Yep, I’m buying a new PC. My home desktop, if you can believe it, is almost 7 years old. It’s a Celeron 433, I remember clearly I opted for it over the 466 to save something like RM40. Along the way, I’ve changed the motherboard and mouse once, and only a few months ago changed the 17†monitor. This is not to mention the countless re-formats over the years.
It runs Windows 98 perfectly well, and it still has those addictive window games that were once the staple of bored office workers, like WordZap and TetraVex.
Anyway, I’m getting a new one soon. It’s not going be a kick-ass one, I hardly have time for stuff like DOTA or Half-Life, but it’s adequate enough for the latest Championship Manager or Civilization 4. I’m getting a 17†LCD monitor, although my friend Boone says it’s not that great for games, but I reckon it’s good for your eyes.
Thinking back over the years, my very first one back in 1985, that was actually an Apple II. The second one I bought in university, it was a 386SX with a maths co-processor (although I don’t think I ever fully used its full capabilities). That one lasted quite a bit, with a lot of upgrading courtesy of Plaza Imbi. Then for some time after it died, I was PC-less, since I was mostly using the office PCs. Then in 1999 I bought the current one, cost me about RM2400, I think. That was until now, but in the last few years I’ve also been using a notebook.
I still keeping the old PC even after my new one is set up, probably let my kids go wild with it with their ‘edutainment interactive games’ featuring Mickey Mouse or Barney the Pervert Dinosaur or something like that. Keeps them occupied while I play my Civilization.
[tags]PC, Pentium, Civilization, Chanmpionship Manager, Windows, Celeron, Apple, DOTA[/tags]
12 Comments
lilian
Me too! My Dell Dimension is five years old and I am thinking of rewarding myself from the money I earned from paid post for a more kick-ass with graphic cards. But cannot decide to get another Dell with Windows Vista or get a clone one with super kickass graphic cards. How? What do you think? Licensed, clone?
mama23beas
Eh, Civilisation 4 already ka? Think hubby is still stucked at 2, kesian him…wifey don’t let him play, got to share housework and babysitting…hehe!
inevitable
Get a Core 2 with 1 gig RAM!!!
Infectioner
old tak pigi, new wont come XD
CLF
Civilization series is a great game!
Danny Foo
My budget for a new machine is RM3500-4000 which I hope to get by middle this year (prays to God of Wealth). Then to last me another 3-5 years with simple future upgrades.
Just to share with you incase you’d like to know:
FORTRON 400W POWER SUPPLY
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
CORSAIR 2 x 1GB PC-3200 VS CL2.5
2 x SATA 2 160GB
PALIT NVIDIA 7900GS Sonic 256MB
SB Live! Audigy 4
Praetorian Silver
Should be enough for most games. 😀
Silencers
One thing you remember for your new PC – lots of hard disk space for your anime!
simon
lilian – i dun particularly like dell, their ads always have all these fine print and asterisks that make them seem cheaper than they really are. but if you can afford it, of course it’s preferable to clone lor. but for me tight bajet…
inevitable – yep, i choosing duocore over the P4. it’s the lowest specs, but i reckon it’s still worth the money.
mama23beas – civ2 is a great game. but it’s like 12 years old oredi, innit? i use to spend like 24 hours playing it in uni.
infectioner – eh not true, my old one still okay, only cannot play 99.9% of the games oni ma…
CLF – alright! another fan!! it’s one of those games that eat up all your time that you’re supposed to be doing other stuff like sleeping and… going to work.
danny – wow, you just made a envious, you know that? 🙂 your budget’s double mine, but i really like corsair. that’s kick ass hardcore, man.
silencers – i’m well prepared for that eventuality – i’ve a DVD writer!!!
Boone
It’s about time. I changed mine 3 years ago, but still keeping my trusty Celeron 366. Pity they just changed the tax rebate structure regarding PC purchase, from a downright 500 bucks rebate, to the present RM3000 or 3500 relief.
Duo core is the way to go, get lotsa RAM (1GB min – better 2GB for future). Get that broadband service too, then you ‘ll really rock!
AOE, finally?
cjcm
Yes….Get lots of HDD and RAM. If have extra money, good graphics acclerator helps too 🙂
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