1st time building. Looking for advice

[nino313]

Whatsup everybody im new to the forums but I have been reading around for a while. Im finally decided to build my own rig. Nothing special im a light gamer and mainly wanna use it just for music/video, internet etc. my budget is around $600 or less. I already have a few parts but these are the parts i need and is looking for.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811147055 (case)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128017 (Mobo)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814153031 (Video card)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115005 (processor)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145568 (ram)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148138 (HDD)

im planning on sticking my old HDD into this machine too as a secondary drive and i also already have dvd-rom and a dvd burner. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks

 

[ETSA]

May I suggest this instead of that rosewill?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129163

The case is much better and the psu is better for the price and quality.

Everything else looks pretty good for the budget, although that graphics card is utter junk, no offense you may have have slight issues and don't expect much if any eye candy, even if you could spend 100.00 on a card I would recommend it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814153031

Such as this for 80.00

 

[ceewi1]

If the Antec is a little too expensive, this Athenatech case includes a decent PSU.

 

[ETSA]

I cannot vouch for that but the specs are right, and certainly the price.

 

[Jet]

You aren't going to be gaming at all on that, are you?

 

[nino313]

Thanks for all the help so far guys.

I dont plan on any heavy gaming. The only games i might play are RCT 3 and C&C the 1st decade.

 

[VSPNET]

Steer clear of CELERON's No matter what the manufacturers claim about GHZ ratings higher is not laways better!


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[ETSA]

For the amount of performance increase to cost of hardware it is a huge step up, for an extra 40 dollars we are talking about a significant difference without having to buy a 300.00 GPU. It is worth considering. It will be worth it when you find out you don't have to place all the graphics options on low and still have lag, like you may encounter with that 7300le. I had an x300 for awhile in an old computer and I upgraded to an x1300 and the increase was phenomenal.

Anyways.

As far as Celerons go I would go with a P4, unless this is an absolute bare minimum basic rig. They are quick but lack all the essentials for a multi-tasking cpu, such as hyper threading and decent cache sizes.

 

[nino313]

Thanks ETSA i took your advice and switched video cards. Im thinking about switching cases but im already above $600 and dont really wanna spend more than that

 

[ETSA]

Well the case is a case, it will work, it is a budget build. But don't say we didn't warn you.

 

[nino313]

Ok i'll probably change the case to one of those recommended in this post. does everything else look good?

 

[joeswm8]

heres an excellent case for 5 bukcs more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119077