1 vs. 2

**apj101** · 06-17-2006, 12:31 AM

neither, what about all the other stuff? whats the total budget?

m0nk3ys1ms · 06-17-2006, 12:38 AM

i still havent decided what build, ill say total i want to spend like 450-ish (perferably less) for everything. im going to get either a x800gto or 7600gs video card, and cheap case and psu that have good ratings. im order the video card at a later date and im going to use a card that I have. and im just going to use a 40gb ata133 drive and get a 160gb wd one when i can get vista.

tweaker · 06-17-2006, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeysims

im going to use a card that I have.

I hope your not referring to the MX4000 in your sig because it wont work with either one of the motherboards you've listed.

m0nk3ys1ms · 06-17-2006, 02:15 AM

is that because the boards are either nForce 4 or LGA775?

tweaker · 06-17-2006, 02:21 AM

Because the motherboards lack the needed AGP slot. But it just hit me that the 4000 came as a PCI card as well so it depends on which one you have.

m0nk3ys1ms · 06-17-2006, 02:22 AM

its pci

tweaker · 06-17-2006, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeysims

its pci

No worries then, my bad.

m0nk3ys1ms · 06-17-2006, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweaker

No worries then, my bad.

lol. i thought that i had read somewhere that if you have nForce 4 chipset or a LGA775 socket, you have to have a PCI-E graphics card.

m0nk3ys1ms · 06-17-2006, 03:01 AM

what would you recommend tweaker?

Rambo · 06-17-2006, 03:09 AM

I would find out your budget first on how much you want to spend on each component... That way, it'll be easier to look for them

You don't want to end up buying an expensive GPU and cheap PSU for it to blow up and possibly render half of your computer useless. I would recommend spending $50 - $60 on a PSU that will be reliable.

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