Ebay?? Building first computer

[mAsTAd]

this is my first computer im building. im trying Ebay because im on a seriuous budget. $900 lol im so poor. well i looked on ebay and came up with a list of parts and prices--

Case- Thermaltake- 115
Motherboard- Intel Desktop Board D875PBZ 100
Hard Drive- SATA Barracuda 80gb 75
RAM- 1gb 125
V.92 Modem- 10
Processor- Pentium 4 3.0 215
Power Supply-500W 30

The graphics card is what im not sure about. I have $230 left for it and I want to get a high end graphics card.

Graphics Card-
Geforce 256mb 5950- 325
Geforce 128mb 5900- 175
Geforce 256mb 5900- 215
Geforce 6800( Yea right)- 750
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb- 175 Cant find 256mb.
Radeon 9800 XT 256mb- 300
Radeon x800- 500

Any suggestions?


IS there any parts which i shouldnt get on ebay for the risk of getting garbage.?

 

[0roo0roo]

a64 al the way. and don't buy on ebay. returns are next to impossible. not to mention the potential shadiness for pc parts

 

[johnjkr1]

Big risk of getting garbage, especially with used parts. You don't seem to be saving that much either. Newwegg prices are about the same. If you pick up the occasional boxed retail part on ebay, that's ok. They seem to have good prices on things like boxed vid cards and such.

A 9800 pro is really all the video card you need for quite some time.

 

[ctcsoft]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
a64 al the way. and don't buy on ebay. returns are next to impossible. not to mention the potential shadiness for pc parts

He said it right. AMD = more bang for your dollar.

Buy from reputable member on the forum or better yet a place like newegg.com

 

[johnjkr1]

I would not say there is anything wrong with going intel. They have great performance, simple setup, and a clear long-term upgrade path. AMD on the other hand, who knows about socket 764.

 

[mAsTAd]

ill probably buy case and power supply on ebay

 

[johnjkr1]

You could do that, but newegg had the case for the same price new. I think it came with a power supply also.

 

[imported_powdahound]

Remember that if you buy from Newegg you can combine all your parts into a few shipments. On ebay you'll be paying a lot more for shipping overall if you are buying from many different people. Go newegg, and go AMD too.

 

[johnjkr1]

Newegg doesn't combine shipping. Each item has it's own shipping cost. They say they give you a discount, but it is almost nothing.

 

[imported_powdahound]

It is usually better than eBay though. Lots of people on eBay jack up the shipping so they can make a profit on it.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: johnjkr1
I would not say there is anything wrong with going intel. They have great performance, simple setup, and a clear long-term upgrade path. AMD on the other hand, who knows about socket 764.

.....what upgrade path?