I am new to building pc can you help please?

[AKAKADER]

Hello

I have decided to build a pc and i really dont know if the components will work together?

Here are the components:
1 x ASUS Vintage V3-M2V890 - SKT AM2 119978

1 x NEC Optiarc AD-7170S-0B 18x DVD±RW/DL/RAM Serial ATA Black

1 x Amd Athlon64 X2 3600+ Socket Am2 2x512kb L2 Cache 65watt Retail Boxed Processor.

1 x Kingston 1GB DDR2 667MHz / PC2-5300 MEMORY CL5 1.8V NON ECC UNBUFFERED

1 x Gigabyte Black Wired PS/2 Keyboard and Wired Optical Mouse Desktop Set 107526

1 x Kinyo Black/Silver 2.0 Speakers - 4W RMS

1x Maxtor STM3250820A 250GB Hard Drive 7200RPM 8MB Cache - OEM

1x Asus 7600GS 512MB DDR2 PCI-E Graphics Card

will all they work togerther and do i need anything else?


Thank you

[maxnik]

what are you planning to use the pc for and can you tell us your budget?
i would recommend Corsair memory. Kingston should work but lately their quality is not as good.
Look for Seagate SATA HDs with 16MB buffer - they also have 5 year warranty vs 1 year from Maxtor.
Would be nice if you posted links to the parts that we could see the specs.

[AKAKADER]

Hi my budget is $500 or £250 thanks

[freakitchen]

£250 is going to be very tight for building a computer - particularly if you need peripherals like speakers, keyboard, mouse etc. What kind of performance are you looking for from this build? If you're wanting a web-surfer / office machine, you'll probably find that a pre-built DELL will offer you the best value for money. If you're wanting a gamer, you should consider upping your budget.

[AKAKADER]

hi i need a pc for gaming with geforce 8800 so i changed my budget to £400 is it possible to make a pc for that price thanks

[marine63]

what kind of 8800 i think gts 320mb is good

[freakitchen]

£400 with an 8800 series card is still going to be pretty impossible. The CHEAPEST one I could find is over £180 by itself. I specced you out these core components:

ASUS P5LD2
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=119045

Intel E4300
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=121407

Corsair 2GB RAM
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=98691

Antec Sonata III Case & quality power supply
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=128045

Seagate 250GB
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=113433

NEC DVD-RW
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=125208

I've tried to cut some corners here without compromising quality, but all that works out at £313 inc VAT, and you still need a video card and an operating system. Adding an ATI x1950 pro would take you just about up to your £400 budget:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/126834

Not as powerful as an 8800 series card, but still good enough to play modern games with good graphical settings. If you want the best visual performance, then I'd look at a £500 budget.

[AKAKADER]

wow Freakitchen thank you very much you are great !

Thanks alot Pcmech and Pcmech Community.

God bless you!

[AKAKADER]

will this motherboard and CPU work?

Asus P5N-E SLI 650i and Intel E4400 Socket 775 2x2.00GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor with the items you listed Freakitchen?

Thanks

[freakitchen]

If you're willing to spend a bit more on the motherboard, then I'd go for the ASUS P5B

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/121112

The P5N-E is getting you SLI support, which for all but those with the largest budgets, is not a viable upgrade path. The P5B will get you a newer chipset than the board I initially recommended - one that was designed for Core 2 Duo rather than just modified. The 4400 processor is fine.

[AKAKADER]

i want to get sli support motherboard because in the future me and my little brother decided not to get 8800 but in the future buy 2x 7600 GT because he plays alot of high spec games on high graphics setting and my budget is £400 + i want to get speakers and mouse i got everything i need at at i total of £396.33 i'm scared of 1 thing will the P5N work with everything

[Katreat]

You might re-think SLI as an upgrade path. Finding an identical, and it has to be identical I have heard, 7600 down the road might be hard. Secondly, I think a single 7800 will outperform 7600 in SLI right now so you will get no where near 8800 performance from two 7600s.

SLI is really not designed as an upgrade path but to increase the performance of the fastest cards currently available. So unless you can spring for two 8800s right now it would be better to save a bit of cash on the MB now and use it to upgrade to a bigger and better card when the time comes.

Anyway, thats my opinion for what its worth. Go check out video card performance at Toms Hardware and you can get a good picture where your two 7600s in SLI will place you.

Kat

[freakitchen]

And I'd fully agree with Katreat there. Get the best video card you can afford now. Replace it when it no-longer meets your needs - that's the way to get the best performance.

[AKAKADER]

ok thanks alot guys