- May 1, 2011
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Hey all, I'm recent and have never posted about a system. So now it is time. First, Kudos to Tom'sHardware and all y'all around these forums because I have never been smart enough to figure out how to pick the right stuff for a new gaming rig. This place is THE BEST and Yous Folks are THE BEST too.
Now, ABOB (a bit of background). I let the techies do the tech stuff, so my first PC was put together in a shop by a friend of mine back in 2000. Intel P4 2GHZ, 512 MB RAM yada, yada, yada. Had a decent GPU but don't remember what it, was NVidia something.
The dog dander build up finally stopped the GPU fan so the video card smoked. Off to get another card and AGP was all I could pick from but the mobo didn't have a slot. PCI only, so I had to get a new mobo too. This is how it turned out, been running since 2005 and still is.
Current Machine:
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4HT, 2400 MHz (3 x 800)
Motherboard Name Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro, 1 WiFi, 4 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Canterwood i875P
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (02/23/04)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (256 MB)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (K3981CA000891)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Asus P4C800/P4P800)
Storage:
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Hitachi HDS721616PLA380
Optical Drive AOPEN DVD1648/AAP (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-811S
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Here's where the kudos come in... After spending about a month looking around here plus discussing a new build with my shop and some back and forth I gave them a short list with a couple of ideas about what I was looking for and the hardware budget I had to stick to.
My suggested starting point:
700.00 HARDWARE BUDGET + LABOR + OS cost and tax
__________________________________________________________
Bits and Pieces gleaned from Tom's Harware and Forums
The following is the setup I said GO on... Just to let you know, again I say thanks. Please feel free to remark about anything and if the results are good it's because of you all and Tom's and if something is a bit off, it's because I didn't, and still don't apparently, understand some techie thing that got by me. I live to learn, even at 65 years old.
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CPU AMD PHENOM II 955 AM3 QUAD CORE 3.2 8MB
GPU GIGABYTE GV-R5770 1024 GB
MOBO GIGABYTE AM3 4D3 2PCIE 2P SVGL 6SR XFR Model # GA-890GPA-UD3H
SIMM 4GB DDR-3 1333 MHZ SUPER TALENT MEMORY
HDD WD 500GB SE SATA 7200 RPM 16MB HARD DRIVE
DVD/CD SONY 24X16X24X8 DVDRW SATA
AZIO 3.5" MED READER-INT-USB-BLACK
COOLER MASTER MID TOWER CASE WITH 420WT POWER SUPPLY 24-20 F-USB
MICROSOFT WIN 7 HOME PREMIUM 64BIT SP1
Build, Test and Install OS, Sales Tax = $983.50
Glad to be a small part of the community and to share.
Now, ABOB (a bit of background). I let the techies do the tech stuff, so my first PC was put together in a shop by a friend of mine back in 2000. Intel P4 2GHZ, 512 MB RAM yada, yada, yada. Had a decent GPU but don't remember what it, was NVidia something.
The dog dander build up finally stopped the GPU fan so the video card smoked. Off to get another card and AGP was all I could pick from but the mobo didn't have a slot. PCI only, so I had to get a new mobo too. This is how it turned out, been running since 2005 and still is.
Current Machine:
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4HT, 2400 MHz (3 x 800)
Motherboard Name Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro, 1 WiFi, 4 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Canterwood i875P
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (02/23/04)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (256 MB)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (K3981CA000891)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Asus P4C800/P4P800)
Storage:
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Hitachi HDS721616PLA380
Optical Drive AOPEN DVD1648/AAP (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-811S
_________________________________________________________________
Here's where the kudos come in... After spending about a month looking around here plus discussing a new build with my shop and some back and forth I gave them a short list with a couple of ideas about what I was looking for and the hardware budget I had to stick to.
My suggested starting point:
700.00 HARDWARE BUDGET + LABOR + OS cost and tax
__________________________________________________________
Bits and Pieces gleaned from Tom's Harware and Forums
_____________________________________________________
The following is the setup I said GO on... Just to let you know, again I say thanks. Please feel free to remark about anything and if the results are good it's because of you all and Tom's and if something is a bit off, it's because I didn't, and still don't apparently, understand some techie thing that got by me. I live to learn, even at 65 years old.
_____________________________________________________
CPU AMD PHENOM II 955 AM3 QUAD CORE 3.2 8MB
GPU GIGABYTE GV-R5770 1024 GB
MOBO GIGABYTE AM3 4D3 2PCIE 2P SVGL 6SR XFR Model # GA-890GPA-UD3H
SIMM 4GB DDR-3 1333 MHZ SUPER TALENT MEMORY
HDD WD 500GB SE SATA 7200 RPM 16MB HARD DRIVE
DVD/CD SONY 24X16X24X8 DVDRW SATA
AZIO 3.5" MED READER-INT-USB-BLACK
COOLER MASTER MID TOWER CASE WITH 420WT POWER SUPPLY 24-20 F-USB
MICROSOFT WIN 7 HOME PREMIUM 64BIT SP1
Build, Test and Install OS, Sales Tax = $983.50
Glad to be a small part of the community and to share.
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