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goBigtime · 01-01-2004, 08:49 AM

Time for me to buy/build a new box....

On the PC end I'm looking at:

P4 3.6ghz @ 1100mhz+ (ala P4 2.4c)
Abit IC7-G Motherboard (gigabit ethernet, firewire, SATA raid onboard etc)
1 gig of PC4200 DDR OCZ memory
2x SATA 160 meg drives running RAID-0
8x DVD-R/40x CD-R
1 Radeon AGP card with DVI 128mb
2 Radeon PCI cards with DVI 128mb
cordless ergo/natural keyboard and mouse
media bay (for CF/memory sticks etc)

I can do that for about $1400.

Because of the extreme overclocking there
(that 2.4c chip kicks ass) this is a pretty great
machine for $1400.

OR.....

I can buy an Apple through a friend that works there @ 30% off...

Which would bring the Dual 2ghz down to ~$2100
Dual 2Ghz
512megs ram
160GB SATA
"SuperDrive"... (4x DVD-R?)
ATI Radeon 9600 pro --w/64mb DDR

So for the apple, I would need to buy new/more ram, a new DVD-R, another hard drive & a SATA raid card (if they have one available?), a couple more video cards & my cordless keyboard/mouse etc.... figure about $600 in extras I'd need to buy.

So Apples "top of the line" for me would be ~$2700 I guess.

It's a really hard decision for me here... I've been wanting to switch to Apple ever since they went FreeBSD.

01-01-2004, 08:49 AM
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	DECISION TIME: -- Apple or PC Time for me to buy/build a new box.... On the PC end I'm looking at: P4 3.6ghz @ 1100mhz+ (ala P4 2.4c) Abit IC7-G Motherboard (gigabit ethernet, firewire, SATA raid onboard etc) 1 gig of PC4200 DDR OCZ memory 2x SATA 160 meg drives running RAID-0 8x DVD-R/40x CD-R 1 Radeon AGP card with DVI 128mb 2 Radeon PCI cards with DVI 128mb cordless ergo/natural keyboard and mouse media bay (for CF/memory sticks etc) I can do that for about $1400. Because of the extreme overclocking there (that 2.4c chip kicks ass) this is a pretty great machine for $1400. OR..... I can buy an Apple through a friend that works there @ 30% off... Which would bring the Dual 2ghz down to ~$2100 Dual 2Ghz 512megs ram 160GB SATA "SuperDrive"... (4x DVD-R?) ATI Radeon 9600 pro --w/64mb DDR So for the apple, I would need to buy new/more ram, a new DVD-R, another hard drive & a SATA raid card (if they have one available?), a couple more video cards & my cordless keyboard/mouse etc.... figure about $600 in extras I'd need to buy. So Apples "top of the line" for me would be ~$2700 I guess. It's a really hard decision for me here... I've been wanting to switch to Apple ever since they went FreeBSD.