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Saurian · 10-10-2006, 02:33 AM

^I'm with him.

That is relatively unbalanced. You basically (almost) have the best sound card, graphics card, and amount of ram possible there, but have no motherboard selected in particular (which is like the bones and nerves of the body, it connects everything physically and communication-wise, and you're using an older processor. What do you want from your build? The PC landscape is going to change ALOT in the next 6 months, as DX10 cards will be released from both major vendors, consumer-level quad-core cpu's should be out, or close to it, etc etc.

As said, your best option today is the Core 2 Duo. For an ultra cheap computer, the Athlon X2 3800 offers a good option, but really the Core 2 Duo owns it. What is your budget? Many people here can throw together a build for you, its just a matter how how much you can spend. I'll give you an example of a typical budget build here though, based on the Core 2 Duo E6300.

CPU: E6300 C2D. 1.8Ghz, dual core, highly overclockable should you desire. (180)
Mobo: Gigabyte S3. P965 chipset, lots of overclocking options, stable, and so far pretty good! (115)
RAM: Corsair 1GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM. High speed, you could spend more for the CAS4 over the CAS5 if you wanted. Really, I don't think you need to spend the money on 4GB of ram. Yet. You can go with the 1GB stick as indicated and later add another when money permits for a boost in performance as well as dual channel, but you could also go with a 2x512MB kit to run dual channel right from the start. (~140)
Vid: 7600GT 256MB. Mainstream card, pretty powerful, has the musle to produce eye candy and frame rates. eVGA, BFG, and XFX are all big names here. (~110-140)

From there, the rest of the components are really personal preference and what you get on sale at the time. Hard drive, case, sound card (if desired), etc. Now if you wanted to spend more, you can. You can go up to an E6400, or E660, as desired. You could go with the solid-capacitor DS3 for 145, or move up to ASUS boards in the 150-170 range. For ram, you could go ahead and spring for the 800Mhz CAS4 ram, and even splurge on a 2x1GB kit. And video, obviously you could go with a 7950 if you desired, or whatever else floats your boat. That was a budget build which is easily modified for any budget. You can look and lookk, and when you're ready you can come back here, post your next revision,a nd have it proofed to make sure that everything is compatible.

10-10-2006, 02:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Saurian Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oskaloosa/Pleasantville, Iowa Age: 23 Posts: 552	^I'm with him. That is relatively unbalanced. You basically (almost) have the best sound card, graphics card, and amount of ram possible there, but have no motherboard selected in particular (which is like the bones and nerves of the body, it connects everything physically and communication-wise, and you're using an older processor. What do you want from your build? The PC landscape is going to change ALOT in the next 6 months, as DX10 cards will be released from both major vendors, consumer-level quad-core cpu's should be out, or close to it, etc etc. As said, your best option today is the Core 2 Duo. For an ultra cheap computer, the Athlon X2 3800 offers a good option, but really the Core 2 Duo owns it. What is your budget? Many people here can throw together a build for you, its just a matter how how much you can spend. I'll give you an example of a typical budget build here though, based on the Core 2 Duo E6300. CPU: E6300 C2D. 1.8Ghz, dual core, highly overclockable should you desire. (180) Mobo: Gigabyte S3. P965 chipset, lots of overclocking options, stable, and so far pretty good! (115) RAM: Corsair 1GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM. High speed, you could spend more for the CAS4 over the CAS5 if you wanted. Really, I don't think you need to spend the money on 4GB of ram. Yet. You can go with the 1GB stick as indicated and later add another when money permits for a boost in performance as well as dual channel, but you could also go with a 2x512MB kit to run dual channel right from the start. (~140) Vid: 7600GT 256MB. Mainstream card, pretty powerful, has the musle to produce eye candy and frame rates. eVGA, BFG, and XFX are all big names here. (~110-140) From there, the rest of the components are really personal preference and what you get on sale at the time. Hard drive, case, sound card (if desired), etc. Now if you wanted to spend more, you can. You can go up to an E6400, or E660, as desired. You could go with the solid-capacitor DS3 for 145, or move up to ASUS boards in the 150-170 range. For ram, you could go ahead and spring for the 800Mhz CAS4 ram, and even splurge on a 2x1GB kit. And video, obviously you could go with a 7950 if you desired, or whatever else floats your boat. That was a budget build which is easily modified for any budget. You can look and lookk, and when you're ready you can come back here, post your next revision,a nd have it proofed to make sure that everything is compatible. __________________ Intel 3.2Ghz P4 MSI PM8M3-V GF FX5900XT 128MB 512 MB CXMS Dell 20.1" Widescreen LCD Need...upgrades....:)