ahhh tax refunds.

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March 25th, 2003, 02:34 PM
Chris_MacMahon

ahhh tax refunds.

so the misses is getting a sizable tax return this year and is going to give me a 500$ budget i can do what i want with it..
chris wants a new computer...

Matridom has nothing but praise for the epox-8rda+, but i like to know what others think of this board as well as other boards based on the nforce2 chipset.

I would also like a decent video card, to go in this system. I don't really have a preferance, i could go with either nvidia, or ati.

so comment and sugestions on other goodies i should add?
March 25th, 2003, 02:36 PM
kato2274

what do you need to upgrade chris?

board cpu memory and video only?

the ati 9500 pro sounds like the way to go right now for video card. great value for price and will run quake 3 when it comes out.
March 25th, 2003, 02:48 PM
Stalemate

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Originally posted by kato2274
...the ati 9500 pro sounds like the way to go right now for video card. great value for price and will run quake 3 when it comes out.

I should hope so! :D

Did you mean Quake4 or Doom3?

I'm a big fan of the Asus A7N8X-DX myself.
March 25th, 2003, 02:52 PM
kato2274

Quote:

Originally posted by a d e p t
I should hope so! :D

Did you mean Quake4 or Doom3?

I'm a big fan of the Asus A7N8X-DX myself.

ooops meant doom3.

the lack of sleep associated with the new baby messes with me sometimes.
March 25th, 2003, 03:15 PM
Chris_MacMahon

upgrade, kinda...my current pc is
a7v
1.0 t-bird
384 ram
90 gig hd (2 40's and a 10)
nic
sound (creative 5.1 xgamer)
ati aiw 7500
wireless k/b
optical mouse

i just want something so i can have more then one 'decent' machine so i can make this current into a play machine, teach myself more about mandrake, win2k3, networking in general...did a job for a customer a few weeks ago that would of been smoother if i had been in practice....

i would rather make a 'decent' computer, i have a 400 watt aopen case/psu that i got for free and was looking for some decent guts to go inside of it.
edit ...the case i got at the dump/swap shop that i have written about in the past...actually saw the guy drop it off, he did'nt like what it looked like on his desk and just got a new fancy case with a window cutout and did not want this ne more...
March 25th, 2003, 03:36 PM
King Grover

xbox
March 25th, 2003, 03:59 PM
+Daemon+

could always what for the new AMD Opteron chip that comes out next month, and some cool agp 8x card and mobo
March 25th, 2003, 04:23 PM
silencio

Must be nice. I had to pay. :flame:
March 25th, 2003, 05:22 PM
Major Kong

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Originally posted by silencio
Must be nice. I had to pay. :flame:

Me too :( ...but the Mrs. & I figured we would owe, and we actually stashed back about $400 more than we needed, so we are going to split 50/50. I'm thinking new mobo and vid card. :D
March 25th, 2003, 05:40 PM
jmani

I will hopefully be completing my taxes today. It is tough this year, I sold a house had capital gains, bought a house paid a lot of taxes, fees etc. Oh yeah I also paid 6500.00 in child care. But all things said, I should get a fat refund this year.
March 25th, 2003, 05:46 PM
Budd

i've already got and spent my tax return. paid off a few bills, bought some clothes and booked a weekend (Apr 3rd - 6th) in Vegas for me and the GF. i did all that and i have $500 left over for spending money. who says taxes are a bad thing
March 25th, 2003, 07:10 PM
MacGyver

I blew my whole refund last year on a new P4 rig. This year the whole thing is going into the bank for our house fund. Yes, a real house which I will own and nobody can tell me what to do with it! Good gravy, I hate our landlord.
March 26th, 2003, 11:36 AM
Stalemate

Quote:

Originally posted by kato2274
ooops meant doom3.

the lack of sleep associated with the new baby messes with me sometimes.

LOL - Just remember which opposite ends the food goes in and comes out of. ;)

My refund this year will go on food, rent, and if there's something left over, heating. :(

How about a flat screen?
March 26th, 2003, 11:41 AM
Cleetus

What is a refund?????:confused:
March 26th, 2003, 12:08 PM
Ya_know

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Originally posted by Cleetus
What is a refund?????:confused:

It is for people that pay taxes...:p
March 26th, 2003, 12:49 PM
ephmynus

We got about $1200 back this year so the first thing I did was go buy my watercooling rig (See this thread ). I don't really know what happened but we spent $700 of it the first day :confused: Oh well, we had fun though. The rest of it went to paying off my car (We only had $700 left on it so we dropped 'em a check) so the only thing we have out on credit is our house w00t!:p
March 26th, 2003, 01:45 PM
Tacklebox

Got our refund last week, but Casa del Tacklebox needs a new roof.

easy come easy go
March 27th, 2003, 02:10 PM
Archangel42069

I got mine in february...$3500. Spent in a week. I bought a new comp(Athlon XP 2000, 512MB DDR333, 80GB WD w/8MB cache, GF4 MX onboard) and went to the casino with $400...came home with almost $2000...that magically disappeared too.
March 27th, 2003, 02:21 PM
Ya_know

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Originally posted by Archangel42069
I got mine in february...$3500.

Looks to me like you need to change what you declare on your W-4. You have way too much being withheld! Do you really want the IRS earning interest off of your money? That is roughly $290 per month post tax!
March 27th, 2003, 02:27 PM
Archangel42069

I was claiming married/1 on my w-4...went to married/2 this year, and will still probably get the same or even more. Military members who are the only ones bringing in the dough tend to get pretty big returns.

Wages, tips, other compensation
$ 18009.34
Federal income tax withheld
$ 1220.87

That is straight from my 2002 W-2...and doesnt include tho $650 I got back from South Carolina.