Buying and Building My First PC

[tagerrung]

#1 $650 Pc!!!

hey guys, i just signed up to these forums and a friend of mine (who has quite good knowledge of PCs and has built Dozens of them) has been helping me over the past week on what to find for my computer.

My Spending Limit Is $650​

I mainly want to use my PC for multitasking, i have never played a PC game in my life and i don't plan to. So games don't matter to me. I want my PC to be able to run Vista with at least 2 Internet Explorer 7 windows open while downloading off of something like "Limewire" using photoshop and Playing a movie on Windows Media Player 11....Perhaps i am stretching it too far but my friends laptop (which has worse specs than mine) could do that just fine so i think im good.

Here is My List:

CD Drive:
Lacie Black for $70 ( i might pay with my own money so this will be taken off of the total price)

OR

BenQ DVD Burner for $39

Case:
Sunbeam IC-SS-US for $63

CPU:
Pentium D 930 (dual-core 3.0 GHz) for $170

MB:
MSI 955X for $150 ($20 rebate)

Mem:
pqi Turbo 1GB for $74 ($10 rebate) (im going to get another gig once Vista comes out)

Video:
ATI X1600XT for $130 ($20 rebate)

HDD:
Samsung 160GB 7200rpm SATA 3.0GB/s for $58

Total Price = $641
Total Price + Rebates = $591
(not including shipping and tax)

so, what do you guys think? Should i change anything? Is everything compatible with each other? If i should change something, could you please recommend me what else to get.

Thank You All for any of the responses you give me, i greatly appreciate them because i am planning on ordering this puppy tomorrow, so thank you

 

[Adam135]

I was on the phone to microsoft today, they told me that you needed to have a 64 bit CPU to run vista when it comes out.

Is this true?

 

[holyjunk]

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135007
*Just as good and suits your needs fine.
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145527
Just get 2 gig now or one gig. (one stick, being that the mobo only supports two slots)
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150147
Being that you said you arn't planning on doing any gaming. You could even go with something less or just onboard video.
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144235
Worth it. Has a big 16mb cache.

 

[bigsaucybob]

I was on the phone to microsoft today, they told me that you needed to have a 64 bit CPU to run vista when it comes out.

Is this true?

I wouldnt think so,

1. I don't have a 64 bit CPU and I ran the BETA

2. They would loose a huge market of 32 bit users if that was true

 

[SC7]

Maybe to run certain features, or to run the 64 bit version. I can guarantee you won't be required to have a 64-bit CPU to run vista, too small of a market share actually has that, and too large has 32-bit CPUs. They'd loose a lot of ground with that. Besides, the beta is compiled in a 32-bit version, running very well on my fairly decent machine which just missed the 64-bit era. 64 bit code in the kernel just isn't stable enough, and many corporations will still demand 32 bit, I can't see them requiring this, as they've been following up 32-bit code all the way. Besides, they already vowed 32-bit support in Vista publically.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

I was on the phone to microsoft today, they told me that you needed to have a 64 bit CPU to run vista when it comes out.

Is this true?

@Adam135, what was the point in hijacking the thread, but to answer your question, to run Vista 64-bit edition, you have to have a 64-bit CPU.

@tagerrung, looks great for the price

 

[holyjunk]

Well, monkeysims though I think he was just saying that because in the first post he wanted it to run windows vista. But really it has to be a 64-bit cpu? Like Bob said that is kinda of dumb.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

Well, monkeysims though I think he was just saying that because in the first post he wanted it to run windows vista. But really it has to be a 64-bit cpu? Like Bob said that is kinda of dumb.

if you want to run Vista 64-bit im sure your gonna need a 64-bit CPU, but there is 32-bit also. they're are two different versions of the beta, 64-bit and 32-bit.

 

[Adam135]

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