Build me a computer :)

Chado · 02-02-05, 08:28 PM

Its actually for a buddy but I dont have much time to look around and you guys know your ****. Anyways.. hes looking to spend around $400 - 500 CANADIAN so like, one dollar US. or maybe about 320 US... he needs a motherboard, cpu and video card (i know, tight budget).. and ram too but tigerdirect has 512mb ram at $77 CAN which is good enough for him and is a steal. So any ideas?

douglasb · 02-02-05, 08:37 PM

Can't go wrong with a mobile XP 2600+ (about $100 US) and an nForce2 board (look around on newegg and find one you like, they also have great deals on refurbs if you're willing to risk it). Depending on how much is left over from that, choose your video card. At the very least I would recommend a GeForce MX4000, and the top end of this price range looks like a Radeon 9600 Pro.

WildMonkey · 02-02-05, 09:34 PM

Very tight budget but I recommend you prioritize in cost in this order:

CPU
Video Card
Memory
Motherboard

Ofcourse with some cheap mobo's your going to have a hard time overclocking.

Charloz24 · 02-02-05, 09:45 PM

If your going to overclock (sorry Wildmonkey) I think this is much the priority order:

Motherboard
Memory
Video card (depends...gaming or not)
CPU

c627627 · 02-02-05, 09:55 PM

Stay away from TigerDirect & tell your friends to do so as well.

http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org/n...33000027000500

||Console|| · 02-02-05, 10:04 PM

115 - mb Nf7s
http://www.mysterybyte.com/index.htm...art.htm&show=1

127 cpu 2500+ mobile
http://www.mysterybyte.com/index.htm...art.htm&show=1

133- vid 9600pro
http://www.greenlyph.com/product_inf...roducts_id=285

44- hsf xp-90
http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/Merc...egory_Code=5.6

this + some pc3200 ram will give u a nice oc

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ShaftedTwice · 02-02-05, 10:12 PM

CPU: AMD AthlonXP-M 2600+ $95 Newegg
Mobo: Abit NF7-S rev.2 Refurbished $50 Newegg
Memory: Kingston 512MB PC3200 $50 Fry's
Vid card: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro $135 Ebay, yeah, wing it on ebay. Linkie: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Prices not including shipping, and in US$320

Charloz24 · 02-02-05, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by c627627

Stay away from TigerDirect & tell your friends to do so as well.

http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org/n...33000027000500

Damn!! Just ordered a gig of PQI Turbo pc3200

.....why we should stay away from Tigerdirect?

ShaftedTwice · 02-02-05, 10:30 PM

Their customer service is not great at all. Sometimes, wrong things even get shipped, and stuff. Newegg and Zipzoomfly are the way to go. But dont lose over the TigerDirect thing, its alright, and I hope your memory comes safely

Charloz24 · 02-02-05, 10:36 PM

Yes I hope too....supposed to get it tomorow...*crossing fingers* *touch wood* etc...

BTW the problem with neweggs and ZZF is that they doesnt ship to Canada! (also the duties fee is very high)

||Console|| · 02-03-05, 06:34 AM

He is in canada , the sites i listed are all cnd

deRusett · 02-03-05, 06:39 AM

Hey Canadians,
http://www.bytewizecomputers.com based in Kingston Ontario, I am building a new rig soon, and have been pricing, they have pretty much the best prices in Canada with a good selection

I plan to argue them down for any item I find cheaper someplace else

www.yesplay.com is another good site, used them quite a bit until I found Bytewise, the Barrie Ontario location is staffed by very nice people

Chado · 02-03-05, 08:41 AM

sweet, awesome advice, thanks

||Console|| · 02-03-05, 09:10 AM

better still sell him ur 2800+ and keep the mobile

Mdogs444 · 02-03-05, 09:25 AM

Im not quite picking up why anyone would purchase a mobile xp and an nforce2 board right now. For about the same money you can get an Athlon64 3000+NC and an Nforce3 board. Also, regardless of overclocking or not, a video card is not a high priority unless you are building your system for GAMING. The video card will not bottleneck the processor.

