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Gallente · 03-31-2006, 06:42 AM

I was planning on buying a new computer, however the thought crossed my mind to buy an HDTV and the 3 home consoles instead.

The cost of the TV and 3 consoles would end up being a bit more, however I wouldn't have to upgrade so I figure it'll come out about even.

Here's the computer I would purchase If I decided to go with it.

Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL

Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

ViewSonic VX922 Black/Silver 19" 2ms gray-to-gray (avg.); 2ms white-black-white (typ) LCD Monitor 270 cd/m2 650:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch

NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

eVGA 256-P2-N563-AX Geforce 7900GT CO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory

Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speaker

The TV I was looking at.

Panasonic TH-42PHD8UK Black 42" 16:9 Professional Series HD Plasma Display

And the 3 consoles, of course.

Now, a couple questions:

Are Plasma TVs good for gaming?

Does anyone have any experience with that specific television?

What would you, personally, do?

03-31-2006, 06:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gallente Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8	New TV or a new computer? I was planning on buying a new computer, however the thought crossed my mind to buy an HDTV and the 3 home consoles instead. The cost of the TV and 3 consoles would end up being a bit more, however I wouldn't have to upgrade so I figure it'll come out about even. Here's the computer I would purchase If I decided to go with it. Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive ViewSonic VX922 Black/Silver 19" 2ms gray-to-gray (avg.); 2ms white-black-white (typ) LCD Monitor 270 cd/m2 650:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor eVGA 256-P2-N563-AX Geforce 7900GT CO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speaker The TV I was looking at. Panasonic TH-42PHD8UK Black 42" 16:9 Professional Series HD Plasma Display And the 3 consoles, of course. Now, a couple questions: Are Plasma TVs good for gaming? Does anyone have any experience with that specific television? What would you, personally, do?