I'm upgrading, but I need help.

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TeeJay

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Hi everyone...

The topic says it all...

Lets start off with my budget, max I can go for is 520$.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing?
Gaming.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
500$
3) Where do you live?
Kingdom of Bahrain, the Arabian Gulf.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
Motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
Not sure
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Whenever I figure out the items I want to buy.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?


I have lots of things in mind to buy, but lets start off with what I want the most first, then if I have enough budget left, we'll see...

Good Gaming Motherboard?
Good Gaming CPU?
Good PSU?

Those 4 things are the first to consider before buying anything else, other things I want to buy is:

RAM(I have 4x PC2 6400 1GB Dual CH TItanium Series EPP Ready, but if I use all 4 of them they won't work, but if I use 3 they'll work.)
If I need any extra cooling will you please mention that

I'll be using Windows XP Pro SP 3, and obviously I'll be using it for gaming(Counter-Strike: Source, RuneScape, and things like that), I will not\don't want to overclock any of the components...

Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance

EDIT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.161238

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.155228

I just took a look at these combo deals, I don't know though, they look great...I need help.

~TeeJay
 
PSU -$99.99
CPU - $124.99
MOBO - $194.99

Since you are not overclocking, you shouldn't need any additional cooling, though personally I would probably replace the stock CPU cooler with an aftermarket
 
and the specs of the old pc as well.

BIOSTAR TA760G $80
AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz $160
BFG Tech LS SERIES LS-550 550W $80
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail $37

$357 From newegg.com before shipping and taxes.
 
lt_shiro said:
and the specs of the old pc as well.

BIOSTAR TA760G $80
AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz $160
BFG Tech LS SERIES LS-550 550W $80
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail $37

$357 From newegg.com before shipping and taxes.
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MSI K9N SLI Platinum, Athlon 64 FX 62 CPU, 7600GS, Fatal1ty Pro Series Sound Card, 4x OCZ 1GB RAM(But as mentioned above, can't get all 4 to work together, donnu what's wrong, so I use 3), 160GB Hard disk.

EDIT: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz isn't supported by BIOSTAR TA760G.
 
XP can't see the other Gig of ram any ways... So it doesn't really matter, therefore use the other $160 bucks to get a 4850. Either the Asus or Sapphire for $145 from newegg.
 
TeeJay said:
MSI K9N SLI Platinum, Athlon 64 FX 62 CPU, 7600GS, Fatal1ty Pro Series Sound Card, 4x OCZ 1GB RAM(But as mentioned above, can't get all 4 to work together, donnu what's wrong, so I use 3), 160GB Hard disk.

EDIT: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz isn't supported by BIOSTAR TA760G.
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Where you read that?
 
lt_shiro said:
Where you read that?
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Oh...AM2+ is supposed to mean AM2 and up?

Sorry didn't know that lol ;p I'm a noob in this kind of stuff :p thought AM2+ was a CPU support type :$ Anyway, thanks for the advice, I'll get on reviews and tell you guys :D
 
lol... PII 720 has both a DDR2 and DDR3 memory controller and will work in a AM2 socket motherboard.

"...supported upcoming AMD Socket AM3+/AM2+ 45nm processors, it delivers better overclocking capabilities and lower power consumption. By the way, AM3 CPU supports both DDR2 /DDR3 memory module and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport 3.0 technology...."

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/t-series/introduction.php?S_ID=377
 
lt_shiro said:
XP can't see the other Gig of ram any ways... So it doesn't really matter, therefore use the other $160 bucks to get a 4850. Either the Asus or Sapphire for $145 from newegg.
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You said a 4850...There are tons of them, I don't know which is the best for me...Can you please show me? :O
 
lt_shiro said:
With no issues...
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Mhm...Problems came now, NewEgg only ships to the US, Canada and China. So I can't buy stuff from it.

So I went to check eBay...I found what I wanted except for the Biostar TA790GX MoBo, do you think there's an another MoBo I can replace with the Biostar TA790GX?

Thanks in advance

~Tj
 
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