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building a computer
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Name: MetaAce
Date: August 22, 2004 at 20:52:49 Pacific
Subject: building a computerOS: windows XPCPU/Ram: none |
Comment: I am trying to build my own computer since until this time i bought only packaged computers. however, i hav no idea which brand is considered best for this component and that component..
does anyone have advices or suggestions? like CPU.. u might want to get AMD because.. or P4 because.. thanks.
P.S. im a gamer, but i will also use comp. for other purposes..
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Response Number 1
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Name: Mechruler
Date: August 22, 2004 at 21:56:14 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The first thing you need to do is do a search on google, How to build a computer, Building Computers, etc. Now you need to awnser these questions, how much money are you willing to spend? What games do you plan on playing?
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Response Number 2
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Name: Sabertooth
Date: August 22, 2004 at 21:58:52 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2600
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity or Abit NF7-S
Geil or other (reputable brand name) PC3200 DDR Ram
Western Digital or Seagate 8mb cache Drive
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Min 400W Tagan or PC Power and Cooling, Inc PSU with @ least 20A on the 12v rail. Whatelse is very crucial............
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Response Number 3
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Name: Michelle67
Date: August 23, 2004 at 05:59:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The only advice that I could give you is to listen to alot of people on this forum. Not every one is correct but at least you usually get honest answers. In January I had a 400 mhz/128 sdr ram/sh*t video card and so on. But because I wanted to build my own as well, I searched for a place to help me to do it. And this is where my search led me. Now I have a 2.0 ghz/768 ddr ram/ ati 9000 video card and a few other things. But when I ran into problems I came back here and they helped me figure it out. I really don't think you could find a better place.
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Response Number 4
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Name: SamZee
Date: August 23, 2004 at 09:18:09 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I agree A LOT with Michele. Computing.net is a great place for great answers and advice.
In my opinion.... the 2 best sites in the universe for everything computer related is...
Computing.net And NewEgg. Heh, but other then that...
It would REALLY help to know how much you are willing to spend..... and I mean.... REAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYY.
If you are going to spend a lot... go for a Pentium 4. If your going to be cost-effective and save.... As well as overclock..... get an Athlon Mobile Processor. I would say the get the 2600+ mobile. I was going to get a 2500+..... which has an L2 Cache of 256k....
But after I found that the 2600+ was a few bucks more and had an L2 Cache of 512k I said alright this is the one. You can get the 2600+ on NewEgg for 99.00
[if choose to get a 2500 or 2600... you should overclock and get a good HSF.. and overclocking AMD's Mobile Processors is reaaaaalllly easy and safe because the multiplier is unlocked] How ever, if you are going to spend a lot-0-loot... get a P4. I know you asked for advice about processors but I am going to TELL YOU, not advise you...
To get Corsair RAM. Heheh, enough said.
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Response Number 5
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Name: warden_wolf
Date: August 23, 2004 at 09:40:22 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)As tempted as I am to sit here and spew out pages of info on what would be the best hardware to get for each price range, and why this is better than that... somebody has already done it :) In addition to this site and newegg.com (the BEST place to buy computer stuff, hands down) I would also recommend looking at anandtech.com
They have all sorts of good hardware reviews, but, more importantly for you, they have "buying guides". Each month they put out 4 of them, one for budget, one for midrange, one for performance, and one for overclocking. Take a look at the most recent in each catagory, and figure out what fits you and your budget/needs the best. Once you've done that, if you need specific help choosing between things or wonder why something is recommended, come on back in here and we can help you out.
Oh, and one neat thing to do can be looking at what people that post on here use. Most of us include the basics of our systems in our "signature" at the bottom of each reply. Anyway, good luck and happy parts hunting :) MSI K7N2-Delta
Athlon XP 2500+
2x256MB Kingston HyperX PC-2700
ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB
SB Live! 5.1
MSI TV@nywhere Master
WD 160GB 7200rpm HDD
LiteOn 52x CD-RW
LiteOn 16x DVD
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Response Number 6
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Name: MetaAce
Date: August 23, 2004 at 22:34:26 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Wow. thanks for the comments i tried google, but i found newegg more useful. thanks for the info.. price range... im thinking of spending about between $2000~ $2500. the game.. weill i want to play doom3 so... you guys know i need pretty good graphic card. my most concerning parts are cpu and motherboard. cpu, im pentium user, but im not sure whether to change to AMD,since i heard many good things about it, or keep the product from same brand. Motherboard, well, i don't even know what is the standard of measuring its quality... well, anyways again thanks guys!!
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