new build

[coltoe]

hello, I am looking into my first build. I have narrowed the choices, but I will need a lot more info. I like Asus the mother board I like best is the P5N EM HDMI. Got to go for now.. be back with more questions.

 

[coleman]

before we carry on i have a few questions
1. what is your budget?
2. what will the pc be used for?
3. are you planning on overclocking?
4. what os are you planning to get

 

[coltoe]

great questoins. 1. $10 a week/very low /Less than $300
2. baseline/ it is going to replace my PII 400mzh with 396mg ram
3. no/ overclocking is a long way off.
4. I am still sold on XP
The hardest thing I do with my computer is burn DVD's

 

[coleman]

ok, well for that amount of money and what you are going to use if for i would go for a pre-build, I just brought a new pc of ebay, and i got anlot for my money because it was second hand.

If you whee going to build for $300 i would go 4 something like this,

case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147109
cpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116064
hdd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075
memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590
nobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128345
psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817159080
gpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121235

that brings you in at $344

i am not to sure on he mobo or weather a p4 would be better for you needs but what i have just put together the above as a guide.

 

[coltoe]

Thank for your input. I have a old case, three hard drives, Dvd burner, modem, mouse, key board, moniter, ect. The new parts are the motherboard(mobo), cpu, ram, power supply, & XP OS
mobo = Asus P5N EM HDMI ($80), CPU = E2220 or E2200($90 or $70),
ram = (less than $25), power supply = (less than $17) @ priceline.com

 

[johnyeah]

$300 budget computer and need an OS.
That'll be a $210 budget computer.

What applications are you planning on running?

I assume your three HDD's are IDE interface (a lot of the new motherboards that still have IDE only supports 2 IDE devices, just a heads up).

 

[coltoe]

One of my hard drives is 12gb ide, do not know if I will use it. One Hard Drives is 18gb ide plan to use it. One is a used 500gb sata 300 plan to use it for storage. XP is going to cost about ($80) THe motherboard has one ide & 4 sata ports. I almost forgot I will need a case fan too.($3)

 

[gators1223]

ok xp is about $90 so

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103210

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128335

RAM: Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134635

PSU: Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006

So it comes out to be about $220 + $90 for xp = $310

 

[coltoe]

ok xp is about $90 so

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103210

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128335

RAM: Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134635

PSU: Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006
thanks for your input. Will I need a graphics card with this MotherBoard?
So it comes out to be about $220 + $90 for xp = $310

 

[coltoe]

Like I said thanks for the input. Will I need a graphics card with this MotherBoard?

 

[johnyeah]

The onboard video on the 780G chipset is the best you can get out there right now.

You don't need a graphics card unless you plan to play Crysis or other games at high settings. You can even play COD4, TF2 at mid settings.

 

[coltoe]

gators1223 wrote : about a Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H with a CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz , but I do not know these products...So tell me what is the front side bus on mobo & on CPU? Does the CPU have dual core & can I upgrade to a Quad?

 

[gators1223]

the cpu fsb 2000mhz and mobo is 2600mhz, it is a duel core and you could upgrade to quad

 

[coltoe]

I did not think AMD made a Quad...can you give an example

 

[gators1223]

Their lowest priced quad
AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz $120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103244