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04-26-2006, 02:40 AM
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New Build - Need help
Im building this computer soon:
Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS$139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133154 PSU: Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply $84.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931 Mobo: ASUS P5WD2 Premium ATX Intel Motherboard $194.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131534 CPU: Intel Pentium 4 651 Cedar Mill 800MHz FSB $277.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116005 RAM: _CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) $139.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145527 Pri Optical: SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write $44.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151118 Sec Optical: _SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s $20.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827101131 Video Card: __SAPPHIRE Radeon X1900XT $439.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102003 Are all these parts compatible? This is my first time building a computer so I want to make sure I buy the right parts. |
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04-26-2006, 03:25 AM
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1. What is your total budget?
2. What will you be using this computer for? Everything right there looks compatible. No hard drive? O and if you are getting a DVD burner, then you dont need a DVD-ROM.
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04-26-2006, 04:04 AM
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Whel, yeah he needs a hard drive, dont know how that got forgotton.
If you meant to put the dvd-rom and dvd-rw on there, I guess you want to be able to put in a dvd, and burn directly to another? This is alogical explanation, but if not than I agree there is no use. Id go with like a 120-250 gig hard drive. I was looking at a 300 gig, but either way their not amazingly expensive but if you arnt looking to store lots of stuff, 120 should be safe. ir realy does depend on what your doing. I see you also have 2 gigs of ram. I assume this is for some gaming. If its not a computor thats gonna be playing games, or high end programs and stuff, 2 gigs might be to much . . .you think? I see how this could be used for games or something becasue you do have a $400 graphics card. Im guessing its for music, watching movies, and playing games. If you like to listen to a lot of music, why not upgrade your sound card as well, as long as your budget allows.
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04-26-2006, 07:56 PM
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And I forgot to put the hard drive on there because I'm not buying one, a friend that works at a computer parts company is giving me a 400gig hitatchi HD. Ill be getting a Creative X-FI sound card as soon as my budget allows it, as I do listen to a lot of music. |
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04-26-2006, 10:10 PM
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get a dual core prossesor if u do get this one it isnt much more and wil outperform any intel cpu for gamming here it is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562 the only thing is u mi9ght end up payin ga litle more for a mobo it is a great performence increase
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04-27-2006, 12:05 AM
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04-27-2006, 12:09 AM
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I thought dual cores did nothing for gaming because they are multi-threaded, and games are written for single threads. What motherboard should I get if I want a dual core AMD? Would that really be the best bet for gaming? Also how do you compare speeds, because intels are always just listed in GHZ and I always see AMD as something like 2000+2GHZ or something
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04-27-2006, 12:11 AM
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2. A dual core AMD is better for gaming than a single core Intel, im pretty sure. 3. You cant compare GHZ speeds when it comes to AMD and Intel. 4. This is a very good AMD motherboard for cheaper than the one you have selected: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131540
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04-27-2006, 12:19 AM
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If I wanted that amd processor would this be a good way to go?
Case:____Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS____________________________$150 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133154 PSU: _Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply_____________________$84.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931 Mobo: _ABIT AT8 32X ATX AMD Motherboard________________________________$171.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127234 CPU: __AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2000MHz _________________________________$297.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562 RAM: _A-DATA Vitesta 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM __________________$145.50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145527 Pri Optical: _SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write_______$44.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151118 Sec Optical: _SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s __________$20.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827101131 Video Card: __SAPPHIRE Radeon X1900XT _________________________________$439.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102003 I changed the motherboard and memory to fit, but does anything else need to be changed? Ive seen power supplies that say SLI, do crossfires need a special type also? |
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also are you sure you want to go SLi i myself think SLI is just a money hole to begin with, one nice card like the one you have selected will do fine and u can save money on motherboard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131584 this motherboard is nice, and since u are getting a radeon card u may want to buy it because it is crossfire.
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