~~~Complete Upgrade Finished~~~

[wicked859]

Well, after hours of trying to decide what computer I was going to buy, I finally decided on a system, My parents wouldn't let my build my own, So I would have to buy a prebuilt. Well, after attending a LAN party last tuesday, I got the idea just to do a upgrade (without my parents knowing), I spent 600 dollars and went from my little hometown to circuit city to comp usa back to circuit city then to target then to best buy then back to comp usa. I ended up with whats in my sig and I am extremely pleased. Getting a new mobo and cpu in about 6 months if not sooner. What You guys think??

 

[Ku-sama]

i could have done MUCH better for $600... but as long as your happy...

 

[Ku-sama]

here...

SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model SH-S182D - OEM
JPAC 468BS Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Foxconn NF4SK8AA-8KRS Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
GECUBE GC-RX850PG3-D3 Radeon X850PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Gold Edition Video Card - Retail
G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail

little over budget, prolly be able to do it for you for like $700 shipped

 

[wicked859]

Yea, but on that 600, I also bought a 55 dollar mouse, and a 150 dollar 19 inch widescreen montior

 

[baballin328]

you probably shouldn't have gotten the mouse and upgraded ure processor instead

 

[wicked859]

If I'm not mistaken I can only go to 2.2 ghz on a socket a cpu. Im not sure, but I am very happy with my mouse. Anyways, Im thinking weither I should go ahead and upgrade my mobo and cpu next weekend.......Im not sure yet.

 

[Ku-sama]

i still think it would have been better to just get a new computer

 

[bamhm182]

why wouldn't you're parents let you do it yourself??? I'm glad my parents don't care much, or they're to cheap to care, lol. They're letting me build my own computer, and my dad might even help(unless he's not too busy) once I get about $600, this is what I'm going to get.

Power Splitters:
2 Link Depot LED 4 PIN Y POWER CABLE Model POW-LED-4PY
Case:
1 POWMAX Bio II CP601-2 Blue All Metal Construction (SGCC) ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Single Fan Power Supply
Hard Drive:
1 SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series HD160JJ 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
1 Seagate 160 GB hard drive I'm using now
TV Tuner:
1 ENCORE ENLTV-FM PCI Interface Video Tuner & Capture Card
Video Card:
1 SAPPHIRE 100114 LB Radeon 9250 256MB DDR PCI Video Card
PSU:
1 SPARKLE ATX-350PN-B204 ATX 12V 2.0 350W Power Supply
Fans:
1 APEVIA(ASPIRE) CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Light Cooling Fan
3 Rosewill RFA80L-B 80mm Sleeve Blue LED Light Case Cooling Fan
CPU Thermal Compound:
1 Antec 77063 Silver Thermal Compound
RAM:
1 G.SKILL Extreme Series 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Unbuffered System Memory Model F2-4200PHU1-1GBLA
Mobo:
1 ECS 945PL-A (1.0) Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945PL Express ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU:
1 Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 533MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core,EM64T Processor Model BX80551PE2666FN
Card Reader:
1 MTG CR-IN212XU-1 22-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader (it says it's internal, but uses the USB, how does that work, is it compatible with what I have, if not, do you know of one that I could use, that's internal, and supports Pro Duo memory sticks?)
Keyboard/Mouse
1 Microsoft N90-00076 2-Tone 102 Normal Keys 17 Function Keys USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included

 

[lee101]

Card Reader:
1 MTG CR-IN212XU-1 22-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader (it says it's internal, but uses the USB, how does that work, is it compatible with what I have, if not, do you know of one that I could use, that's internal, and supports Pro Duo memory sticks?)

When it says USB it means it will connect directly to one of the internal USB headers on your motherboard, i would have though it would be compatible,as I don't knwo of any motherboards without USB headers inside

 

[bamhm182]

okay, thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[wicked859]

Well, ive decided to go ahead and get a new case, and debating on weither to get a conroe or a x2..........