Building a new pc, to replace my old Celeron(it sucks)

Pricesnightmare

Pricesnightmare

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Ok check it,
First off I am a newbe on the site, but have built budget pcs in the past, but this time I am wanting something that can handle all the things that I do. Just happens I do them all at the same time..... The 2.2ghz celeron I am running on an old biostar MB does not seem to like these things....

This is what I was thinking about doing:

Processor: A Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 3200 venice
Board: Biostar Socket 939 NF4STa9
Graphics:MSI RX550-TD2 56e Radeon
Mem: (TWO) A data 512MB ddr400 simms
Hd: 120GB Seagate Barccuda 7200rpm 8mb cache
and the 80gb I already have,
Case: enlight Gaming PC extreme pa420313
w/ a aspire atx-cw500p4 500watt PWR SC

and the cost I am looking at is around 650 for the tower alone.... Any Sugestions??
 
Well, ok, I use my pc to:

Program sites,
Mix sound,
Chat of course, (running two IM's at all time)
As a juke box,
Design graphics,
Game a little (I am more of a consoler)
Watch a few internet cartoons
blog
and that is about it
 
Pricesnightmare said:
Well, ok, I use my pc to:

Program sites,
Mix sound,
Chat of course, (running two IM's at all time)
As a juke box,
Design graphics,
Game a little (I am more of a consoler)
Watch a few internet cartoons
blog
and that is about it
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ok seems like pretty basic tasks. for some new ideas, look through the desktop section or search for other people with about a 700 dollar budget. there have been a few, u culd get some ideas.
 
Pricesnightmare said:
Ok check it,
First off I am a newbe on the site, but have built budget pcs in the past, but this time I am wanting something that can handle all the things that I do. Just happens I do them all at the same time..... The 2.2ghz celeron I am running on an old biostar MB does not seem to like these things....

This is what I was thinking about doing:

Processor: A Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 3200 venice
Board: Biostar Socket 939 NF4STa9
Graphics:MSI RX550-TD2 56e Radeon
Mem: (TWO) A data 512MB ddr400 simms
Hd: 120GB Seagate Barccuda 7200rpm 8mb cache
and the 80gb I already have,
Case: enlight Gaming PC extreme pa420313
w/ a aspire atx-cw500p4 500watt PWR SC

and the cost I am looking at is around 650 for the tower alone.... Any Sugestions??
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$650?? My PC (with my first choice of GPU) cost $615 (without case)!!

Go here: http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=29369&page=2

Scroll to Praetor's post. That PC is much better than what you specified, and cheaper (bear in mind a case isn't in that list). Swap some stuff around too, like the graphics card and it'd be even cheaper!
 
Rambo said:
$650?? My PC (with my first choice of GPU) cost $615 (without case)!!

Go here: http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=29369&page=2

Scroll to Praetor's post. That PC is much better than what you specified, and cheaper (bear in mind a case isn't in that list). Swap some stuff around too, like the graphics card and it'd be even cheaper!
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Well is it accually $619.31 for the items list above and for the Samsung cd/dvdrw combo, and the samsung 3.5 that I plan to get. I was allowing a little for shipping and stuff like that...
 
bigsaucybob said:
didnt see that. but if ur gonna keep the sig u listed in the first post, u might wanna look into maybe a 6600gt.
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well I am not very well educated in graphics card, will it reall make that much of a difference??
 
Pricesnightmare said:
well I am not very well educated in graphics card, will it reall make that much of a difference??
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well its really based on the fact that its a very good budget card. it might be a bit more expensive but i bet it has much higher clock speeds.
 
basically you'll find it hard to paly any of the games manufactured in the last 6-10 months on even lowest settings, the 6600GT is good for people on budgets like yourself, i seriously recommend getting it instead.
 
I think I figured it out

Ok I think I have a reasonable system figured out that would be ok for gaming, look sweet, and run circles around this pos:

Maxtor 7200rpm 8mb cache HDD
Biostar t-force 6100 MB
939 Athlon 64 venice 3200 PRO
gigaram 1gb ram simm with spreader
Aspire x qpack- al/420black/ silver aluminum MATX Case w/ 420 PSU
Samsung shw162c/bebn dvd/cd rw
Evercool HDAC HDD cooler
and a 120mm apire cd12sl-ubl fan
MSI geforce 6600-td256

cost: 644.96 before $10 rebate and shipping....

What do ya'll think???
 
Looks good, but are you sure that the motherboard will fit in a Micro-ATX case? And i would also consider buying a different power supply.
 
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