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11-23-2006, 03:14 PM
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What would you build?
So you have a budget of under $800. You want to use it for a little bit of online gaming(BF1942, HL 2, etc) but mainly for surfing the web and listening to music. HDD has to be over 120GB and RAM has to be 1GB or over. Mouse, keyboards, monitors aren't needed; just the case and the internals. CD-Rom drive/burner isn't needed as well. A little above $800 is ok. Might want to upgrade it down the road.
So with the criteria above, What would you build? Post links to the products if you can. Last edited by EM199Si; 11-23-2006 at 03:44 PM. |
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11-23-2006, 03:29 PM
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Asus P5B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131030 Intel C2D E6300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115005 2GB Corsair VS DDR-667 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145098 250GB Seagate 7200.10 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148141 eVGA 7900GS Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056 Total $759 at Newegg - though that doesn't include an operating system. Pretty good system for the money  FK Edit: You now have links That system is more than capable of performing the tasks you mention.
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11-23-2006, 05:15 PM
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Anyone agree/disagree with his list? With the parts listed is that all I need for the computer to work? Of course with an OS. Also what are the differences between XP Home and Pro? AMD vs Intel Pentium?
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11-23-2006, 05:25 PM
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Owch, I forgot a case/power supply. Sorry about that.
This would be my recommendation, a great case with a quality power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129155 That, plus my components and your optical drive make up the core components you need. XP Pro is really only needed in an office environment for its advanced networking features - most users will only need Home. FK |
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11-23-2006, 06:32 PM
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I agree 100% with Freakitchen's selections. Excellent user friendly case there.
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11-23-2006, 08:53 PM
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Is there a decent cheaper case with clear side panels?
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11-23-2006, 08:55 PM
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Coolermaster Centurion 5: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119077
That is what I have. It looks so much better when you are right in front of it. Very high quality. |
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11-23-2006, 11:56 PM
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What do you think of this processor? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103529
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11-24-2006, 12:19 AM
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I'm very new to this and having fun so far. I like to read other builder's ideas sometimes. I found that Freakitchen gives superb advise. Anyhow that is the case for me.
I'm just a novice but in this day and age why would you want to go with anything less than a dual core processor? Thats just me though. Pentium or AMD does it really matter that much? I prefer AMD because even though pentiums have the lead in performance as of now AMD usually always strikes back with something better for the long run. Thats my perception of the CPU wars. Have fun and good luck! |
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11-24-2006, 12:58 AM
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So I just threw together this list of parts.
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119077 DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136152 AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2.4GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103529 pqi POWER Series 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141198 eVGA 256-P2-N612-TX GeForce 7600 GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130054 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 "Perpendicular Recording" ST3250820A 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148141 What do you think? My budget was tighter than I thought. Total comes out to $640.92 shipped. |
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11-24-2006, 01:30 AM
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You want a SATA HD, not an IDE one. The Centurion is a decent case, but you still need a PSU.
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11-24-2006, 05:09 AM
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Even with a tighter budget, you can still build a C2D system that doesn't involve settling for an older much less upgradable socket, and a single core processor:
ASUS P5L-MX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131041 C2D E6300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115005 Corsair DDR2-667 1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145568 FSP 450w ATX2 PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104954 eVGA 7600GS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130020 Seagate 7200.10 SATA 250GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148144 Coolermaster Centurion 5 (the case you chose) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119077 Total comes to $652. Over the build you specced out for $640, I think that's $12 well spent FK |
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11-24-2006, 07:06 AM
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11-24-2006, 07:41 AM
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No mods, I have a blue 120mm fan for some lighting. It is just an overall clean-looking case. Not flimsy like some others may be - solid.
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11-24-2006, 12:06 PM
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11-24-2006, 12:18 PM
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Yes. The 7600gs gives plenty of FPS.
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11-24-2006, 12:21 PM
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It'll run the games you mention very well, as well as the latest and demanding games - though not on maxed-out visual settings.
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11-24-2006, 12:38 PM
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I know it will run CSS probably somewhere around 100fps.
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11-24-2006, 01:45 PM
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Do they make single 2GB RAM sticks? Because that MoBo only has 2 RAM slots and I would like to have 4GB somewhere in the future. I'm willing to pay under $120 for the MoBo if you have any other recommendations with more RAM slots.
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11-24-2006, 02:04 PM
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Doesn't look like there are 2gig sticks for desktop PCs or at least couldn't find any. Yes, the board says it supports 4gigs of ram. That's because they use the same chipset in full size boards also.
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11-24-2006, 02:21 PM
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If you've got more money to spend on the motherboard, upgrade to the ASUS P5B I linked to earlier. It has 4 RAM slots and a more 'mature' chipset for C2D. Everything else can stay the same. You wouldn't really want to get a single stick of RAM anyway - two sticks enable 'dual channel' mode which increases performance.
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11-24-2006, 04:03 PM
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Any other recommendations for the PSU? The FSP listed above is out of stock.
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11-24-2006, 04:51 PM
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11-24-2006, 04:52 PM
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