the nOOb of building

[nOObzilla]

hey guys i was thinking of building my first comp, now i got all the books and everything but i need help picking out all the parts.
It needs to be around a grand can be a few hundred more or less w/e

i want it to be a gaming rig also so i known that i have to focuss on GPU but can you guys give some suggestions about the parts

 

[ghost]

you UK/US/etc.. ?

 

[nOObzilla]

US i live in massachusetts

 

[nOObzilla]

and i dont have a clue of what to go with for the processor some people tell me duo 2 and then people tell me amd athlon 64

so can somebody please make a list of the parts i should get?

 

[Ku-sama]

Core 2 Duo E6600
2GB DDR2 1066
ATi Radeon X1900XTX
case, DVD-RW and crap you pick out

im too lazy to do links

 

[bebopin64]

ku sama how can you afford the rig in your sig?

 

[nOObzilla]

can someone do links

and are those parts you picked out gonna be around $1000 USD?

 

[penguinrusty]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2280512&CatId=2396
(processor)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1879884&sku=D10-2070
(vid card)

And it all depends on what mobo/memory you want. You can pick out any kind you want as long as it's a socket 775 motherboard and DDR 2 memory. Oh, and definately go for a SATA 2 hard drive, and look for a PSU that's 550 watt or more because that Core2Duo and the X1900XTX will suck a lot of power.

 

[nOObzilla]

so i can probly get a setup that will be around $1000 oh and thanks alot for all the tips and stuff i really appreciate it

 

[nOObzilla]

hey ahh i dont think that stuff is for me just those too things are almost $900 and my buget is $1000 or like $1100
so can you like pick out some difff stuff so we got down that it will be an intel rig sooo i will pick out the mo-bo with SATA 2 and socket 775 and DDR 2

 

[nOObzilla]

how bout this setup its in my budget and can someone make sure everything is compatible?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131014optical drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144127case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138272mo-bo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130016video card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182017PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145575RAMhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533CPU
i will get sound card later and ill get os after building

 

[bball4life]

get a cheaper 7900gt, no point in paying an extra $60 for a card that is slightly overclocked. Here you go And honestly, buy a cheaper case, you don't want to blow like 13% of your budget on a case. Here is a $80 full tower case, for $20.

 

[dragon2309]

i thoguht you were going with intel??

 

[bball4life]

i thoguht you were going with intel??

Well just the cpu and gpu that they suggested with intel cost $900 can't stick to a $1000 budget with that.

 

[dragon2309]

doesnt mean you cant still go with intel... what the guys chose back there was a fairly top-line conroe chip, you can get a very well performing LGA775 chip that fits into the lower price brackets. Its just most people on here prefer AMD for some unknown reason.... i guess old habits die hard, even when the new release is blatantly better.... lol

dragon

 

[bball4life]

Well you can't find a conroe for $90 so he obviously felt like his money was better spent elsewhere on different components