Well guys, bascially my processor died on my old computer (no oc;ing at all jsut poorly put together) and instead of replacing just the processor I'm going to be buying some new computer components.
This is my idea so far, i've been reading like very post on here and this is what i've come up with:
mobo : the Epox 8rda+ nforce2 board 114$
processor : amd xp2100 tbred b (plan on oc'ing) 95$
vid card : radeon 9500 (plan on 9700 modding) 159$
ram : I'm sort of stuck... first I was going to go with 2 sticks of corsair pc3200 256 ram to make use of the dualddr technology, but after some reading I see that it doesnt make too much of a difference, so then i was going to go with 1 stick of 512 pc3200 to get another stick at a future date when i need to. But i was also considering getting 1 stick of corsair pc3500 512 ddr434 ram so i could also get another stick of this at a future time...the one stick of 512 pc3500 is cheaper then 2 sticks of pc3200. the reason for getting the 3500 is just for having things ready for the future say i wanted ti put the fsb over 200 or when the amd 400mhz fsb cpus come out ill be able to do a little overclocking with them also. 198$ for 2x 256 pc3200 , 178$ for 1x 512 pc3200 or 193$ for 1x 512 pc3500 (platinum)
Case : Nice xpider (cheiftec) black aluminum case with 420 watt psu that comes with 4 case fans 150$
Monitor : 19" black viewsonic flatscreen (not panel) 250$
cpu cooling : thermaltake volcano 9 and arctic silver 3 thermal compound about 40$
all the prices above have shipping including.
I have my old harddrive and cd-rw so i really dont need anything else. My budget is 1000$ and I was bascially getting things that I can use for a while, also components that I will be able to use in the future when upgrading. This is the first computer i'm going to build myself so i also want to have fun overclocking the vidcard and processsor ect.
So anyone have any suggestions or anything would be appreciated
This is my idea so far, i've been reading like very post on here and this is what i've come up with:
mobo : the Epox 8rda+ nforce2 board 114$
processor : amd xp2100 tbred b (plan on oc'ing) 95$
vid card : radeon 9500 (plan on 9700 modding) 159$
ram : I'm sort of stuck... first I was going to go with 2 sticks of corsair pc3200 256 ram to make use of the dualddr technology, but after some reading I see that it doesnt make too much of a difference, so then i was going to go with 1 stick of 512 pc3200 to get another stick at a future date when i need to. But i was also considering getting 1 stick of corsair pc3500 512 ddr434 ram so i could also get another stick of this at a future time...the one stick of 512 pc3500 is cheaper then 2 sticks of pc3200. the reason for getting the 3500 is just for having things ready for the future say i wanted ti put the fsb over 200 or when the amd 400mhz fsb cpus come out ill be able to do a little overclocking with them also. 198$ for 2x 256 pc3200 , 178$ for 1x 512 pc3200 or 193$ for 1x 512 pc3500 (platinum)
Case : Nice xpider (cheiftec) black aluminum case with 420 watt psu that comes with 4 case fans 150$
Monitor : 19" black viewsonic flatscreen (not panel) 250$
cpu cooling : thermaltake volcano 9 and arctic silver 3 thermal compound about 40$
all the prices above have shipping including.
I have my old harddrive and cd-rw so i really dont need anything else. My budget is 1000$ and I was bascially getting things that I can use for a while, also components that I will be able to use in the future when upgrading. This is the first computer i'm going to build myself so i also want to have fun overclocking the vidcard and processsor ect.
So anyone have any suggestions or anything would be appreciated