Shootothrill

Howdy. Im trying to build a good gaming PC. My last one I built it was loud and cheap. My mistake was buying used parts I beleive. So know Im buying brand new parts. Heres what ive got picked out:


Case:
Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower


Powersupply:
Rosewill RP550S-2MK 550W Modular Cable Power Supply/Black-ATX 12V V2.01 115/230 V CSA, CB, TUV, FCC, UL

CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 630 Prescott 3.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 EM64T Processor

RAM:
Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit System Memory

MOBO:


BIOSTAR TForce4U-775 Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard

Graphics Card:
XFX PVT73GUGD3 Geforce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Harddrive:
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Im also going to hook this up to my 27" Westinghouse LCD TV. What kind of cable would I need. VGA right?
Opinions and suggestions greatly appreaciated.

Saurian

You should go for a better CPU. Either a 9-series Dual-core Presler, or honestly an E6300 Core 2 Duo is only 185, and boards supporting it start at about 85 bucks. The graphics card will do fine, depending on the age of games you want to play. Eh, I'll let others weigh in on the rest but I would never consider building a computer TODAY with a processor that is that many generations back.

It would help others if you were to provide a budget for yourself.

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MSI PM8M3-V
GF FX5900XT 128MB
512 MB CXMS
Dell 20.1" Widescreen LCD

Need...upgrades....:)

Shootothrill

So a processor like this? Intel Pentium D 945 Presler 3.4GHz 2 x 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor

Shootothrill

Im also debating on a AMD 64 x2 CPU. Aslong as it can play half life 2 and such.

belfong

No, a E6300 Core 2 Duo.
And the amd athlon 64 x2 5000+, is wery good.
They both play HL2 way to good...

Shootothrill

Ok im gonna go with this:

CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX

MoBo:
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

Iluvpenguins

Nothing wrong with the X2s but i believe the e6300 is really cheap and outperforms most of the X2 cores.

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My computer:
Intel Core2Duo E6550 @ 3.01ghz
Gigabyte P31-DS3L
Patriot 2x1GB DDR2-800 @ 1032mhz
EVGA GeForce 8800GTX
Antec 500W w/32A on 12v rail
WD 80GB HDD,WD 500GB HDD
Ultra Aluminus Full Tower Case (Black Finish)

Shootothrill

but its only 1.8ghz isn't?

Saurian

The Ghz doesn't matter nearly as much anymore. For years Intel tried to make us all believe that all that mattered was that the processor was faster. An E6300 Core 2 Duo from Intel will beat most of the Athlon X2's in most benchmarks stock vs stock. This doesn't even begin to take consideration of the massive overclockability of the E6300, or its faster brothers.

You could get an Athlon X2 4200+ for about...170 or so now I think? The E6300 has dropped down to 185 dollars now on Newegg, WAY cheap for what you get. Pair it with even a cheaper board and you're good to go.

You really need to give this forum a budget you want to look at, and there are a handful of individuals who can put together a great system for whatever budget.

For Example:

Processor: Intel E6300 Conroe - 185 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115005
Motherboard: ECS P965 Core 2 Duo-ready Motherboard - 89.99 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813135022
Memory: G-Skill DDR2-800 CAS 4 1.9-2.0v 2x512MB - 139.99 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231064
Video: BFG Tech GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCIe x16 - 114.99 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143049

This would be a quick setup which would excel at most things you throw at it. not necessarily the best overclocking board in the world, the graphics card is good today, and will get you through till DX10 takes over the upper-to-mainstream market, memory I'm pretty sure is a proven overclocker, and of course the E6300 is just simply awesome. Add in a 7200rpm hard drive from any of the big producers (Western Digital, Maxtor, Seagate, etc), sound card if you would like, a cheap DVD burner, whatever kind of case you like - its up to you. But those 4 items are the "core" of a system, and you're only spending just over 500 bucks for something that will be good today, and not outdated for a little while yet.

Others can offer their opinions and such, but its all up to you. What's your budget? If you can afford to spend 700 bucks on this, you can grab yourself a n ATI X1900XT or something similar which will dominate games, or maybe you could move up to a 2x1GB dual channel kit from the 2x512 kit. It's all about how much you will use from your old system, or will buy new now.

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Intel 3.2Ghz P4
MSI PM8M3-V
GF FX5900XT 128MB
512 MB CXMS
Dell 20.1" Widescreen LCD

Need...upgrades....:)

Shootothrill

I have about $700-$800 budget.

So that set up you should me would be a good one as far as the CPU and Mobo go? Im gonna get more then 1gb. EDIT: I think this mobo would be a little better for that CPU GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard

EDIT2: would this be a good PSU? Thermaltake TR2 W0070 ATX 430W Power Supply