Building A Computer

MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
edited March 2004 in Off-Topic
I'm planning on building a computer in the near future and was hoping you could help me out. Let me start off by saying that I don't know that much about computers (the most I have ever done is open up my case to put in a stick of ram), so if you think this is too much for me to handle, let me know. Here are the things I am planning on buying, I would like to know your opinions on them, let me know if I forgot something, or if two or more products have conflicts.

<a href='http://ourworld.cs.com/MrWhite403/comp.html' target='_blank'>See it here</a>

Thanks in advance for your help.
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  • pantspants Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11188Members
    edited March 2004
    well, that motherboard doesnt have an agp slot (you will want an 8x one, but stick with asus) [edit]try the ASUS P4P800S motherboard, 120 dollaridoos[/edit]. other than that, you might want to spend an extra $30 to get an 800fsb cpu.

    oh yeah, pretty much all motherboards have inbuilt LAN, and most have pretty good sound cards.
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  • DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
    Yeah, I'd say ditch the 2.8B cpu and grab a 2.4C. Trust me, you'll notice the difference in FSB alot more than you will the difference in clock speed. Not to mention that the 2.4C is an overclocking beast. With proper cooling you can get it up to 3.4GHz.

    I'm sure you can do it, and if you need a little help, there are plenty of guides out there that will give you some great tips. Good luck.
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited March 2004
    Definetly get a p4 2.XC instead of the B variety if your getting pc3200 RAM and everything,(p4 2.8C is only $12 more anyway).

    I hate noise so I'd get <a href='http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000cu.htm' target='_blank'>this zalman cooler</a> instead of stock. It's a big chunk of copper with a big and slow fan that can keep the processor just as cool with very little noise.

    I never liked noname powersupply's either. Power supplys in general do cause a fair bit of stabillity problems, especially with high end hardware.

    Installing hardware is usually very easy. What's unnerving is installing a CPU cooler on an open cored processor(pentium 3, athlon xp etc.), which you won't have to deal with.

    If I was buying a new system now I'd look a bit at low end athlon-64's (e.g. 3000+) as well(there's lots of reviews of all sorts of processors so it's just a matter of googling). There will be only a few more socket 7xx something athlon-64's so you will have limited upgradabillity(if you wan't to upgrade later you would have to get a motherboard and processor). This is a similar situation to the p4C's, you will have have to get a new motherboard and stuff to be able to do any significant processor upgrade later on(e.g. lga prescott or something).
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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    I changed my mind on a few things (actually just about everything).

    Updated list <a href='http://ourworld.cs.com/MrWhite403/comp.html' target='_blank'>here.</a>
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  • Fro5tyFro5ty Join Date: 2003-09-26 Member: 21238Members, Constellation
    I'd recommend WinXPPro over HE. HE is basically a broken and underpowered version of Pro. Other than that, I think it looks okay, even though I would recommend something besides a Seagate HD. I had a hell of a time trying to get my computer to recognize the one I got.
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  • AeaAea Join Date: 2003-10-09 Member: 21552Members
    Don't let him stop you, Seagates are some of the best <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Fro5tyFro5ty Join Date: 2003-09-26 Member: 21238Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Aea+Mar 14 2004, 10:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aea @ Mar 14 2004, 10:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Don't let him stop you, Seagates are some of the best <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wasn't saying it wasn't any good. The one I have works great. It's just I had trouble getting my BIOS to recognize it. If he were to have the same problem, he could spend at least an hour trying to get it to recognize it. But it coulda been just me. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Cr-ckCr-ck Join Date: 2003-09-14 Member: 20873Members
    Why are you getting a DVD-R/W(Reader/Writer) and a DVD rom...

    Also, In case you havnt noticed $1,200 is alot of money. and because your new to this, you should just buy it from CompUSA(they allows you to custom build a pc)
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  • BOBDololBOBDolol Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21431Members
    Yes but they also charge extra..
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Your allways going to be new to building a computer when you haven't done so before...
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