🚀 go-pugleaf

Don't know prices offhand, but if you want a gaming cpu, get at least a
400mhz (I'd go pentium, though many will say amd), 128mb ram, a 20x cd
player (do you really need a 50x?!), a 6gb hd, and probably a regular video
card and a separate 3d.  Voodoo 3 or one of the new non 3dfx cards coming
out.
Here's some advice, don't buy it from a company such as compaq or dell.  You
could do much better (probably) to find someone who builds cpu's out of his
own shop (or bedroom) than you could buying from a money hungry corporation.
I got a killer cpu for about $800 (without a 3d card) and I even screwed it
up when I had first bought it, and he fixed it for me free!
PS.  try listing your price range
Insomniac wrote in message ...
>We're going to buy a new PC very soon so that we can network it with my
>current one. My current one got hit by me a few weeks ago, however, and set
>us back about 700 dollars in upgrades and repairs. This leads me to my
>following questions:
>
>What kind of computer should I get (cheap) that could run Quake 3
incredibly
>well?
>My current computer, a:
> Pentium 166 mhz
> 48 MB RAM
> 50x CD-ROM
> 8.6 GB
> Hercules Stingray 3D/2D/TV 8 MB 3dfx card
>should be upgraded to what?
>
>Also, could I get prices on all the items, including the 3dfx card(s)?
Don't
>forget to include network card costs, monitor costs, and the 10-base-t
cable
>prices. I also need to know where to get these items at those prices. :)
>
>--
>Asking a lot,
>Insomniac.
>
>