Hello everyone, okay this is my first post, I've read some stuff around
the forums and I'm somewhat familiar with hardware, but I'm no expert so
I still need you to cover some things for me...
Mainly I use my PC entirely for gaming...
ATM I have this configuration:
ECS P4VXASD2+
INTEL Celeron 1.7 GHZ, Williamete-128
Sapphire ATi Radeon 9600XT, 128MB DDR [Running at AGP 4x because of MBO]
Elixir/Nanyi 1x512 MB DDR RAM, PC-2100
HDD Maxtor 6E040L0, 40 GB, 7.200 RPM
Yeah, I know I'm way back with this configuration but since my budget still depends entirely upon my parents well, what can you expect .
I figure I should probably round up as much money as possible and
buy an entirely new configuration, but money can be settled with,
brand is what's troubling me. So let's take this as it comes shall we...
Motherboard
I've rounded it down to two choices: Abit or Asus. I need a motherboard
with 7.1 sound support and an SLI interface. I don't think I am going to clock so that doesn't come as a factor here...A SATA interface would be good too...
Processor
As much as I've been able to read AMD is the gaming CPU...So,
should I go for the dual-core ones or what?
Graphics Card
Okay, this is the big trouble here...ATi, or nVidia? I really can't choose on this one...
HDD
Ah anything bigger than 100 GB that runs quietly and doesn't heat up much...
Case
Has good cooling potential, let's the air flow nicely...And has a nice look
Power Supply
Is 400W enough? What brand? Oh and what's the difference between ATX and BTX and which should I choose?
That's about it. Sorry for the long post but buying a PC ain't a small thing. If anyone reads it, cool, if anyone answers it, superb... Okay thx folks,
peace...
the forums and I'm somewhat familiar with hardware, but I'm no expert so
I still need you to cover some things for me...
Mainly I use my PC entirely for gaming...
ATM I have this configuration:
ECS P4VXASD2+
INTEL Celeron 1.7 GHZ, Williamete-128
Sapphire ATi Radeon 9600XT, 128MB DDR [Running at AGP 4x because of MBO]
Elixir/Nanyi 1x512 MB DDR RAM, PC-2100
HDD Maxtor 6E040L0, 40 GB, 7.200 RPM
Yeah, I know I'm way back with this configuration but since my budget still depends entirely upon my parents well, what can you expect .
I figure I should probably round up as much money as possible and
buy an entirely new configuration, but money can be settled with,
brand is what's troubling me. So let's take this as it comes shall we...
Motherboard
I've rounded it down to two choices: Abit or Asus. I need a motherboard
with 7.1 sound support and an SLI interface. I don't think I am going to clock so that doesn't come as a factor here...A SATA interface would be good too...
Processor
As much as I've been able to read AMD is the gaming CPU...So,
should I go for the dual-core ones or what?
Graphics Card
Okay, this is the big trouble here...ATi, or nVidia? I really can't choose on this one...
HDD
Ah anything bigger than 100 GB that runs quietly and doesn't heat up much...
Case
Has good cooling potential, let's the air flow nicely...And has a nice look
Power Supply
Is 400W enough? What brand? Oh and what's the difference between ATX and BTX and which should I choose?
That's about it. Sorry for the long post but buying a PC ain't a small thing. If anyone reads it, cool, if anyone answers it, superb... Okay thx folks,
peace...