Real Noob at compys, Please help me build a computer?

penguinrusty · 09-03-2005, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidude

Asus and MSI both make great motherboards, check out this beast of a mobo- highly recommended http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130484. BTW- This is a PCI-E mobo, which is much better than AGP. I'd pair this with an ATI Radeon X800XT, that should fit your budget but deliver some great performance.

As for a hard drive, try a Western Digital

So does DFI.

**Archangel** · 09-03-2005, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidude

For a vid card try a Radeon 9800 (for AGP) or a Radeon X800 (for PCI-E).

*sniff* ..fanboy?

anyway,.. the system in my sig did only cost me about 800 eries, so i think you can get a nice ystem or the $1500 (but ok.. i did re-use my opticals, HD and case

)

my suggestion.
AMD 3500+ venice
1b dual channel RAM
Geforce 6800 or a x800 series grafics card.
500/550Watt PSU (well.. i dont know much of those

)
Asus A8V deluxe
HD,.. we'll choose the size you want.. but choose for an S-ATA, at last,.. as far as i know, they're faster. but if you go for a 250Gb Harddisc.. get one with 16Mb cache

skidude · 09-03-2005, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archangel

*sniff* ..fanboy?

You caught me!!!

drunkbum222 · 09-03-2005, 02:15 PM

Athlon 64 3200+ $190
1GB (512x2)Corsair ram-$85.90
Geforce 7800-$399
SLI motherboard-$118
80gb 7200 RPM hard drive-$55.50
Aspire X dreamer case-$59.99
Combo drive $32.99
Floppy drive $9.99

Thats a grand total of $951.37. You dont need the SLI motherboard so you can get a regular one for like $80.

skidude · 09-03-2005, 02:27 PM

^^^^^^
Drop the 7800, get just a 6800, and get a more pwerful processor.

**Archangel** · 09-03-2005, 03:07 PM

^^^^

agreed

**Lax** · 09-03-2005, 05:58 PM

6600GT 145.99$
LG775 Prescott 3.0Ghz 174.99$
Gigabyte GA-8I915G 99.99$
WD 250Gb SATA 115$
Kingston HyperX 1Gb 195$
Liteon SOHR-5239S / SOHR-5238S 26.95$
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP-II 430 76.99$
Total - 834.91$

Seperate your drives so you don't wear them out as fast as if you had a combo drive. Suggesting intel if you plan on doing much multitasking (or gaming, you won't notice the performance boost). You wanted less noise so a mobo with a passive heatsink and a low RPM HSF will cut back on that (also Intel and the Gigabyte with the pasv NB HS). The 6600 GT will yield the performance you need while not cutting into your budget, can be upgraded to a 6800NU for a little more and will yield a little better performance boost. Best thing to do with a case would be to buy it local or try and find a place that won't charge for shipping on a 15-20lb object. Almost any case will work for you so long as it's an ATX case and since you wanted a quiet case, something will smaller fans (and maybe in the neighborhood of 3-4 of them) Anything over an 80mm case fan will make a lot of noise depending on what the RPM's of the fans are set at. And you don't really need a floppy drive because they are slowly being phased out. If you really want one best buy would be on ebay for like .01$ + 4$ shipping.

**Praetor** · 09-05-2005, 09:50 AM

- AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ [ADA3800DAA5BV, $375]
- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum [$130]
- Maxtor DiamondMax10 250GB [16MB, $100]
- MSI RX800-TD256E [X800Pro, $200, $170 after rebate]
- PQi Turbo 2x512 [CL2.5, $115, $85 after rebate]
- PQi Turbo 2x512 [CL2.5, $115, $85 after rebate]
- Antec Sonata II with 450W [12V@32A, $100]
- NEC 3540A [$40]
Subtotal = $1085

pwnd

skidude · 09-05-2005, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Praetor

- AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ [ADA3800DAA5BV, $375]
- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum [$130]
- Maxtor DiamondMax10 250GB [16MB, $100]
- MSI RX800-TD256E [X800Pro, $200, $170 after rebate]
- PQi Turbo 2x512 [CL2.5, $115, $85 after rebate]
- PQi Turbo 2x512 [CL2.5, $115, $85 after rebate]
- Antec Sonata II with 450W [12V@32A, $100]
- NEC 3540A [$40]
Subtotal = $1085

pwnd

It certainly shut me up.

Johnnyboy0056 · 09-05-2005, 06:51 PM

seagate makes an excellent hdd. have you looked into serial ata connections for it....has to have them on the mobo too!!!

09-03-2005, 02:27 PM	#15 (permalink)
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09-03-2005, 03:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
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09-03-2005, 05:58 PM	#17 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 21 Posts: 2,300	6600GT 145.99$ LG775 Prescott 3.0Ghz 174.99$ Gigabyte GA-8I915G 99.99$ WD 250Gb SATA 115$ Kingston HyperX 1Gb 195$ Liteon SOHR-5239S / SOHR-5238S 26.95$ Antec TruePower 2.0 TP-II 430 76.99$ Total - 834.91$ Seperate your drives so you don't wear them out as fast as if you had a combo drive. Suggesting intel if you plan on doing much multitasking (or gaming, you won't notice the performance boost). You wanted less noise so a mobo with a passive heatsink and a low RPM HSF will cut back on that (also Intel and the Gigabyte with the pasv NB HS). The 6600 GT will yield the performance you need while not cutting into your budget, can be upgraded to a 6800NU for a little more and will yield a little better performance boost. Best thing to do with a case would be to buy it local or try and find a place that won't charge for shipping on a 15-20lb object. Almost any case will work for you so long as it's an ATX case and since you wanted a quiet case, something will smaller fans (and maybe in the neighborhood of 3-4 of them) Anything over an 80mm case fan will make a lot of noise depending on what the RPM's of the fans are set at. And you don't really need a floppy drive because they are slowly being phased out. If you really want one best buy would be on ebay for like .01$ + 4$ shipping. __________________ He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.

09-05-2005, 09:50 AM	#18 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	- AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ [ADA3800DAA5BV, $375] - MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum [$130] - Maxtor DiamondMax10 250GB [16MB, $100] - MSI RX800-TD256E [X800Pro, $200, $170 after rebate] - PQi Turbo 2x512 [CL2.5, $115, $85 after rebate] - PQi Turbo 2x512 [CL2.5, $115, $85 after rebate] - Antec Sonata II with 450W [12V@32A, $100] - NEC 3540A [$40] Subtotal = $1085 pwnd __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

09-05-2005, 06:51 PM	#20 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	seagate makes an excellent hdd. have you looked into serial ata connections for it....has to have them on the mobo too!!! __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

09-03-2005, 02:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
drunkbum222 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 277	Athlon 64 3200+ $190 1GB (512x2)Corsair ram-$85.90 Geforce 7800-$399 SLI motherboard-$118 80gb 7200 RPM hard drive-$55.50 Aspire X dreamer case-$59.99 Combo drive $32.99 Floppy drive $9.99 Thats a grand total of $951.37. You dont need the SLI motherboard so you can get a regular one for like $80.

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