Ok, so my P4 2.4 northwood and radeon 9600 are showing its age.
My computer is not running games very well, even on lower settings and I figured it would be stupid to upgrade, building a new one would be better. Was going to make an X2 system but now it looks like Core 2 Duo is the way to go.
Not really into OC, though I've done it before. I just want a reasonbly fast system for games, and other multimedia.
Here is what I was thinking:
Seagate.10 320GB
Newegg" $95
ZZF: $99
DVD NEC ND-3550A Black
Newegg: $34.50
EVGA 7600GT KO
NE: $150
ZZF: $150
I'm reasonbly sure on the top 3. But not on these:
Memory, I want 2GB so I don't have to upgrade but also DDR2 800MHz, cause its the fastest, don't really care about timings.
Is there anything cheaper than this?:
If not is it any good?
G.Skill 2x1GB DDR2-800
5-5-5-15
Newegg: $153
Motherboard. I want a cheap one, so a 965 chipset, but which one?
This looks like a good deal:
Intel 965
NE: $112
ZZF: 117
Or do you think I'm better of going with the Asus P5B or Gigabyte DS3?
both are about $155.
Case& PSU: I want a combo to save money. I was thinking about This
Antec New Solution Series NSK6500
ZZF: 119$
but what do you guys think of the Antec Sonta II (also for $119)
or the Antec TX1050B for $132?
The last thing is the CPU, I'm torn between the E6400 and E6600.
Don't really know what I should get.
Thing is, I will most likely upgrade the video card in 1.5-2 years, but not the CPU, so I want one that will last me for a long time, but 350+ for a CPU seems kind of crazy to me.
If I go cheapest for all other parts it comes out to be $668 (no CPU) and I like to keep this under $1000 but I could go more if I need to, just don't know if I should. Feel free to give suggestions of other parts or other places that have better prices than these, I didn't look around too much for prices so.
Thanks, I appreciate any help/advice you can give.
My computer is not running games very well, even on lower settings and I figured it would be stupid to upgrade, building a new one would be better. Was going to make an X2 system but now it looks like Core 2 Duo is the way to go.
Not really into OC, though I've done it before. I just want a reasonbly fast system for games, and other multimedia.
Here is what I was thinking:
Seagate.10 320GB
Newegg" $95
ZZF: $99
DVD NEC ND-3550A Black
Newegg: $34.50
EVGA 7600GT KO
NE: $150
ZZF: $150
I'm reasonbly sure on the top 3. But not on these:
Memory, I want 2GB so I don't have to upgrade but also DDR2 800MHz, cause its the fastest, don't really care about timings.
Is there anything cheaper than this?:
If not is it any good?
G.Skill 2x1GB DDR2-800
5-5-5-15
Newegg: $153
Motherboard. I want a cheap one, so a 965 chipset, but which one?
This looks like a good deal:
Intel 965
NE: $112
ZZF: 117
Or do you think I'm better of going with the Asus P5B or Gigabyte DS3?
both are about $155.
Case& PSU: I want a combo to save money. I was thinking about This
Antec New Solution Series NSK6500
ZZF: 119$
but what do you guys think of the Antec Sonta II (also for $119)
or the Antec TX1050B for $132?
The last thing is the CPU, I'm torn between the E6400 and E6600.
Don't really know what I should get.
Thing is, I will most likely upgrade the video card in 1.5-2 years, but not the CPU, so I want one that will last me for a long time, but 350+ for a CPU seems kind of crazy to me.
If I go cheapest for all other parts it comes out to be $668 (no CPU) and I like to keep this under $1000 but I could go more if I need to, just don't know if I should. Feel free to give suggestions of other parts or other places that have better prices than these, I didn't look around too much for prices so.
Thanks, I appreciate any help/advice you can give.
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