd...so i need to know what p4 mobo and processor will be good for just surfin the web burning cd's and all that jazz...basically the equivalent of a 2500-3k athlon...thanks

LaTech · Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:11:27 Post Subject:

I have a TRS80 he can have...

Well, I take that back...I had one before I moved.

Anyway, check out NewEgg and look for anything that doesn't have PCI-E.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:28:01 Post Subject:

Many places like geeks.com and outpost.com have motherboard/cpu bundles with things in that range... and generally pretty cheap.

HackaX0rus · Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:58:18 Post Subject:

any companies specifically...or any processor cores taht i should look for?

BeerCheeze · Posted: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:19:40 Post Subject:

Any good AMD board manufacture is going to be a good Intel board manufacture. Can't go wrong with an Asus.

The rest... depends 100% on budget. If all he's doing is surfing & burning, he could even get a Celeron. (I would never do such a thing, but people do)

HackaX0rus · Posted: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:54:05 Post Subject:

i am not completely heartless...i jsut dont know comparisons...i only know amd and ati

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

tell him to go online and do his own damned research. Razz

If it were me, I'd ask him how much he wants to spend and inspect the parts he has presently and then make all the decisions for him and then, when you bring it in under budget, and it's running Halo all nice and smooth, you can tell him it's an AMD.

travis · Rated PG-13 Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 25

Yeah buy a P4 case badge slap that on there and just buy an Athlon. After about a week when he is saying he is loving his computer, hint at the fact you put an AMD in there.

edvallie · Posted: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:38:01 Post Subject:

Brilliant