Final Check for Computer Build, Plz Help!!

themarsvolta55

themarsvolta55

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Alright after about 2 or 3 hours with awesome help from ctcoyote, i have summerized my custom computer build.
The reason there is not a good graphics card, is becasue I am not a gamer. This PC will be used for normal everyday use as well as mainly for updating/storing all of my biking videos.

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068

Optical Drive: NEC Black 3550A
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058

Floppy drive: NEC Black Internal Floppy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821152005

Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 300 MB/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701


Mobo: Foxconn ATX AMD Motherboard -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186010#DetailSpecs

PSU: XCLIO 450W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189003

RAM: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145505

PROCESSOR--------AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104241

VIDEO CARD------PCCHIPS Radeon 9200SE Low Profile Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814148002

all at $500 .... and 7 cents

what do you guys think? what else would i need besides windows XP?

thanks

jordan

aim: themarsvolta55
 
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you'll need a keyboard, mouse, and speakers, but that's not all that much more depending on what you get. You might want to get a second disk drive, I'd suggest a cd-rw/dvd combo if you're going budget. As you said, your video card is definitely not very impressive, you might still want to look at getting something a little better in that regard, it'll help out your video displaying a bit on your comp. I personally prefer maxtor to western digital, but both are probably fine, if you shoot a ton of video, you may need a second hard drive eventualy, but that can wait.
 
Your HDD is a SATAII, i have the same drive. Problem is, your drive only supports SATAI. You have to set a jumper on the HDD if you want to use it in 150 MB/s mode.
 
Just to give a alternitive if you was willing to spend a extra $50

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB $167
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535
ASUS A8N-VM Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro $72
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131571
Graphic card integrated onto the motherboard(free pci-e slot)
G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) $71
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231030
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V250F0 250GB 16mb cache $101
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144008
NEC Beige 3550 $39
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152059
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068
XCLIO XClio 450BL $48
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189003

Total: $543


Acturally I could proberly get this computer down to the same priced you paid if I changed CASE and PSU which I personally would be willing to do inorder to get the skt 939 comptuer instead of skt 754.
 
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yeah definitely go for athlon over sempron if you can, and if you don't have sata2, don't spend the extra money to get a hdd that supports it
 
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