New and needing help =)

[Rumple]

PCI express is new technology for gfx cards. It is much faster than agp. If you are building a new pc you HAVE to go PCI-express.

Maybe you should float around and read articles on the net for awhile and get a feel for what is what. Google is your friend. Its not the best thing to just go to a forum and take everyones advice on what to buy. Read around find products that sound like what you want and research the hell out of them. When you are putting that type of investment into something the most important thing is that you are happy in the end. Being that you dont know much about start reading reading reading. I cant stress that enough there are so many resources out there to teach you about PCs its not even funny. Dont be hasty and just buy stuff RESEARCH it.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
"Newegg.com does not offer International/Canadian shipping options at this time."

>.<, do u guys no any other good place where they ship 2 canada.

I know
http://www.ncix.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/indexca.asp?

but I'm not sure on prices there.

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What kind of speakers / headphones do you have?

Do you use headphones for gaming at all?

well i got 200 doller speakers for my bday so there real good surround sound speakers. mhm i dont use headphones should i tho? lol

Are those speakers 2.1 or 5.1 or something else?

Some people like to use headphones for gaming and some don't.
If you used headphones a lot for gaming I was going to suggest trying to fit an X-Fi soundcard in as they are supposed to be very good at that.

im like 90% sure there 5.1 which is better right?. and for the whole sound, as long as its good then hey ill buy it lol

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What kind of speakers / headphones do you have?

Do you use headphones for gaming at all?

well i got 200 doller speakers for my bday so there real good surround sound speakers. mhm i dont use headphones should i tho? lol

Are those speakers 2.1 or 5.1 or something else?

Some people like to use headphones for gaming and some don't.
If you used headphones a lot for gaming I was going to suggest trying to fit an X-Fi soundcard in as they are supposed to be very good at that.

im like 90% sure there 5.1 which is better right?. and for the whole sound, as long as its good then hey ill buy it lol

5.1 means there's 5 speakers and a subwoofer.

2.1 would be just two speakers and a sub.

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: Rumple
PCI express is new technology for gfx cards. It is much faster than agp. If you are building a new pc you HAVE to go PCI-express.

Maybe you should float around and read articles on the net for awhile and get a feel for what is what. Google is your friend. Its not the best thing to just go to a forum and take everyones advice on what to buy. Read around find products that sound like what you want and research the hell out of them. When you are putting that type of investment into something the most important thing is that you are happy in the end. Being that you dont know much about start reading reading reading. I cant stress that enough there are so many resources out there to teach you about PCs its not even funny. Dont be hasty and just buy stuff RESEARCH it.

thank you for advice, i have learned so much in the last week alone so im really happy from this forum with people like u who help out.

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
What kind of speakers / headphones do you have?

Do you use headphones for gaming at all?

well i got 200 doller speakers for my bday so there real good surround sound speakers. mhm i dont use headphones should i tho? lol

Are those speakers 2.1 or 5.1 or something else?

Some people like to use headphones for gaming and some don't.
If you used headphones a lot for gaming I was going to suggest trying to fit an X-Fi soundcard in as they are supposed to be very good at that.

im like 90% sure there 5.1 which is better right?. and for the whole sound, as long as its good then hey ill buy it lol

5.1 means there's 5 speakers and a subwoofer.

2.1 would be just two speakers and a sub.

i got 5 speakers

 

[Green Man]

Hi.

Welcome to the forums.

2200 is a huge budget without video card or monitor. What do you plan to use the computer for?

The following is an example of an all around system that would be great for gaming, encoding, general purpose use. Prices are canadian. I can't vouch for the merchant...I'm not canadian.

AMD Opteron 175 Dual Core Processor S939 $664.44

MSI K8T NEO2-F $98.77

OCZ Performance PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 $264.48

Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200.9 $126.46

BenQ DW1655 Lightscribe DVD+RW $74.30

Fortron FSP/SPI 450W $66.56

Mitsumi 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader $29.67

CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS GAMER $147.20

RAIDMAX SAMURAI 908 ATX CASE $166.35

Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard $28.38

Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue $88.06

Price = 1754.67 + shipping
plus there are a couple of MIRs on the items

You have enough left to get another HDD if lots of storage is important to you, Get a 5.1 speaker set to suit your taste, get a good mouse pad if you're a gamer, or even upgrade the processor.

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
"Newegg.com does not offer International/Canadian shipping options at this time."

