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Building a New Computer, I Need Help With Parts
BombaTwist
post Jun 5 2005, 03:49 AM
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i need help deciding which parts i want when i build my new computer, i want a

80 gb or more HD
Amd processor and Motherboard
Nvidia Video Card (ATi card is a decent price)
DVD-R/RW/CD-R Combo Drive
floppy drive
extra fans

the computer is mostly for gaming purposes
i want to spend at most 800 bucks, if a little bit more than that is ok.
 
 
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post Jun 5 2005, 10:03 AM
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NewEgg.com is a great place to buy parts. You can get them much cheaper than normal stores, and I've always had very good luck with them. They ship parts fairly fast, too.

Anyway, based on a few computers that I have built, here are my recommendations for your parts:
  • HARD DRIVE: Anything by Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, or Samsung is good. I've been considering another 80GB drive for my PC, and the Samsung SP0802N seems good.
  • When it comes to motherboards, I highly recommend Asus motherboards. I have the K8N4-E with an AMD Semprom 3100+. If you can afford it, you should probably go with an AMD Socket 939 processor (I highly recommend any of the AMD 64-bit processors), but they're usually pricey; Socket 754 is good, too.
  • GRAPHICS CARD: I'm not an expert on nVidia cards. If you go for ATI, the 9600 XT is a good AGP card; the X300 is a good PCI-e card. If you're doing any sort of gaming, you probably want at least a 128 MB card (but 256MB is probably overkill right now).
  • DVD BURNER: I have this Sony drive and I have had no problems with it yet.
  • FLOPPY DRIVE: No ideas on this one. I didn't bother putting a floppy drive in my computer when I built it, and I've had no issues yet. Floppy drives are rapidly becoming obsolete.
  • EXTRA FANS: I have one case fan on my computer (aside from the processor/motherboard fan, of course). My processor runs at a temperature of about 33 degrees Celsius, out of its max of 72 degrees. You might not need extra fans unless you're overclocking or doing something really intense with your computer.
Don't forget to buy things like a case and an operating system (unless you are going with Linux, but I guess you probably aren't if you are doing gaming with it).
 

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