Help Im stuck! :(

[Chicken Legs]

Im building my first computer at the mo but im stuck on a good but cheap proccer to go with my Chaintech ct-7vjl motherboard. Does ne one have any recommomdations on which to get, Im building the puter more for gaming purposes. Many Thanks.

[Sydog]

An T-Bred 1800+ is a good choice, cheap and you can oc the **** out of em

[Chicken Legs]

Thanks, ill look round for one.:)

[KingJackal]

When you say cheap, exactly how cheap do you mean? The XP1800+s are a cheap processor compared to an XP2200+, but not compared to a Duron....
( though they're obvously also faster than the Duron and slower than the XP2200+ ;) )

[Chicken Legs]

Im looking at about $200 - $350:)

[Humantuckshop]

Well, you can get a whole lot of CPU for tree-fitty!

Personally I would get the XP1800+ T-Bred. Only about $160. Save the rest for better sounds or put it towards more RAM, etc...

[Oh-Sigh-Ris]

any ideas on who has Tbred-A 1800+ CPU's atm? ive asked ETC and QMB and neither have them and waiting for reply from starlyte but I'm not hopeful.

[[C]harlie]

i have 1800+

it pwns

[Humantuckshop]

Originally posted by Oh-Sigh-Ris
any ideas on who has Tbred-A 1800+ CPU's atm? ive asked ETC and QMB and neither have them and waiting for reply from starlyte but I'm not hopeful.



NFC have T-Bred A's, but someone here had a bad experience with NFC. If I remember correctly they sent him a Palomino instead of a T-Bred A. :p Understandably he was mighty pissed off. ;)

[MrThc]

I think Rob @ StylesPC (http://www.stylespc.com/contact.asp) can get the 1800+ T-Breds at the moment

[Oh-Sigh-Ris]

well that was strange.

after emailing heaps of ppl who all said "No, we don't have Tbred 1800+'s" i had resigned myself to getting a palomino.

I amble into QMB after having a hell of a lot of trouble finding my way across auckland to get there, and then finding a car park. I order 2 sticks of PC2100 RAM, an 1800+ CPU and a 300w Hyena power supply. It'll do the job for a month or two till i get a new one. I pay my $419.63.

Have a quick glance at the CPU as i put it in my glovebox for safekeeping on the journey home. Hang on, its got a rectangular core. Have a read of the code - AIUGA 0242XPAW - and realize its a Tbred. Well ain't that just cool. Apart from the fact it was the cheapest 1800+ in NZ at $154.13 inc GST, i get the CPU i need in the finish anyway.

So, if you go and get an 1800+ from QMB, you might just get lucky :D

[Elle T]

Originally posted by Oh-Sigh-Ris
I order 2 sticks of PC2100 RAM, an 1800+ CPU and a 300w Hyena power supply. It'll do the job for a month or two till i get a new one.


I hope you kept your recept as Hyena are well known for blowing up & frying the rest of your system.

[Wibber]

dunno bout the frying, only head of that happening a few times, but dont expect got get very long life out it, esp if you run alot of components

[Oh-Sigh-Ris]

As I said, it will do the job for a month or two till i get a new power supply. It's just I was on a tight budget parts wise, and couldn't afford the $140 odd for a better power supply.

[Crepa]

200-350 $'s?i'd get an athlon xp- 2600+ , at www.tigerdirect.com they are $299.00

[Wibber]

dude $350 nz = $175 us

[Chicken Legs]

Thanks all, Well iv learnt lots and im out hunting your ideas.

Thanks.

CL