>.<, do u guys no any other good place where they ship 2 canada.

I know
http://www.ncix.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/indexca.asp?

but I'm not sure on prices there.

thank you very much i will check them out right now =).

 

[alimoalem]

i think newegg is for the US only but i may be wrong.

i understand you want to use your brother's graphics card but you CAN'T. you need to buy a motherboard with a PCI-Express graphic card slot. your 6800 needs an AGP slot. you NEED to replace your card. i'd get the following:

everything Rumple said except for the power supply, sound card and maybe the cpu/mobo. remember, the OP is a new user so OCing should be out of the question for now

get a fortron 450w power supply
for the soundcard, use onboard sound for now and if you don't like it, upgrade.
for the cpu, the 4400 is nice and so is the DFI, but you can consider the ASUS A8N board also

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: Green Man
Hi.

Welcome to the forums.

2200 is a huge budget without video card or monitor. What do you plan to use the computer for?

The following is an example of an all around system that would be great for gaming, encoding, general purpose use. Prices are canadian. I can't vouch for the merchant...I'm not canadian.

AMD Opteron 175 Dual Core Processor S939 $664.44

MSI K8T NEO2-F $98.77

OCZ Performance PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 $264.48

Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200.9 $126.46

BenQ DW1655 Lightscribe DVD+RW $74.30

Fortron FSP/SPI 450W $66.56

Mitsumi 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader $29.67

CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS GAMER $147.20

RAIDMAX SAMURAI 908 ATX CASE $166.35

Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard $28.38

Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue $88.06

Price = 1754.67 + shipping
plus there are a couple of MIRs on the items

You have enough left to get another HDD if lots of storage is important to you, Get a 5.1 speaker set to suit your taste, get a good mouse pad if you're a gamer, or even upgrade the processor.

wow thank you sooooooooo much this is exactly what i was looking for. and i am currently at vancouver art school studying animation and modeling.

wow u guys are so helpful. i wish there was some sort of friends option here hehe.

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: alimoalem
i think newegg is for the US only but i may be wrong.

i understand you want to use your brother's graphics card but you CAN'T. you need to buy a motherboard with a PCI-Express graphic card slot. your 6800 needs an AGP slot. you NEED to replace your card. i'd get the following:

everything Rumple said except for the power supply, sound card and maybe the cpu/mobo. remember, the OP is a new user so OCing should be out of the question for now

get a fortron 450w power supply
for the soundcard, use onboard sound for now and if you don't like it, upgrade.
for the cpu, the 4400 is nice and so is the DFI, but you can consider the ASUS A8N board also

whats the best possible case that has great cooling and fans so i guarentee my comp wont go boom lol

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

You can add us to your buddy list on the side, but that's only going to tell you when we're online

Since you seemed convinced that a new videocard would be a better idea, you might want to change things around a bit for what GreenMan suggested since his build is for an AGP board and no videocard.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: alimoalem
i think newegg is for the US only but i may be wrong.

i understand you want to use your brother's graphics card but you CAN'T. you need to buy a motherboard with a PCI-Express graphic card slot. your 6800 needs an AGP slot. you NEED to replace your card. i'd get the following:

everything Rumple said except for the power supply, sound card and maybe the cpu/mobo. remember, the OP is a new user so OCing should be out of the question for now

get a fortron 450w power supply
for the soundcard, use onboard sound for now and if you don't like it, upgrade.
for the cpu, the 4400 is nice and so is the DFI, but you can consider the ASUS A8N board also

whats the best possible case that has great cooling and fans so i guarentee my comp wont go boom lol

I don't think there's a "best possible case", but I've been quite happy with Antec's line of cases and related designs. They're not the flashiest cases but they have good cooling and they are well constructed.

 

[Madwand1]

If Maya is important, then you might want to forget about a gamer video card and go for a pro one.

http://www.alias.com/eng/support/maya/q...d_hardware/QUAL/maya_70_win.html#cards

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
You can add us to your buddy list on the side, but that's only going to tell you when we're online

Since you seemed convinced that a new videocard would be a better idea, you might want to change things around a bit for what GreenMan suggested since his build is for an AGP board and no videocard.

oh i c lol lol even im getting confused during this convo hahaha so u guys arent the only ones

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: Madwand1
If Maya is important, then you might want to forget about a gamer video card and go for a pro one.

