what hardware are you going to buy in 2005...?

[DukeLeto]

I found an even better computer for my parents: My Gateway. :P

After I sell it to them (for about $1100 - not a bad price, really), I hope to be getting this:

Dell Inspiron 9300 -

Sonoma/Alviso Pentium-M 750 (1.86GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)

2GB Dual-Channel DDR533 RAM (buying aftermarket - Dell's RAM is a rip off)

100GB 5400RPM Hard drive

GeForce Go6800 256MB PCI-E 16x (I'll be overclocking this to Ultra levels, of course)

17" WSXGA+ TFT Ultrabright Glossy LCD

Glorious... :)

[d3m0nger]

6800Go is alot better than a 6800Ultra

[DukeLeto]

Well yes, I suppose I should say "overclocking to GF Go 6800 Ultra levels."  (Yes, the GF Go6800 Ultra does exist; it's used in the Dell XPS2 and the Alienware Area51-m 770.)

[Kiyouta]

I might be getting a wad of cash to upgrade my comp before I go to Uni as I won't be getting a laptop.

This is what I've got planned:

AMD (Venice) Athlon 64 3500+ 939pin 512Kb L2 Cache 90nm Retail Boxed Processor With 3 Year Warranty and Fan Included. 88107

[Andrew]

I might be getting a wad of cash to upgrade my comp before I go to Uni as I won't be getting a laptop.

I would recommend people going to my university and taking Business Administration to get a laptop by the start of 3rd year university. It makes life so much easier. A definite must if the person was traveling to school. I was in a group of 6 for one class and we had to borrow a laptop several times in order to do group projects.

[GhostHunter]

Getting a Pentium 4 1.5ghz, 600 ram, ATi 9800, and Soundblaster Live! for 30 bucks from my friend. w00t.

[veK]

I have sold most of my gaming pc components now. but the heart is still available: shuttle barebone, cpu & ram

take a look:

http://search.ebay.de/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZprojectQ2dmedusa

contact me via ebay if you are interested and I'll check on costs for worldwide shipping  :)

[Nyarlathotep]

Motherboard: DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR

Motherboard tests on Tomshardware

RAM: Corsair XMS2 CM2X512A-5400UL (1gb minimum)

Processor (AMD): Athlon 64 FX-57

Graphics: Geforce 7800 GTX (2 of those for SLI).

Western Digital Caviar SE16 (400GB) (4 of those)

Plextor PX740A DVD recorder

BenQ FP937s+ 19" LCD monitor

Waiting till quarter 3 though, so few changes may apply.

[veK]

nice stuff nya...

but I would go for some decent ocz ram instead of corsair. corsair is very good, but ocz is often a little faster. the good ocz ram wins most of the tests and is excellent for overclocking. you can also raise the voltage and up to a given level above the normal voltage and still keep ocz lifetime guarantee - with very good rma services...

I was very happy with my ocz too and would never buy anything else again.

go check out a good kit @ www.ocztechnology.com

[Egeides]

Hardware? Well... my desktop is 5 years now, so it's time to get a laptop :)

[Nyarlathotep]

nice stuff nya...

but I would go for some decent ocz ram instead of corsair. corsair is very good, but ocz is often a little faster. the good ocz ram wins most of the tests and is excellent for overclocking. you can also raise the voltage and up to a given level above the normal voltage and still keep ocz lifetime guarantee - with very good rma services...

I was very happy with my ocz too and would never buy anything else again.

go check out a good kit @ www.ocztechnology.com

True, but this type of Corsair has been tested recently on Tomshradware and was tested as a good overclocking memory, hence why I choose it..

[Megashrap]

If all goes well, hopefully I will have this in a month or so...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16889107001

[veK]

maybe I'll switch notebooks soon. dunno yet but might be possible.

just bought a new headset, a new mobile phone with a new contract including a 3g umts flatrate and it seems like I'll be getting a new keyboard...

[veK]

so... when I'm back home later, I'm gonna pick up my new keyboard at the neighbour.

yesterday I also ordered the new sony vaio tx1xp subnotebook... very stylish. I'll make some photos and put them onto my page as soon as everything is set up and I have some time (very busy till mid of december)...

here you go, some nice pictures and a good review. this notebook kicks ass:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?head=36&page=4430

[veK]

you know what is funny?

by the time I started this thread I had some plans for new hardware. now it's november and I almost spend triple the money I once planned ang changed my hardware so much...

now I got my brandnew business notebook. this is the most sexiest thing I have ever seen (women not included in the the term "thing"  ;) )

tomorrow I'll make some photos and put them online