Important things when buying new PC

[Sephi]

oki i have always bought pc that are ready made.

Now i want a pc that i choose the parts for.

but few things
What is verry important things i have to notice and what mobo and processor. Is best. Cos i checked a site and im kinda overwelmd of the choice i got ^^

yes im kinda n00b in this...
So any1 wanna give some advice ?

[astroduck]

What's your budgets?

[Chinoz]

A p4 C
A radeon 9500 and above
512mb ddr400 and above
You should be pretty sweet

[Regulus]

Raedon?? No. Gt a FX 5900u. I think its better. DEATH TO ATI!!

[Sephi]

butget between the 1.5k and 2k euro. I should be able to get a good pc for that money right ?

[Regulus]

hell yea......I can get a 265 MB 1.5 Ghz machine (mostly barebones) for $300 USD.

[zerocopy]

choose which processor you want first

flip burgers for 2 weeks go amd
flip burgers for 3-4 weeks go intel

[GKort]

amd>intel in power
amd>(2) in price...

personally i love socket a since i got this one PC with it, every other PC i have is intel...

personally i think an athlon xp 2500+ barton is a good CPU of choice, many people have it, good price, good power, and easily overclocked (if you want to...)

uhm you want 512MB...uniquly 1GB, like if you run 10 games at once or something pointless.... DDR333 is waht i run, and DDR400 is great, but gets pricy...getting ULTRA or CRUICIAL brand ram is also a good idea to do, too

for a mobo...make sure it has an nForce 2 CHIPSET, 8x agp, SOCKET A FOR AMD (unless you go nasty ass intel)

for a GFX card...id prolly go with the GF4 FX 5500-5900 range...nothing much less...a 5500 is only about 100 bucks, very good price for an excellent card...

giving different ideas that you want will really help, too...like...amount you wanna spend in cash i can understand =þ

[Sephi]

any1 know a good englisch site that sells pc parts ?Than il pick some and ask if sumthing like that would be a good choice.

cos i know a dutch site but that wont be much good fro you ppl.

[zerocopy]

newegg.com
tigerdirect.com

[Toshiro]

Just to note if you do go for the AXDA 2500+, better ask what the serial batch is, if ur lucky it is actually a 3200+ (I am getting mine soon since I am a technician at the shop I have an NF7-S with a 2500+ which actually auto detects to a 3200+ )

The other big hint is the heat sink, the batch contains the higher end heat sinks with the microfins.

[anzulo]

Originally Posted by GKort

amd>intel in power
amd>(2) in price...

personally i love socket a since i got this one PC with it, every other PC i have is intel...

personally i think an athlon xp 2500+ barton is a good CPU of choice, many people have it, good price, good power, and easily overclocked (if you want to...)

uhm you want 512MB...uniquly 1GB, like if you run 10 games at once or something pointless.... DDR333 is waht i run, and DDR400 is great, but gets pricy...getting ULTRA or CRUICIAL brand ram is also a good idea to do, too

for a mobo...make sure it has an nForce 2 CHIPSET, 8x agp, SOCKET A FOR AMD (unless you go nasty ass intel)

for a GFX card...id prolly go with the GF4 FX 5500-5900 range...nothing much less...a 5500 is only about 100 bucks, very good price for an excellent card...

giving different ideas that you want will really help, too...like...amount you wanna spend in cash i can understand =þ

If your going to go AMD go for a 2600+Xp since it's only 20 dollars more than a amd 2500+ and it is about 200mhz faster.Actually there is only a 3-15 dollars difference in 333 memory and 400mhz memory (Kingston brand memory are great). I didn't know that Geforce made an 5500 series (and if it's a typo howcome it's typed down twice ). I say go for ATI since their card have better 9x support (or so people say) and i remember looking at a Half Life 2 test and the geforce FX5900ultra 256mb was outpreformed by an Ati Radeon 9600pro card.

[hushypushy]

i would say get an ATI card. i have a nvidia, yes. however, i would say get a 9600 pro or higher (or a 9500 if you like to overclock).

[Sephi]

hmmm checked zerocopy site but uhm was kinda a pain to choose parts.

i think il wait a year with new pc and just get a new Video card
VGA GeForce FX5200 128Mb AGP € 79,50
VGA ATI Radeon 9200 128Mb DDR € 72,50
Asus V9520 Magic T FX5200 128Mb AGP € 85,00

these cards any good ? cos the price seems nice ^^

btw if my mobo doesnt has 4x agp i wont be able to use a 8x agp video card right ?

Cos i dont know were i can see how much AGP my mobo has im sure my geforce 2 is 4x agp :/Any1 know how i can check it ?

[hushypushy]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth[TR]

hmmm checked zerocopy site but uhm was kinda a pain to choose parts.

i think il wait a year with new pc and just get a new Video card
VGA GeForce FX5200 128Mb AGP € 79,50
VGA ATI Radeon 9200 128Mb DDR € 72,50
Asus V9520 Magic T FX5200 128Mb AGP € 85,00

these cards any good ? cos the price seems nice ^^

btw if my mobo doesnt has 4x agp i wont be able to use a 8x agp video card right ?

Cos i dont know were i can see how much AGP my mobo has im sure my geforce 2 is 4x agp :/Any1 know how i can check it ?

dont get the FX5200. it sucks. its cheap.

you can still use an 8x card if your mobo supports up to 4x. my mobo only has 4x and therefore the video card automatically limits itself

[Violineb]

actually I think I just found the best bang for the buck mobo out there hee hee hee. I also got a client I need to build a PC for so I'm looking for something kick a** but cheap. I think the asus p4p800 deluxe is amazing for the price. Check it out.

http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=...luxe&langs=01#

performance of the best i875 chipsets out there.
http://www20.tomshardware.com/mother...65_PAT-13.html
and

only $133. $115 if you don't need the extra IDE RAID

[Demigod]

I would suggest a A P4 2.4C and a Canterwood (i875) board. Combined with 1 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM and a Radeon 9600/9700 Pro and you'll have one monster of a system.

[hushypushy]

thats pretty much what i have, i wish i had a 9700pro however

[Violineb]

uh so is or isn't a i865 able to do what a i875 can do? What I mean is does the hyperpath enhanced asus and abit i865 mobos really help? BTW hushypushy is your mobo an i865? also is the onboard sound on these mobos good enough for most gaming?

[hushypushy]

my mobo is a ASUS P4PE, im not sure what i8xx it is right now, i have forgotten....

the sound is good enough for gaming however i would recommend to get a soundblaster to save CPU cycles (and you will also get EAX, A3D, etc)