http://www.alias.com/eng/support/maya/q...d_hardware/QUAL/maya_70_win.html#cards

thx u for suggestion but i will need 2 play some games on my offtime aswell =)

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: mechmeteo

Originally posted by: alimoalem
i think newegg is for the US only but i may be wrong.

i understand you want to use your brother's graphics card but you CAN'T. you need to buy a motherboard with a PCI-Express graphic card slot. your 6800 needs an AGP slot. you NEED to replace your card. i'd get the following:

everything Rumple said except for the power supply, sound card and maybe the cpu/mobo. remember, the OP is a new user so OCing should be out of the question for now

get a fortron 450w power supply
for the soundcard, use onboard sound for now and if you don't like it, upgrade.
for the cpu, the 4400 is nice and so is the DFI, but you can consider the ASUS A8N board also

whats the best possible case that has great cooling and fans so i guarentee my comp wont go boom lol

I don't think there's a "best possible case", but I've been quite happy with Antec's line of cases and related designs. They're not the flashiest cases but they have good cooling and they are well constructed.

any chance u have a link?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

This one is affordable, has good cooling if you add anther 120mm fan, and it quiet.

I've used it before and I'd use it again.
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=14122&vpn=SLK3000B&manufacture=ANTEC

( If you want something flashier though I'll understand )

 

[mechmeteo]

ok tell me if i got this wrong so far here i go.

ANTEC SLK3000B ATX MID TOWER CASE Black 6X5.25 5X3.5 NO PS

AMD Opteron 175 Dual Core Processor S939 $664.44

MSI K8T NEO2-F $98.77

OCZ Performance PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 $264.48

Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200.9 $126.46

BenQ DW1655 Lightscribe DVD+RW $74.30

Fortron FSP/SPI 450W $66.56

CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS GAMER $147.20

Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard $28.38

EVGA E-GEFORCE 7800GT CO 470MHZ PCI-E 256MB 256BIT GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV VIVO SLI


i can give or take a few, and this is without selling my card which im sure i can get like 200$ dollers for. tell me if im missing anything.
*i can always just wait a cople more weeks for another paycheck 2 add another 600 or what ever 2 it hehe. so money wont be a problem

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

You need to change that motherboard.

The RAIDMAX SAMURAI case is still on your list (2 cases)

Do you need a floppy drive and card reader? Seems like a waste of $30 to me.

What happened to the mouse? (not that I would spend that much on one)

EDIT: oh wait, you're changing it

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
You need to change that motherboard.

The RAIDMAX SAMURAI case is still on your list (2 cases)

Do you need a floppy drive and card reader? Seems like a waste of $30 to me.

What happened to the mouse? (not that I would spend that much on one)

EDIT: oh wait, you're changing it

mhm i alrdy have a optical mouse for like 150 dollers forgot the name, the floppy ya i guess that would be a waste ill edit that out. i alrdy edited out the case i belive

 

[Green Man]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello


Since you seemed convinced that a new videocard would be a better idea, you might want to change things around a bit for what GreenMan suggested since his build is for an AGP board and no videocard.

It's true. I play CoD2 on a 6800gt, and it struggles at all max settings @ 1280 x 960. I either have to bump the settings down or the resolution.

Here is a deal on a 7800gt and motherboard

EVGA 7800GT PCI-E 256MB Video Card & NFORCE4 S939 SLI DDR Motherboard Bundle $445.79

I'd sell the 6800gt and go for it. Your budget will handle it.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Do you know what overclocking is?

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
You need to change that motherboard.

The RAIDMAX SAMURAI case is still on your list (2 cases)

Do you need a floppy drive and card reader? Seems like a waste of $30 to me.

What happened to the mouse? (not that I would spend that much on one)

EDIT: oh wait, you're changing it

oh the motherboard wont support the card? any suggestion which motherboard will.

 

[mechmeteo]

Originally posted by: Green Man

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello


Since you seemed convinced that a new videocard would be a better idea, you might want to change things around a bit for what GreenMan suggested since his build is for an AGP board and no videocard.

It's true. I play CoD2 on a 6800gt, and it struggles at all max settings @ 1280 x 960. I either have to bump the settings down or the resolution.

Here is a deal on a 7800gt and motherboard

EVGA 7800GT PCI-E 256MB Video Card & NFORCE4 S939 SLI DDR Motherboard Bundle $445.79

I'd sell the 6800gt and go for it. Your budget will handle it.

ya thats the one i was looking at thx =)