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08-18-2006, 02:19 PM
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Noob building first PC looking for advice
Case:Apex PC319 Black/Silver Mid-Tower
Floppy:Mitsumi 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive - Black Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB CD-ROM Drive: Samsung CDROM Drive 52x Black Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Dual Core RAM: Corsair 512MB PC2-4200 DDR2 DIMM Memory Motherboard: Intel BOXDP65LTCK Video Card: ATI Radeon X1600 Pro My goal for this PC is nasty gaming and I might do some graphic design and like video editing **** too. Any advice or comments will help very much. Just let me know what you think. |
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08-18-2006, 02:56 PM
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A DVD burner would be a good idea....drop the CDRom drive 1 Gig of ram is better Gof for a larger drive...Seagate are good, maybe a 200gig SATA or bigger ASUS MB's are good. 
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08-18-2006, 03:09 PM
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Is that a SATA or IDE hard drive?
Samsung drives aren't known for reliability, performance, or quiteness. LITE-ON or NEC burners are a good choice. As tempus said, go for a DVD burner. One can be had for as little as $30 (USD). You'll need to get faster RAM. You'll need DDR2-667 up to DDR2-800. Also be sure to get a dual channel kit (2 identical sticks). I don't know how your budget is looking, but you might consider swinging for a 1 gig kit (2 512MB sticks). Things like games and video editing can really benefit from more RAM. What power supply did you choose? (Brand and model) Also, one thing to note. The 965 chipset has no native IDE support, so you may have issues booting to the Windows CD. LITE-ON is bring out some cheap (about the same as IDE) SATA optical drives that you might look at. EDIT: You seleceted a PCI-E x16 video card, and not an AGP card? That card comes in both formats.
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08-18-2006, 05:52 PM
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Don't forget to get a new copy of windows.
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08-18-2006, 11:52 PM
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The power supply that comes w/ the case is 300W but i was thinking of getting something with more power, any suggestions?
Hows this for a DVD Burner? Lite-On SHM-165H6S Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer " " Hard drive? Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Hard Drive Any suggestions for the ram kit blue60007? Thanks for all the help so far. Actually would it work if i just got another one of the 512MB sticks i have on the list? Last edited by Browneye331; 08-18-2006 at 11:58 PM. |
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08-18-2006, 11:59 PM
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Never use the psu that comes with your case, the only exception to this rule is the antec series of cases. Speaking of which if you really want a case/psu combo and are on a budget, I suggest the antec sonata w/included 450w psu.
I suggest you get a sata dvdrw, i believe liteon had some in a reasonable range.. Thats a good choice on hard drives. Best thing to do would be to follow manufacturer's memory list/qvl. Otherwise some safe choices would be: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145566 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145539 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145568 I really suggest you atleast get ddr2 667 or ddr2 800. Works best with core2duo.
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08-19-2006, 12:19 AM
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This good? CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
Mr.Ferrari any chance you got a link for a DVDRW? I like the Antec sonata II Mid Tower |
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08-19-2006, 12:39 AM
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ok so right now heres what im looking at...
Case:Antec SONATA II Black Mid Tower w/ 450W power supply Floppy:Mitsumi 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive - Black Hard Drive:Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Dual Core RAM:Corsair XMS2 1GB(2 x 512MB) 240-pin DDR2 Dual Ch. Kit Motherboard: Intel BOXDP65LTCK Video Card: ATI Radeon X1600 Pro And I'm looking for a SATA DVD burner The one thing nobodys talked about is the video card. good ...bad? |
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08-19-2006, 01:47 AM
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Oddly enough, I could swear I saw a few cheap lite-on sata dvdrw's unfortunetly theres only 1, and thats a combo drive
 . No dvdrw capabilities, just dvd and cdrw- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106040I think your best choice here would be ide if you want dvdrw The gpu is fine, see if you can bump a little up to xt it will help out in the games, otherwise good build. |
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08-19-2006, 10:07 AM
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Im gonna go with the LG Electronics GMA4020B DVD-RW and i think im gonna stick with the same GPU.
Any suggestions for a sound card? |
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08-19-2006, 10:29 AM
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Flopply
i dont know why u need a floppy since most things are on cd now but i guess if u have floppys that you use go ahead and get it
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08-19-2006, 11:19 AM
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Onboard sound is usually more than adequate.
If you have a serious need for a better sound card here is a great one: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102188 $111.99 (71.99 after $40.00 Mail-In Rebate) |
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08-19-2006, 12:09 PM
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08-19-2006, 01:16 PM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 No DVD-RW yet. |
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08-19-2006, 03:33 PM
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ok Thanks a lot i think thats all i need so now all i gotta do is save up about $800 and i can start building.
Thanks to everyone who helped. |
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08-19-2006, 03:37 PM
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How long until you think you'll have the money? If a couple months, you might have to revise the list again (new video cards, price shifts, etc)...
Also, buy everything at once. Don't buy a part here and there over a month or two. |
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08-19-2006, 06:03 PM
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oh yeah thanks i didnt think of that maybe when i get all the money together ill check stuff out and maybe post another thread
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08-19-2006, 06:49 PM
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I would just go ahead and post back here in this thread...and we can scroll up, see what was going on and make any suggestions as necessary...
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08-19-2006, 09:09 PM
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that'll work too
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