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Building new Comp

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Angryguy

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I'm planning on building myself a new computer (I've been saying that since last summer, but this time I've actually got some money to spend on it). I have a basic idea on what I want to get, but I'd appreciate any suggestions.

It's primarily for gaming, watching TV (AIW card) and whatever I need for my comp science courses. I have no intention of overclocking anything, and I want to try and keep the price down (I'm already considerably over what I originally wanted to spend) as much as I can while still getting something that'll last me a while, not counting some basic upgrades later on.

My current computer is a Dell Dimension 4100 with a P3 933 mHz that's just barely enough to handle UT200x at decent settings. What I'm thinking of so far is below, all prices are from newegg as I haven't been able to find better deals elsewhere yet.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - Retail $223

Motherboard: MSI "K8T NEO-FSR" K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL - $86

Memory: Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - Retail - $79

HD: Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB, OEM Drive Only - $88 [I'll need the extra space to take advantage of the DVD burner]

Case: Aspire X-Dreamer II(Black) ATX Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, With Window, Model "ATXB4KLW-BK/350" - $50
I haven't really looked into the cases that much, but so far this seems to be the best for the money.

Other: DVD Burner / CD-ROM, Floppy Drive, Free copy of FarCry


I plan on adding more RAM later on and possibly using the onboard sound initially. I'm salvaging my relatively old (bought it in January) ATI AIW Radeon 9000 Pro video card for the time being and upgrade it later.

Thanks for any suggestions/comments.
 
In terms of longevity and what you're using it for, it looks fine. I'd definitely plan on upgrading your video card at some point though.
 
If you plan on going to 1 gig of ram eventually, you might go ahead and order 2 x 512mb so you can take advantage of dual channel. If you don't, it might be hard to find a matching stick later on.

S@nDmAn.
 
yea, vid card is going to be ur weak point. If your getting an 64 bit cpu youll like the better grafics and ram. GL
 
Looks like you've put together a nice rig...

If you are planning on playing some of the newer games that are coming out...maybe score a new vid card maybe 9800 pro, once the x800 series becomes saturated in the mkt.

Yeah gig of ram would be the icing on the cake.
 
I'm not sure if I'll have enough money left over to get a second stick of RAM now. I am definetly going to upgrade that video card by the end of the year though.

Is it really that important to get the matching sticks? I would've thought that it would be enough just to get 2 sticks with the same specs (speed/size), but I don't really know that much about the RAM. Of course I could always add matching 1 GB sticks later on . . . but that's not likely to happen unless memory prices come down drastically in price.

Thxs for your quick replies.
 
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