Well I want to thank the members of the forum for all the great research I was able to do here in putting together my new system. With that in mind, I went against just about everyone's suggestion to go for socket 939. I decided that I wanted to keep the costs down as much as possible so I...
You will need to make sure your motherboard has a pci-e slot. Most of the newer boards (939) have this. The pci-e slot is where a pci-e video card goes. The prices should be comparable.
Thanks Slippy. I have decided to not go budget and get an athlon64 socket 939. I think this will future proof me for a couple few years. I like the looks of the asus A8V deluxe...so I am going to wait and see if the 3000+ processor comes down in price before I get that to throw in the asus...
Yes I did get the AGP version of the video card...thanks for asking. I dont feel the need to go with pci-e, although that looks to be the trend of the future. I have also heard of the problems people have had with tiger direct, but that seems like a good deal. Thanks for the advice on the...
First of all----thanks so much for anyone that has taken the time to respond.
Well I just bought the xfx 6600gt video card from buy.com -- 180 after rebate, and I have decided to not go so budget and somewhat future proof this machine...I know this can never really be done, but I think the...
TY Ralph and Eddie. I am almost positive I will be adding a video card...just not sure if I need to go with the 6600gt or an older nvidia with a dvi for my lcd.
Stability is my biggest concern for my motherboard. I'm showing how out of the loop I am because I dont know what 754 and 939...
So far I have purchased a 17" lcd (princeton senergy $190 AR) and 512 mb of pc2700 ddr memory ($30 staples deal), and an antec mid tower case w/350 watt power supply ($40 AR from best buy).
I will be using this system for web surfing, office apps, occasional photoshop usage and an...
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