help me build my computer!!!!

[goth_fiend]

I was figuring 2 100gb's and a 50 or something like that, like I said Im not a huge computer guy

 

[Blake]

With your budget and preferences (like Intel), I'd go with:

ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe (socket 478, max 2GB RAM, AGP x1 PCI x5)
2.8Ghz or so CPU with HT (if you see a 3.0+ for under $200, go for it)

Cooling: Zalman copper series HSF, replace stock 80mm/120mm fans with Cooler Master, AC Silencer for whatever VGA you choose, Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound, and I'd upgrade the stock PSU with a Cooler Master with a 120mm, minimum 450W.

Maxtor HDD, Viking RAM (as much as possible), and the remaining basics (CD/floppy drives, cables, etc).

Should make it under $1000 no problem.

PCI-E is faster for graphics, but the boards, VGA's, and RAM (DDR2 only as far as I've seen), will blow your budget away before it even resembles a PC. As of now that shit's really only necessary for hardcore online high-end gamers.

Everything sounds good to me except for the maxtor drive, but I've never used one so I can't say anything about it, and yeah your right about the PCI-Express thing.

I was figuring 2 100gb's and a 50 or something like that, like I said Im not a huge computer guy

That should be perfect. But I don't think there's such thing as a 50, There's 40 or 80.

 

[BasilisK]

I use either Maxtor or Seagate, there really isn't a noticable difference as long as it's a 7200+ RPM drive. I just haven't used Western Digital because of the amount of complaints I've heard about them; but never having tried one myself, I can't really say for sure.

 

[Blake]

I use either Maxtor or Seagate, there really isn't a noticable difference as long as it's a 7200+ RPM drive. I just haven't used Western Digital because of the amount of complaints I've heard about them; but never having tried one myself, I can't really say for sure.

The reason I use Western Digital is because that's the brand I've always used and haven't had one screw up on me yet, and comparing with my friend's hard drives the performance seems faster to them and to me. Also, when I'm transfering over 40 gigs of data from a WD or any other hard drive to another WD it goes faster then seagate to a seagate or a WD to seagate.

 

[Tut Ankh Amon]

actually
i hate macs
but for audiovisual shit, they kick IBM PCs butts

 

[Leandro]

^Seconded.


And behold the PCs in my school, they have quadri-core xeons 2.4hz and 2gb ram

 

[Elysian893]

you'd be a dumbass to go p4.

 

[Wings of a dream]

If you have $1600 to spare I'd get this

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_600?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Dell XPS 600

but then again I think this might be a little too much computer for you!


-20" Flat Planel LCD Monitor!

- Intel® Pentium® 4 with HT Technology - Up to 670 (3.80GHz,800MHzFSB,2MBCache)

-2GB ram.

-1.5 Terabyte HD (That's 3 500gb HDs)

-256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

-An amazing sound card -->Sound Blaster® X-FiTM XtremeMusic (D) w/Dolby® Digital 5.1 sound card

-Plus, you can expand this baby anytime because it's got plenty of room for that.

Seriously, for $1600 it's the best PC ever.

 

[Leandro]

@Adamepends.
For games, yes, but for general multitasking purposes they still own amd.

 

[Wings of a dream]

^

I thought that was referring to me, Jesus Christ that would have been a fast reply.

 

[Elysian893]

this is what i recommend, including links. i included the case you picked out, and picked out an entry level pro quality sound card. its just slightly over your budget, but not by much.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103588
AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model OSA165CDBOX - Retail 325

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150140
OCZ Value Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail *2 156.26

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150140
REFURBISHED: ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM - 71.30

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150140
SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2014N 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM *2 164

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1289171&CatId=1509
Xion II Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side Front USB and Audio Ports and 450-Watt Power Supply 54.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150140
XFX PV-T73G-UDD3 GeForce 7600 GT XXX (590MHz) 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - 199

http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?form=prodsearch&q=audiophile&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
MAudio Audiophile 2496 - 99.95


1070.50



notice the *2's, you're going to want to get 2 of those items, the 2 hard drives are for a raid array, and the 2 sets of 2x512mb pc3200 are so you have 2gb, it was the cheapest option.


and dual core amd really is your best option, it tromps on anything intel has put out except the new conroe dual core, which i don't even think is released yet...

i've got my dual core opteron 170 up from 2ghz to 2.75 ghz, they are highly overclockable with good enough cooling, although i didn't include any cooling upgrades, thats for you to decide, the stock cooler is pretty decent though.

 

[Blake]

If you have $1600 to spare I'd get this

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_600?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Dell XPS 600

but then again I think this might be a little too much computer for you!


-20" Flat Planel LCD Monitor!

- Intel® Pentium® 4 with HT Technology - Up to 670 (3.80GHz,800MHzFSB,2MBCache)

-2GB ram.

-1.5 Terabyte HD (That's 3 500gb HDs)

-256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

-An amazing sound card -->Sound Blaster® X-FiTM XtremeMusic (D) w/Dolby® Digital 5.1 sound card

-Plus, you can expand this baby anytime because it's got plenty of room for that.

Seriously, for $1600 it's the best PC ever.

i wouldnt buy anything from dell, its best to build a computer.

 

[Wings of a dream]

^

Nice but for that much I'd get a prebuilt.

 

[Wings of a dream]

i wouldnt buy anything from dell, its best to build a computer.

Alienware then?

 

[Elysian893]

^

Nice but for that much I'd get a prebuilt.

you're a noob.

 

[Wings of a dream]

you're a noob.

Pretty much for $500 more you can get that same setup prebuilt, so fuck all that work. And dude I'm no noob, I know a lot about computers and about building computers too, but in the end I've come to the conclusion that it's not really worth it unless you're in it for the learning experience.

You know, afterall, Dell and all the other PC companies buy parts out of the millions, so they get it pretty low budget. And I could go on for a while arguing you why it's not worth it but like I said, it's really not worth it unless it's for personal knowledge.

 

[Elysian893]

saving money is saving money, and if he says he wants a 1000 dollar budget, he's not gonna go 500-600 more for a system with the same specs when he can build it himself. and when you build it yourself, not only is it a "learning experience", but you know your system inside and out, making any repair work easier, and more often than not, home builts are far better built than any dell or alienware.

 

[Wings of a dream]

and more often than not, home builts are far better built than any dell or alienware.

well that's argueable too.

 

[Leandro]

^No it's not.

 

[Blake]

Pretty much for $500 more you can get that same setup prebuilt, so fuck all that work. And dude I'm no noob, I know a lot about computers and about building computers too, but in the end I've come to the conclusion that it's not really worth it unless you're in it for the learning experience.

You know, afterall, Dell and all the other PC companies buy parts out of the millions, so they get it pretty low budget. And I could go on for a while arguing you why it's not worth it but like I said, it's really not worth it unless it's for personal knowledge.

Actually, no. I built my computer for much less if I would have bought it pre-built. I looked it up on several sites, and I saved about 400 dollars.