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MadCow_VS_BirdFlu

MadCow_VS_BirdFlu

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Well I decided to join this forum because a friend reccomended it to me..he said this was the absolute best place to go if u have questions and need answers or any type of help..although ive heard of this forum before i didnt quite need any help because i was in the ignorant bliss state about computer building...I thought It would be the most arduous and tedious work and was under the presumption for quite a while that an education in the field of computers was required to master the "hard" task of PC building...Now that I know better and have atleast tried to commit a bit of research into it and trying to read a few tutorials I think I just might manage...but no matter what you guys may think im not "totally" computer illiterate:D

Ok to start things off i need to build a brand new desktop PC...i know u guys know this but just in case..only the tower...no monitors, keyboards, mice, or sound systems required YET.

I am working on a budget of around $600 give or take some the problem im having is that i dont know which computer components are compatible with each other so im probably going to wind up buying totally diff components which are unsupported by my motherboard.

Budget lets say around $600
I KNOW that i want an athlon preferably a dual core x2 not set on which one yet anywhere from 3800+ and on
i have no idea about motherboards and would like the nice members on here to help me build a PC i like around the budget with compatible components lol..
i know i wud like atleast a gig of RAM
around 200 gigs of hard drive
a nice but not EXTREME gamers graphics card
a sound card
and any other things which a normal PC would require that I am not aware of....sorry for the extremely long post I felt like i should atleast explain my situation before I as people for favors:D

please let me know if i left any neccesary details out or anything that you would like to know
 
thanks...i guess i could increase my budget to $600-$700 i cant go much more since im going to be getting a LCD flat panel monitor after this....PC wont do me much good if i cant see what im doing lol
 
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sorry for the doublepost but id really appreciate some new ideas and help also...not that steve wasnt a help believe me he was a big help thanks steve.
 
can any one make some changes to this for the better with the price staying along the same lines ive noticed some prices on these items have been updated on newegg and are cheaper..

1 GB Kingston RAM (1x1024) - $73.88 - ($63.88 after $10 MIR)
NEC 3550A DVDRW ($39.75)
Sapphire 100139L Radeon X800GTO 128MB ($96.00 after $10.00 MIR)
Xclio GOODPOWER 500W [12V@29A] ($48.00)
RAIDMAX xB ATX-528B Case ($22.50)
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB 8MB ($71.00)
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ [Manchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 2000MHz, ADA3800DAA5BV] ($297.00)
MSI RX480 Neo2-F [RX200] ($53.00 after $15.00 MIR)
SUBTOTAL: $700.00 - approximate value
 
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MadCow_VS_BirdFlu said:
can any one make some changes to this for the better with the price staying along the same lines ive noticed some prices on these items have been updated on newegg and are cheaper..

1 GB Kingston RAM (1x1024) - $73.88 - ($63.88 after $10 MIR)
NEC 3550A DVDRW ($39.75)
Sapphire 100139L Radeon X800GTO 128MB ($96.00 after $10.00 MIR)
Xclio GOODPOWER 500W [12V@29A] ($48.00)
RAIDMAX xB ATX-528B Case ($22.50)
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB 8MB ($71.00)
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ [Manchester, Socket 939 Lidded OmPGA, 2000MHz, ADA3800DAA5BV] ($297.00)
MSI RX480 Neo2-F [RX200] ($53.00 after $15.00 MIR)
SUBTOTAL: $700.00 - approximate value
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Ill edit in about 10-15 minutes with a list. Zipzoomfly is cheaper in some areas, and shipping is free, so it might be good to get your stuff from there.
 
thanks i appreciate it...i didnt know about zipzoomfly.com before this
still looking forward to ur edited version of my list...theres still components like floppy drive missing and maybe some other things i left out...if anyone notices will they plz add it
 
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