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05-20-2007, 05:44 PM
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Uber Sanoob Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westchester County, New York Posts: 634
|  i am building a pc for the first time please help
budget $1500-1600 dvd drive case floppy i need it hard drive motherboard graphics card power supply RAM processor cheap fan monitor CPU cooling
this comes out to be about 1,478 dollars without subtracting rebates, and w/o adding shipping or tax, with the remaining budget money i will buy keyboard and mouse, and speakers at a store
i would like some comments and suggestions please, this is the first computer i am building, thanks
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05-20-2007, 05:53 PM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 52
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Thats pretty good. I would go for the 640mb graphics card due to the higher resolution. Processor is alright, I have the same harddrive u selected and its ok for the price, it is fast ( getting 80MB per second constant and about 130 MB burst and sometimes higher ), But I kinda feel the harddrive wont last long its very picky about power but its faster than my slow yet very dependable 80gb samsung drive.
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05-20-2007, 06:06 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Im not sure...HELP! Posts: 464
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all looks good, but im strugling to realise whatyou need the pc for?
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05-20-2007, 06:27 PM
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Uber Sanoob Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westchester County, New York Posts: 634
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Originally Posted by khan008  all looks good, but im strugling to realise whatyou need the pc for? | its gonna be used as regular home pc, im not doing any professional CAD stuff or anything like that, im just looking for a good computer that will belong to an everyday normal househould , im not a huge gamer, but i want a graphics card which wont be outdated in a year | |
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05-20-2007, 07:21 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 330
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Go with a C2D, in that price range the e6600 would be better.
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05-20-2007, 08:46 PM
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Uber Sanoob Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westchester County, New York Posts: 634
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Originally Posted by nerdygeek Go with a C2D, in that price range the e6600 would be better. | im not looking for an intel processor because they run hotter, and also can be noisier, the e6600 its also only 4 bucks cheaper and id have to go thru the trouble of overclocking while the amd is also dual with 3.0ghz
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05-20-2007, 08:47 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,153
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A C2D is short for Intel's Core 2 Duo, and they actually run pretty cool. How can they be noisier, if you were to use the same aftermarket CPU cooling, with either CPU?
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05-20-2007, 08:47 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,508
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c2d r the best cpu's out right now
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05-20-2007, 09:27 PM
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Uber Sanoob Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westchester County, New York Posts: 634
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well nothings really gonna change my mind about the processor, i'm sticking w/ amd, but another concern is if all the stuff will fit into the midtower case, especially the video card
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05-20-2007, 09:28 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,153
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You don't have to worry. That 8800GTS will, fit right in that mid-tower case. | |
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