Computer crashed..need suggestions

Hey all,

MY computer crashed thursday. I have been looking at a HP 15.4'', 250 gb, 3gb ram with intel centrino T5750 core duo. I was going to get it for about $679.99 but they raised the price. I am loking to spen around that price but get a nice laptop. I love the Centrino processor but the AMD seems to be cheaper. Would I be going wrong with an AMD. I am using FS9. Any help would be great.

That's a tight budget to work with, but check out <a href="www.newegg.com/" target="_blank">newegg.com and see what they have to offer for the money.

i would look in to tigerdirect.com there pricing seems to be on average cheeper then new egg..i got my new rig there for next to nothing where as new egg it was going to be almst twice the price for the parts i wanted <br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: Cobalt, Aug 12, 2008 - 10:52 PM</em><!-- end editby -->

I'm sorry to hear about your computer problem Eric. Looks like you are planning on buying a laptop, since you travel a lot. I am assuming you still have the job that takes you to the Carribean!

Anyway, my suggestion to you is to go with Centrino. I think at least a couple of our guys, Mike and Eric E have laptops that they use for MSFS.

One more thing to keep in mind is that get a laptop with at least a descent video card.

Please keep us updated.

Cobalt, good to hear that you got a new system. Mind sharing what you got?

Naresh

Naresh,

sure would be happy to

MOBO:MSI K9N SLI-F Motherboard v2.0(this board is set up for the new quad cores and may get one in a year or two)
CPU:AMD A64 X2 5000+ 2.60GHz Black Edition Retail (overclocked to 3.2ghz easy I can go as high at 3.9 but i dont feel like pushing it that far lol)
RAM:OCZ SLI 2048MB PC6400 DDR2
HDD:Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB Hard Drive
Power supply:PowerUp GEN-6803 800-Watt Power Supply
VID card:XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Video Card - 256MB(with a second comming soon for SLI)
Case:Thermaltake WingRS 100 Mid-Tower ATX Case
OS: windows XP(dont trust vista quite yet i think some more work is need to that before i ever run it)


it was one of the barebones kits that we talked about in a past thread..and was one of the best ways to go took some time to put togeather but its worth it.. the only thing i had to pick out was the vid card..as i had the OS and other things like the DVD rom and such already...but other kits have those included <br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: Cobalt, Aug 13, 2008 - 12:22 AM</em><!-- end editby -->

Thanks to all who helped me with this issue! I finally got a system I think should be adequate

Processor Platform: Intel&#65533; Centrino&#65533; 2 Processor: Intel&#65533; Core(TM)2 Duo Mobile Processor Speed: 2.0GHz
Display Type: WXGA high-definition widescreen display with BrightView Infinity technology and 1280 x 800 resolution
Screen Size: 15.4"
System Bus: 1066MHzCache
Memory: 3MB on die Level 2
System Memory (RAM): 4GB
System Memory (RAM) :Expandable To 8GB Type of Memory (RAM): DDR2 DIMM
Hard Drive Type: Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
Hard Drive Size: 320GB
Optical Drive: Double-layer DVD±RW/Blu-ray Disc/CD-RW
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS NB9M-GE Video Memory: 256MB (dedicated); up to 2047MB (allocated by Windows Vista)
Built-in Webcam
Networking: Built-in high-speed 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)Wireless Networking: Built-in Intel® Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN high-speed wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g/n)
Altec Lansing Speakers Built-in
Pointing Device: Touchpad with dedicated vertical scroll pad and on/off pad
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1

So thanks for your help in this decision. I found out that you guys know a lot more than the salespeople and even HP. HP told me there is NOWAY that FS9 will run on a 64 bit system......Naresh knew better! thanks again guys you always come through.....except Grumpy..