In any event, when building a system, the priority list should be:

1. Motherboard - because you can always upgrade to a better CPU to fit in the current socket

2. CPU - Gaming, editting, etc? Regardless, the CPU is basis of a system.

3. Memory - lets all remember that memory is easily upgradable, but can create bottlenecks.

4. Video Card - being that not all computers are built for gaming, a video card is more less of a nice addition rather than a top Priority. As you can tell, im not much of a gamer, i play BHD all the time, but thats really about it. Although, i have played just about every game on my PC. My graphics may not be as good as yours, but i still kill the bad guy the same way....

||Console|| · 02-03-05, 09:48 AM

maybe in the Us 64s are cheep , they are more here , plus his buget is 500 cnd , My vid card the x800pro cost more , So u can see the prices arent nice and low like you guys get

Mdogs444 · 02-03-05, 09:52 AM

For 500$ CANADIAN he should be able to get a 2800+NC, a Chaintech nforce3 board, a 512MB stick of DDR400 (generic) and a GeForce5700 256 or so

Mdogs444 · 02-03-05, 10:00 AM

According to canadacomputers.com.....you can get:

athlon 64 2800+ NC - 156$
Soltek nForce3 250gb - 115$ (or DFI Lanparty UT for 132$)
9600XT 256mb - 200$

475$ ....

Or drop down to get a lower vid card and a DDR400 512MB

Tekko · 02-03-05, 10:36 AM

Here is what I got off www.pricenetwork.ca
A64 2800+ (rev CO or CG) 154$
Solteck nF3 250 110$ or a Neo nF3 120$
9600XT 195$
Total 469$

