Building a new puter, opinions wanted

[jmidolo]

I've had my trusty PIII 933 for a few yrs and never needed anything more, had a little electric surge the other night and now I'm in need of a new puter.

I want to build a new one and have not kept on on the latest and greatest stuff out there. I know I want to stay w/a P4 and always had good luck with the Intel Chipsets. So, what's out there I should be looking at? 800FSB is a must. Onboard LAN is about the only thing I would consider. I'll most likely go with seperate audio, video. I've got an ATI Radeon and SB Audigy 5.1 that I hope will still work.

Going to have IDE HDs no RAID, going to go new from case up. Suggestions?

[jastrckl]

for hard drives, can't go wrong with western digital 120gb caviar drives (8mb cache). the radeon and audigy should still be fine. for motherboards, I'd check some reviews on tomshardware.com to see which suits your needs. good luck.

[JFH]

These site is also a well trusted vendor and stands by there sales
http://www.newegg.com/

JFH

[Reaper]

These site is also a well trusted vendor and stands by there sales
http://www.newegg.com/

JFH


yup i have put 2 computers together from there! great to deal with

[jmidolo]

These site is also a well trusted vendor and stands by there sales
http://www.newegg.com/

JFH

Yep, I've used them before and plan to buy the stuff through them again. Was reading Toms last night, but was getting late and was tired, will do some more research today. Could just go Dell too...hard to beat a 2.4ghz w/a 17" Flatplanel display for 6 bills!!

[kevin turch]

I like AMD

Im using a asus a7n8x deluxe
amd 2000+
gforce 4 vid
5 hdd
SATA also
512 pc 3200 ram

I built it for under 600 bucks

And it flys

[jmidolo]

:albert: I like AMD

Im using a asus a7n8x deluxe
amd 2000+
gforce 4 vid
5 hdd
SATA also
512 pc 3200 ram

I built it for under 600 bucks

And it flys

Right now I'm liking the Intel 875P Motherboard Model "D875PBZLK"

[ttypewe4jim]

i just bulit a thermtake (case) for my new all around computer and its great


i used these parts
intel mb D865GBF
intel processer pent. 4 2.6 ghrz
dvd burner (got it for 100 but only does - cds)
ati Radeon 9600se 128mb vc (im going to get a better one later on)
and i did 512mb of ram (going to with more ram later on also)

there is probely more that i fergot

later on i will get some pics of it for u and post them up :joint:
by the way jmo stay with intel dont go with amd l probely get yelled at for saying that but oh well Intel :thrashi:

[1badTTA]

by the way jmo stay with intel dont go with amd l probely get yelled at for saying that but oh well Intel :thrashi:

OK, I will yell at you :screams: :screams: :screams:

I prefer AMD as the P4's are still overhyped and overpriced.

In all reality they are both good and either one can get the job done just fine. Just a little easier to get results from overclocking with the AMD's than it is from the Intel's IMHO but I am running an antique nowadays so who knows.

[ttypewe4jim]

OK, I will yell at you :screams: :screams: :screams:

I prefer AMD as the P4's are still overhyped and overpriced.

In all reality they are both good and either one can get the job done just fine. Just a little easier to get results from overclocking with the AMD's than it is from the Intel's IMHO but I am running an antique nowadays so who knows.


im not sure on this but didnt they used to have alot of problems with the blue screen and all?????? we have a amd computer and it runs good (when its not messed up by my dad :rolleyes: )

http://www.t6p.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=184 thats a pic of the comp. i couldnt get the IMG thing to work

[Reaper]

here is what i put together

amd 2800+ 333fsb
gigabyte GA7n400 pro 2
corsair 512mb 400DDR
2 maxtor 60mb 8mb cache raided
radeon 9200 pro video card
lighton CD/DVD burner


and a for other bits and peices

it seems to be very stable and runs as fast or faster as any P4 ihave played with

[1badTTA]

it seems to be very stable and runs as fast or faster as any P4 ihave played with

The reality of it is that most computers are only limited by the connection speed and the software installed. I don't care how fast your computer is, if you let it get clogged up with a ton of adware and stupid kiddy programs it will be comparable to a 486. The only thing you really need all the speed for is playing games and the vid card plays a bigger role than the processor.

Proof would be my old BP6 with dual celeron 366's @550, 256MB ram and an old 16mb vid card. It would cruise the internet and do anything other than playing games just as good if not better than any newer computer I have seen on a comparable internet connection (cable). Unfortunately it finally died after running 24/7 for 4 years. Guess it is time to overbuild something else to last as long as that one did, I know I won't be spending too much on it as it will end up being "outdated" by the time it is running anyways. Besides, I rarely play games anymore.

[MacneilBMX]

Go to cyberpowerpc.com, you can build a very cheap computer on that, that's of good quality.