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A little computer advice...for a christmas gift

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A little computer advice...for a christmas gift

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My sister wants to get her boyfriend a PC for Christmas (what a nice sister, huh?), anyway...her absolute limit is $1000, that has to include everything. I did a little research on companies other than Dell. Here's what I found, and would like to know if you think this is a good deal before I make her buy it...

Abit NF7 Motherboard (LAN, Audio, USB, etc.)
512mb Dual Channel DDR RAM
AMD Athalon XP 2600+
Western Digital 80gb HD
nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128mb DDR w/TV out & DVI
NEC Dual Format DVD Burner
6-in-1 Flash media reader (they give it to you for free)
17" Viewsonic E70fb monitor
XP Home Edition
Free ground shipping

Total cost: $972

His current PC has a nice set of speakers which he bought as an upgrade, audio and LAN are onboard, plus is comes with your generic keyboard, mouse and a ATX case etc.

What do you think?


BTW, this is from CyberPower Inc. http://www.cyberpowersystems.com
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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top
...sure beats the heck out of mine...


Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now THATS funny...
Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I bet you could get one of those for under a grand
Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top
its a legit copy of course bought it from bestbuy by meaning hacked in cracked i always say that i dont like anything on my os to be default so ive changed almost 90% of my os to my personal look
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Reply #56 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok, note to admin...Whats up with the Top downloads list?

The cursor 'OrangeArrow' had more than 200 more downloads thatn ChristmasTime, but is at the bottom of the list...
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Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top
changed almost 90% of my os to my personal look


Ain't windowblinds just amazing?
Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top
yeah windowblinds is amazing but thats only what 10% of my os is altered lol
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Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top
running 4 hard drives and 2 cd roms? Impossible with your mobo.
Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top
wrong check the specs info on my mobo http://www.xpcgear.com/abitic7g.html
Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Kona....apart from that there are also ATA IDE expansion cards.

I run 4 harddrives, DVD, Burner and a zip.....still have room for one more and haven't touched the 2 serial ATA connectors yet...

Reply #63 from WinCustomize Forums Top
still have room for one more and haven't touched the 2 serial ATA connectors yet...


Pity that you have not. Lot of speed from Serial ATA drives.
Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I haven't bought any....yet...but not being silly, I've made sure to be future-proof for just a little while yet and can at least accommodate them if/when needed.

In the same vein there's 2 more ram slots that'll take 2 gig of 3200 DDR400 which will mean 3 gig at 800 bus speed to match the fsb of the MoBo.....not quite 'cutting edge' but close to it...