||Console|| · 02-03-05, 10:40 AM

but u would need like a 3500+ to = the mobile overclocked

02-02-05, 08:28 PM	Thread Starter #1
Chado Registered Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario	Build me a computer :) Its actually for a buddy but I dont have much time to look around and you guys know your ****. Anyways.. hes looking to spend around $400 - 500 CANADIAN so like, one dollar US. or maybe about 320 US... he needs a motherboard, cpu and video card (i know, tight budget).. and ram too but tigerdirect has 512mb ram at $77 CAN which is good enough for him and is a steal. So any ideas?
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02-02-05, 08:37 PM	#2
douglasb Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Texas, U.S.A.	Can't go wrong with a mobile XP 2600+ (about $100 US) and an nForce2 board (look around on newegg and find one you like, they also have great deals on refurbs if you're willing to risk it). Depending on how much is left over from that, choose your video card. At the very least I would recommend a GeForce MX4000, and the top end of this price range looks like a Radeon 9600 Pro. __________________ MAIN RIG: DFI NF4 LANParty UT Ultra-D Opteron 165 @ 2.25 GHz per core 2 x 250 GB Western Digital SATA2 in RAID0 2 GB G.Skill Extreme PC4000 ATI Radeon x850XT Fotron Epsilon 600w PSU
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02-02-05, 09:34 PM	#3
WildMonkey Member Join Date: Jun 2003	Very tight budget but I recommend you prioritize in cost in this order: CPU Video Card Memory Motherboard Ofcourse with some cheap mobo's your going to have a hard time overclocking. __________________ Q6600 P5K Premium 8GB G.Skill DDR800 EVGA 8800GT
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02-02-05, 09:45 PM	#4
Charloz24 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada	If your going to overclock (sorry Wildmonkey) I think this is much the priority order: Motherboard Memory Video card (depends...gaming or not) CPU
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02-02-05, 09:55 PM	#5
c627627 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas	Stay away from TigerDirect & tell your friends to do so as well. http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org/n...33000027000500
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02-02-05, 10:04 PM	#6
\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	115 - mb Nf7s http://www.mysterybyte.com/index.htm...art.htm&show=1 127 cpu 2500+ mobile http://www.mysterybyte.com/index.htm...art.htm&show=1 133- vid 9600pro http://www.greenlyph.com/product_inf...roducts_id=285 44- hsf xp-90 http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/Merc...egory_Code=5.6 this + some pc3200 ram will give u a nice oc =419 __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn Last edited by \|\|Console\|\|; 02-03-05 at 06:43 AM.
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02-02-05, 10:12 PM	#7
ShaftedTwice Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: San Diego, CA	CPU: AMD AthlonXP-M 2600+ $95 Newegg Mobo: Abit NF7-S rev.2 Refurbished $50 Newegg Memory: Kingston 512MB PC3200 $50 Fry's Vid card: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro $135 Ebay, yeah, wing it on ebay. Linkie: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW Prices not including shipping, and in US$320
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02-02-05, 10:30 PM	#9
ShaftedTwice Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: San Diego, CA	Their customer service is not great at all. Sometimes, wrong things even get shipped, and stuff. Newegg and Zipzoomfly are the way to go. But dont lose over the TigerDirect thing, its alright, and I hope your memory comes safely
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02-02-05, 10:36 PM	#10
Charloz24 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada	Yes I hope too....supposed to get it tomorow...crossing fingers touch wood etc... BTW the problem with neweggs and ZZF is that they doesnt ship to Canada! (also the duties fee is very high)
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02-03-05, 06:34 AM	#11
\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	He is in canada , the sites i listed are all cnd __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn
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02-03-05, 06:39 AM	#12
deRusett Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Midland, Ontario	Hey Canadians, http://www.bytewizecomputers.com based in Kingston Ontario, I am building a new rig soon, and have been pricing, they have pretty much the best prices in Canada with a good selection I plan to argue them down for any item I find cheaper someplace else www.yesplay.com is another good site, used them quite a bit until I found Bytewise, the Barrie Ontario location is staffed by very nice people __________________ Success is.. At age 4 .... success is .... not peeing in your pants. At age 12 .... success is .... having friends. At age 17 .... success is .... having a driving licence. At age 20 .... success is .... having sex. At age 35 .... success is .... having money. At age 50 .... success is .... having money. At age 60 .... success is .... having sex. At age 70 .... success is .... having a driving licence. At age 75 .... success is .... having friends. At age 80 .... success is .... not peeing in your pants At Any Age ... success is ... Folding for Team 32
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02-03-05, 08:41 AM	Thread Starter #13
Chado Registered Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario	sweet, awesome advice, thanks
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02-03-05, 09:10 AM	#14
\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	better still sell him ur 2800+ and keep the mobile __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn
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02-03-05, 09:25 AM	#15
Mdogs444 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Columbus, OH	Im not quite picking up why anyone would purchase a mobile xp and an nforce2 board right now. For about the same money you can get an Athlon64 3000+NC and an Nforce3 board. Also, regardless of overclocking or not, a video card is not a high priority unless you are building your system for GAMING. The video card will not bottleneck the processor. In any event, when building a system, the priority list should be: 1. Motherboard - because you can always upgrade to a better CPU to fit in the current socket 2. CPU - Gaming, editting, etc? Regardless, the CPU is basis of a system. 3. Memory - lets all remember that memory is easily upgradable, but can create bottlenecks. 4. Video Card - being that not all computers are built for gaming, a video card is more less of a nice addition rather than a top Priority. As you can tell, im not much of a gamer, i play BHD all the time, but thats really about it. Although, i have played just about every game on my PC. My graphics may not be as good as yours, but i still kill the bad guy the same way....
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02-03-05, 09:48 AM	#16
\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	maybe in the Us 64s are cheep , they are more here , plus his buget is 500 cnd , My vid card the x800pro cost more , So u can see the prices arent nice and low like you guys get __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn
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02-03-05, 09:52 AM	#17
Mdogs444 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Columbus, OH	For 500$ CANADIAN he should be able to get a 2800+NC, a Chaintech nforce3 board, a 512MB stick of DDR400 (generic) and a GeForce5700 256 or so
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02-03-05, 10:00 AM	#18
Mdogs444 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Columbus, OH	According to canadacomputers.com.....you can get: athlon 64 2800+ NC - 156$ Soltek nForce3 250gb - 115$ (or DFI Lanparty UT for 132$) 9600XT 256mb - 200$ 475$ .... Or drop down to get a lower vid card and a DDR400 512MB
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02-03-05, 10:36 AM	#19
Tekko Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montreal, Qc	Here is what I got off www.pricenetwork.ca A64 2800+ (rev CO or CG) 154$ Solteck nF3 250 110$ or a Neo nF3 120$ 9600XT 195$ Total 469$ __________________ Opteron 148 on a DFI CFX3200 OCZ 2x1Gb plat PC 4000 X1900xtx Seasonic S12-600w PSU CMStacker 810 and more sanyo denki then I need 2x74gb WD raptor 10k rpm + 200gb WD 7200 rpm 8.1Ghz Folding 24/7
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02-03-05, 10:40 AM	#20
\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	but u would need like a 3500+ to = the mobile overclocked __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn
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