I will have about $1000 to spend on a new PC... help please!

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ah, back from vacation.

OK, as far as processors go..... IMO, i recommend a Pentium over a AMD, as far as i know. maybe its changed now. but Pentiums can get to higher speeds at the moment.

Pentiums run cooler, from my experience. AMD's seem to reqire more fans to keep them at a better temp. my P4 2.66 only has one fan running on it right now. altho i have others in there that i can turn on if needed.

but as im told. because pentiums run cooler they're also better for overclocking if your into that kinda thing. (shrug)


as for the monitor.............. TFT? not familiar with the term. at least not that i remember.

if its refering to a type of flat screen. LCD monitor?

monitor depends on what kinda thing you want to do with your PC. if you want to play games... CRT monitor better then a LCD, but im not sure whats ment by TFT, so just fill me in on what that is and i can help you there :P


GFX card, IMO id get a GF4 or GF FX (nv35) some might say Radion but really as long as its a newer 128MB GFX card, you cant really go wrong with either brand.