Building computer

[RetaLiatE]

I'm building another one, just wanted to hear what the pros had to say on this one. I will upgrade memory with time, but right now this is what I can afford. It'll serve for music/videoes and some decent gaming, nothing too hardcore.


CASE $86.99 - THERMALTAKE SViking VA4000BWS Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133142

MOTHERBOARD $60.50 - ABIT IS7-V2 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127175

VIDEO CARD $77.99 - Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 Pro AGP 8X 128MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=326804

MEMORY CARD $26.32 - Kingston ValueRAM 256MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 333 (PC 2700) System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=20-141-302&depa=0

PROCESSOR $183 - intel Pentium 4 2.8E Prescott 800MHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 478 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116170

HARD DRIVE $83.99 - SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP1614N 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152014

PSU $37.98 - THERMALTAKE Silent PurePower TT-420AD(DUAL FAN) ATX 420W Power Supply 115/230 V
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=17-153-006&depa=1

$557

[catacon]

I would recommend a PCI-E graphics card since they are the new technology, which may change your motherboard. But that's just me.

[Nav]

I agree with catacon. You may want to add a few optical drives in there, like a dvd burner for movies and it'll be able to burn cds too. My 2 cents. Good luck.

Cheers

[flanzig1]

If you are going to run XP, may want to up the ram to 512.

[David M]

512 megs of RAM is pretty much the minimum you need for running XP unless you have lots of patience.

[Antistupid]

You should also upgrade the RAM to PC3200.
I would also change the harddrive to a Seagate one.

[glc]

You can do a lot better for $557.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811116172
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131515
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102408
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220027
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116171
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034

I saved you 7 bucks, got you a faster processor, better motherboard, twice the ram (and faster), and a better hard drive. How? I ditched your fancy case and power supply for a plain case that comes with a decent power supply.

[Markoman01027]

Yes, definitely upgrade the RAM to PC3200, because if you run the system with PC2700, you will just be slowing everything down.

PC3200 is what you want to use with a 800Mhz FSB processor.

[RetaLiatE]

You can do a lot better for $557.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811116172
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131515
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102408
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220027
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116171
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034

I saved you 7 bucks, got you a faster processor, better motherboard, twice the ram (and faster), and a better hard drive. How? I ditched your fancy case and power supply for a plain case that comes with a decent power supply.


Damn dude! You are the man :) Seriously, thank you for that. Obviously you did get me a better deal for a little less (that case is sweeeeeet). I'll try to visit this board a little more often now because I see how not having the head in the game can be a disadvantage. Thanks again! Nav, I already got a DVD burner and a DVD/CD player too. Catacon, I'm not sure I understand, are you recommending a different video card?

[saleen385]

Here's an AMD version

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811116172
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130491
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820223028
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102417

I think with shipping this comes in under $550 and upgradeable.

[Antistupid]

Both systems mapped out by glc or saleen will perform excellently. Choose whichever.