- Feb 8, 2001
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My computer is starting to show its age (just over 3 years old now) and I decided it's time to build a new one, but I haven't paid attention to any hardware progression for at least 2-3 years so I'm fairly clueless on where things stand. Rather than doing tons of research on my own, I figured it would be easier to see what you guys think.
I probably wouldn't be ordering parts for another 3 weeks and I already have a 19" LCD, WindowsXP Pro, mouse/keyboard, speakers.
So, I guess the bulk of the money would be going towards the CPU/Mobo/RAM/Video Card. The rig would be used for gaming occasionally. I do already have an 80gb hard drive I could throw in there but if I can fit a bigger one into the budget that would be nice also. My case and PSU would probably also be salvageable, but it wouldn't feel like a new computer if I was looking at this old case so I'd prefer to scrap them also.
On one last note, if any particular PSU/CPU HSF or video card fan run particularly loud I'd like to avoid them. I ended up replacing the HSF on my CPU on my last build because it sounded like a hair dryer. I don't consider myself THAT picky but I know some people could care less about the noise as long as it performs.
TIA
I probably wouldn't be ordering parts for another 3 weeks and I already have a 19" LCD, WindowsXP Pro, mouse/keyboard, speakers.
So, I guess the bulk of the money would be going towards the CPU/Mobo/RAM/Video Card. The rig would be used for gaming occasionally. I do already have an 80gb hard drive I could throw in there but if I can fit a bigger one into the budget that would be nice also. My case and PSU would probably also be salvageable, but it wouldn't feel like a new computer if I was looking at this old case so I'd prefer to scrap them also.
On one last note, if any particular PSU/CPU HSF or video card fan run particularly loud I'd like to avoid them. I ended up replacing the HSF on my CPU on my last build because it sounded like a hair dryer. I don't consider myself THAT picky but I know some people could care less about the noise as long as it performs.
TIA