Tell me what you think?

[jettypark]

Building a computer for the first time! and this is what i came up
1)Hitachi/250GB/7200/8MB/SATA-150 hard drive=$154
2)Intel D915GAVL Socket 775 ATX motherboard and intel pen 4 550 3.4 Ghz and it come with everhthing on it=$428
3) Cpu cooling fan ball bearing/copper core,socket 775=$29
4)Two Kingston 512MB non-ECC,Cl3 PC3200 DDr 400MHz memory=$159
5)BenQ DW1620/16x4x16x DVD+RW/2.4 DVD+R DL/40x24x40 CD-RW/DVD burner=$79
6)LG 16xDVD-Rom 48x CD-Rom drive=$29
7)sony floppy disk drive=$17
8)Silver ATX Mid-tower case with clear side, Front USB & Audio ports and 450 watt power supply=$49.99
9)BenQ FP731/17 inch/1280x1024/25ms/black/LCD monitor=$289
10)Logitech media keyboard=$22
(Total=$1,255) and the software i want is Micsoft Office XP pro=$436 and Micsoft window XP Pro pack 2+$279 let me know what you guys think...Thanks for any infor...and i am trying to make it last for a while

 

[double-dragon]

You don't really need the extra cd-rom and dvd-rom drives...your dvd-r will do all of that.

 

[Echo_]

am i blind or do i not see a vid card? this is for gaming right? or not?

 

[jettypark]

my bad

yes there is a v card in the motherboard already, just didnt list it....was told that the bigger v card you ran the better....what do you think?

 

[double-dragon]

well yes, but integrated graphics aint very good. you should get a seperate video card.

 

[4W4K3]

hmm yes the integreated video card will run...solitaire? lol exagerating of course, but alot of even the older games will run pretty bad on the integrated. you will want a PCI/AGP card at least if you want to play better games.

 

[jettypark]

Again thanks to all, looking at this motherboard, any other choices? anyone might have also on the v card, how big should i go? thanks again

 

[4W4K3]

Again thanks to all, looking at this motherboard, any other choices? anyone might have also on the v card, how big should i go? thanks again

someone more P4 oriented might be able to give you advice on a diff mobo. I know almost nothing about Intel mobos and the latest and greatest.

What type video games are you planning on playing? This will usually give you a round about selection of video cards, size, speed, all that.

 

[Praetor]

Cpu cooling fan ball bearing/copper core,socket 775=$29

Make and model?

Two Kingston 512MB non-ECC,Cl3 PC3200 DDr 400MHz memory=$159

I presume you mean DDR400?

Silver ATX Mid-tower case with clear side, Front USB & Audio ports and 450 watt power supply=$49.99

Whats the make and model of the power supply?

BenQ FP731/17 inch/1280x1024/25ms/black/LCD monitor=$289

Good price but the 25ms refresh is gonna kill you if you decide to play games.

You don't really need the extra cd-rom and dvd-rom drives...your dvd-r will do all of that.

True but its (in most cases) cheaper to get a dedicated CDRW+DVDROM or combo drive than to get a good DVD burner... now if (s)he needs/wants DVD burning capability than thats a different story

yes there is a v card in the motherboard already, just didnt list it....was told that the bigger v card you ran the better....what do you think?

Intel Graphics 900 will let yo do work ... if you want to play then get a real video card

Again thanks to all, looking at this motherboard, any other choices? anyone might have also on the v card, how big should I go? thanks again

Again, what are you using the machine for?

 

[jettypark]

sorry for getting back late, gone for the holidays. the unit will be use mostly for work, not many games....bookkeeping and keeping records on little companys...thanks again

 

[double-dragon]

so youre spending near to $2000 on a computer for work and bookkeeping?
bit excessive.

 

[jettypark]

i was doing this in case i got into other things down the road, then i wouldnt have to add anything later, and also to last more then a few months, you know how you buy something then, and it become old! lol I have a question about the cd/dvd burner, shouldnt you also have another cd/dvd drive. Then burn from one to the other and dont have to put anything on your harddrive, just asking cause i saw that someone said i didnt need it...thanks for any infor

 

[jettypark]

also most of the things i am getting. Are coming from tigerdirect, still havent order anything. But i have a few people that have gotten things from them, and they are real happy with them. And from reading everything here, the more the better! so that why i am spending that much, i get tired of waiting for things to pop up, the computer i have now, real slow and i am going to build it up later...but i am real thankful for all the infor you guys and gals have given me......thanks again

 

[Praetor]

so youre spending near to $2000 on a computer for work and bookkeeping?

Happens all the time.... (have a look at UK prices for instance )

lol I have a question about the cd/dvd burner, shouldnt you also have another cd/dvd drive. Then burn from one to the other and dont have to put anything on your harddrive

You shouldnt be doing "on-the-fly" because of the numerous problems and quirks that can arise from doing that kinda stuff but you should have a separate drive because [1] 99.9% of DVDburner suck at doing CD operations and [2] DVDBurners suck at DVDRipping and DataDVD operations