Need advice....on new build components

Abyss of Borg · Dec 30, 2005

Well I'm building my first PC and I need advice on the parts I've picked. I can't get the best parts since I'm on a budget. Looking to play Call of Duty 2 and Battlefield 2 so I want a system that can handle recent games pretty well. The only part I ordered so far is a Thermaltake case with PSU. Gonna use the same optical drives from my old PC for now until I upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813157081
^Mobo looked good to me since I would have room to grow. It has AGP and PCI Express. Also has SATA 2.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814135193
^I don't know was looking at it and it looks alright. Not really sure though.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820144310
^Was going for 512 mb to save money but I think I'll need a gig. Don't know much about the brands. This is the only gig one that had a heat dissapation thing for the price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
^Not sure if I will buy it from newegg because it is overpriced at $190. But I heard this is the best budget gaming processor.

Still haven't decided on a hard drive. Just not sure what to go for. I don't know if I should get a big cheap IDE one or a better faster SATA one. Looking for a good deal now. Thanks for any advice or opinions.....

Occidio · Dec 30, 2005

I "personally" would steer clear of the mobo. If you wanting something for upgradability later on. I would go for a mobo that is just pci-e and is going to be able to fit a dual core with minimal bios updates if possible. Unless you just have to use an existing agp card. There are some really cheap 6600 alternatives that can still play alot of games like the one you have linked. I got an Asus 6600 for $100 bucks from newegg for my spare machine and that will play alot of games right now. The proc link didnt work, the one you were linking too got deactivated from newegg.
That ram looks OK, I have never used Geil before, not sure about those timings. I would definaly not go below 1gb nowadays.

ne1wantaride · Dec 30, 2005

By 2 x 512 of PQI Ram or something. RAM is RAM in most cases. You really need heat dissipators? Are you really going to overclock your RAM that much? Or does it just look cool?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141164
PQI is pretty reputable.

marquee · Dec 30, 2005

Stay away from AS Rock. They suck.

Go with even a MSI XPRESS 200. You all ready going with a PCI-E card why use that mobo. As far as CPU goes, go with AMD 3000+ Venice core. Great overclockers. 1GB it good for now but look into getting 2Gb to be set up for MS Vista. On you card choice it ok I guess, but might want to go with a X600 or X700. As the price of them will drop as more place get the X1600.

Good luck.

Abyss of Borg · Dec 30, 2005

Thanks! I think I will go for a different mobo and ram. I was just kinda looking at the heat dissipators because they looked kinda cool. Gonna save some $$ and just buy the pqi ram. Gonna get the MSI XPRESS 200 mobo. Gonna take a look at the x600 and x700 video cards.

ne1wantaride · Dec 30, 2005

You could always buy heat dissipators later on. They sell them separate.

scottatwittenberg · Dec 30, 2005

Need advice....on new build components

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