I built my current computer in 2003 and I'm looking to update it. My current computer is:
P4 2.4
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
Radeon x1650 512mb vid card. Third or fourth update.
2 G of memory
XP home operating system
dual hard drives (IDE connections)
CD burner, DVD burner (IDE connections)
Case has new 580w power supply. Original became unstable.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
-Normal usage. No 3D gaming. I do some photo editing.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
-I would like to spend less than $600
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
-USA I buy most of my parts from Newegg.
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
-I like Intel cpu's, ATI video cards, Western Digital
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
-I will reuse the following parts:
-Case and power supply. Good case air flow with three 80 mm fans.
I thought about a new case with 120 mm fans to reduce the noise a little, but I have installed low noise 80's.
-CD burner and DVD burner. Plan to use with IDE connection on same cable as they are currently. Will replace with SATA units when these fail.
-XP Home operating system. I have several programs that need XP and I see no need to change.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
-I have read many of the threads and picked many of the parts based that info. Thank all of you who take the time to help people like me!
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
-No overclocking
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
-In the next three/four weeks.
The new parts I've picked:
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. Is there any reason to go beyond this?
Mother board - ASUS P5Q SE/R Seems to have all of the things I need and I've been happy with my current board.
Memory - OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 - 4G (2x2G) I'm not sure if XP home will recognize the full 4G. Is it better to go with 2G until I update the operating system in the future?
Video card - Radeon 4670 512mb This seems to be sufficient for my usage and Tom's had a fair recommendation.
Hard drive - Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB Replaces the two PATA drives that I currently have.
Thank you for any recommendation that you have.
P4 2.4
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
Radeon x1650 512mb vid card. Third or fourth update.
2 G of memory
XP home operating system
dual hard drives (IDE connections)
CD burner, DVD burner (IDE connections)
Case has new 580w power supply. Original became unstable.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
-Normal usage. No 3D gaming. I do some photo editing.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
-I would like to spend less than $600
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
-USA I buy most of my parts from Newegg.
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
-I like Intel cpu's, ATI video cards, Western Digital
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
-I will reuse the following parts:
-Case and power supply. Good case air flow with three 80 mm fans.
I thought about a new case with 120 mm fans to reduce the noise a little, but I have installed low noise 80's.
-CD burner and DVD burner. Plan to use with IDE connection on same cable as they are currently. Will replace with SATA units when these fail.
-XP Home operating system. I have several programs that need XP and I see no need to change.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
-I have read many of the threads and picked many of the parts based that info. Thank all of you who take the time to help people like me!
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
-No overclocking
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
-In the next three/four weeks.
The new parts I've picked:
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. Is there any reason to go beyond this?
Mother board - ASUS P5Q SE/R Seems to have all of the things I need and I've been happy with my current board.
Memory - OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 - 4G (2x2G) I'm not sure if XP home will recognize the full 4G. Is it better to go with 2G until I update the operating system in the future?
Video card - Radeon 4670 512mb This seems to be sufficient for my usage and Tom's had a fair recommendation.
Hard drive - Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB Replaces the two PATA drives that I currently have.
Thank you for any recommendation that you have.
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