Building a Computer Help

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edudtellublil80

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i am thinking about building a computer, just a summer projecct, and i dont have much expierence, so i have little idea of what i am doing.. so if anyone would please help.. i have links of components and i would like to know if everything is good.. and if not what would be a substitution for it.. and if i am missing something.. and keep in mind i am building one for mostly gaming.

case- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-CP702-7&cat=CAS

motherboard- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=U8668D-1800-N&cat=MBB

Memory- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=1GBDDR3200-N&cat=RAM

VideoCard- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ATI9600XT-256-N&cat=VCD

Hard Drive- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=4R120L0&cat=HDD

Sound Card- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PSC70517&cat=SND

Cd-rom/dvd- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CD-S480-BLK-DO&cat=CDR

Drive Cables- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ESATA77-50CM-GRY&cat=CBL

Audio Cables- http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MPC2AUDIO&cat=CBL

thank you :)

and if you would please e-mail me @ [email protected]
 
The_Other_One

The_Other_One

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Hope you don't mind me being rather blunt...

First off, I HATE celerons and you'd be MUCH better off if you could find a Sempron or Duron. A 1.8 celeron is NOTHING today, but a 1.8 P4 or some AMD processor would be decent. As for the board, its ok, but it too has some age on it...

The harddrive is ok... It's slow, and I don't like maxtor(about 6 of their drives failed on me) Plus you have an SATA cable in the list but the drive's IDE...

The CD-ROM is used, and only a CD-ROM. Unless you absolutely can't fit it into your budget, I'd reccomend going with at least a DVD-ROM.

Soundcard I feel would be a waste. You'll have onboard sound so there's no real need for another card. You don't have any speakers selected so I'm assuming you won't be using 5.1...

The RAM is much better than the board can support and you should probably reconsider it. I suspect you could find something cheaper. Sometimes 2 512M sticks go for less than single 1024M chips...

I'd suggest redoing it and trying to build yourself a better computer. YOu got a lot of problems with this one...
 
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kumiyer

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I am quite new to building computers as well, but I should mention that
the video card is good
Your mobo only supports upto 2 GB of Ram, you should reconsider this
Get a serail ATA Hard Disk
You will find better price for 1 GB Ram at newegg.com
You can get a CD burner or a combo drive for $20. CD burner is a must
Newegg had a sale going on for DVD burner (4X) for $30. I have a 16X
Your mobo support P4, so thats good, but are you satisfied with 2 GB of RAM capacity??
 
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edudtellublil80

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wow... so much wrong.. well would it be better if i buy a barebone?? does it include like a list of compatible components ? or is there a website that i can choose everything online that i know for sure would fit it ?
 
The_Other_One

The_Other_One

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edudtellublil80 said:
wow... so much wrong.. well would it be better if i buy a barebone?? does it include like a list of compatible components ? or is there a website that i can choose everything online that i know for sure would fit it ?
Click to expand...

With a little research, it's quite easy to find what'll work and all with specific motherboards. You just have to know what your getting(like SATA cables for a board without SATA AND a non-SATA drive, come on :p )
 
apj101

apj101

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agreed do a little more research on whats available. I find
http://www.buildyourown.org.uk/
to be good. Write down phrases or terms that you dont understand and then google to look them up.

We will be here to check over your selections and tell if things dont stack up. Oh and it may be best to get you stuff from multiple suppliers, provided postage doesnt wipe out the net difference
 
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edudtellublil80

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ok well ive been looking and this mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131517 ,i hear alot of good things about it.. so i decided on this one.

im still gonan get the Radeon Video Card http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ATI9600XT-256-N&cat=VCD

and the same case http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-CP702-7&cat=CAS

but does anyone have suggestions about the other stuff like memory, harddrive, cd-rom/dvd, cables and stuff ??? i want the total to be less the $750 and i want good parts for alot of gaming and business work.. so if anyone has suggestions that i can look into or suggestions on what not to get, please reply, thanks
 
The_Other_One

The_Other_One

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No offence dude, but get a prebuilt system... You don't seem to know what you're doing and I'm afraid you're going to just mess something up...

FYI, that video card is an AGP and you selected an SLi motherboard which ONLY accepts PCIe 16x cards...
 
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