I need the following:
Mother board
CPU
Memory (RAM)
Video card
Power supply
Case
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I have no idea what would constitute a good motherboard. But I’ll make a quick list of the items I was looking at on Pricewatch.
For a motherboard I was looking at:
Mfr Part Number: A8V-E SE
CPU: Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64, AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing, Supports AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology, FSB 2000 MT/s
Chipset: VIA K8T890 / VIA VT8237R
Memory: 4x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/un-ECC un-buffered DDR SDRAM memory, Support Dual Channel
Slots: 1x PCI-E X16, 2x PCI-E X1, 3x PCI
IDE/SATA/RAID: 2x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33, 2x Serial ATA, support RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
Audio: Realtek ALC850, 8-channel CODEC
LAN: Marvell 88E8053 GbE Gigabit Lan PCI Controller supporting 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet
I/O Ports: 8x USB2.0 (4 by headers), 1x Parallel, 2x PS/2, 1x RJ45, 1x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
Form Factor: ATX
93 dollars
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For ram four sticks of .... 41 dollars a stick
pqi POWER Series 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
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CPU: ATHLON 64 4000+ PGA939 2.4GHZ 1MB CACHE VAR 89W 2.0GHZ PIB
418 dollars
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Graphics card: 216 dollars
NVidia GeForce 6600GT 256MB DDR3 8x AGP Video Card w/TV-Out, DVI
General Features:
256 MB DDR3 memory
8x AGP interface
128-bit memory interface
Memory Bandwidth: 14.4 GB/sec.
Fill Rate: 4.0 billion
Vertices per second: 375 million
Memory Data Rate: 900 MHz
Pixels per clock: 8
RAMDACs: 400 MHz
CineFX 3.0 Shading Architecture
Vertex Shaders
Pixel Shaders
Up to 16 textures per rendering pass
64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blending
Intellisample 3.0 Technology
UltraShadow II Technology
TurboCache Technology
PureVideo Technology
Advanced Display Functionality
Advanced Engineering
NVIDIA Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0
Complete DirectX support
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support
Full OpenGL support, including OpenGL 2.0
Connectors: 15-pin VGA, DVI out, S-Video TV-Out
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Sound card: 16 dollars
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value 32bit Internal PCI OEM CT4780
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Network card: 8 dollars
Kingston Ethernet 10/100Mbps RJ-45 PCI Bulk KNE110TX
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Case: 69 dollars
X-Focus 7104 Pro Pc Case Black, screwless with perforated holes Front and side panels for optimal cooling. Dual USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 Firewire, Audio & Speaker ports - In Stock
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PSU: 62 dollars
THERMALTAKE TMT-W0013 480W ATX P4 Silent Purepower Power Supply Xaser Edition - Silver Designed for AMD K7 and Intel ATX +12V 1.1 and ATX 2.03 Version 2 Adjustable Manual Fan Speed Control in the front and Rear Side of the Case.
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DVD-RW: 29 dollars
4x DVD+RW Internal Interface IDE 4XDVD 1 x DVD+RW - 5.25 x 1/2H Reading rate 32x (CD) / 12x (DVD) Scanning rate 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD) Speed with again-recordable media 10x (CD) / 4x (DVD) BLACK
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CD-RW: 26 dollars
SAMSUNG BLACK CD-RW 52x32x52 WITH SOFTWARE OEM
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Total:1128. I would have liked to get a faster CPU but I could not find any AMD’s over 2.4ghz that were reasonably priced. But I think the thing would explode as soon as I connected all the wires. Any suggestions or recommendations concerning this computer would be greatly appreciated.
