Building a comp as a christmas present, tell me if this is good?
Trumandrummer
Taylor Michigan Icrontian
Ok, So im helping my dad with a Christmas present, and the title says it. He was gonna buy one, but we decided it MIGHT be better to build it.
Have a fairly low budget here, I managed to get about $500 total, we want to keep it low, preferably under $600, hopefully lower.
I did my best with making sure all the components would go together, BUT I need help with a motherboard. We want one that is ATX and can support up to 16gb of ram, and and intel CPU, but at a decent price.
Our idea here isn't to go all out, but build it to where if needed the computer could be built up pretty high.
Heres what I have so far:
Case = RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEBP with 500W power supply $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156098
Motherboard = ????any ideas????
CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz $159
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
Graphics = EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB $59 (incl mail-in rebt)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130395
Memory = OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB
(obviously, this would depend on the motherboard, so this is just for the idea on price) $68
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267
HardDrive = Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB $41
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075
(160gb not much, I know. But im planning on getting a 1tb drive and hooking it to our network, so space isn't that big of a deal.)
Total so far = $426
any ideas?
EDIT: this is gonna me less of a gaming, more of a music computer.... but with the occasional game lol (we rarely play pc games, but sometimes we do. Like left 4 dead)
but I have not picked out a sound card yet.
Also monitor, keyboard, mouse we already got....
and speakers, we got more than enough.
Have a fairly low budget here, I managed to get about $500 total, we want to keep it low, preferably under $600, hopefully lower.
I did my best with making sure all the components would go together, BUT I need help with a motherboard. We want one that is ATX and can support up to 16gb of ram, and and intel CPU, but at a decent price.
Our idea here isn't to go all out, but build it to where if needed the computer could be built up pretty high.
Heres what I have so far:
Case = RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEBP with 500W power supply $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156098
Motherboard = ????any ideas????
CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz $159
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
Graphics = EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB $59 (incl mail-in rebt)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130395
Memory = OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB
(obviously, this would depend on the motherboard, so this is just for the idea on price) $68
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267
HardDrive = Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB $41
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075
(160gb not much, I know. But im planning on getting a 1tb drive and hooking it to our network, so space isn't that big of a deal.)
Total so far = $426
any ideas?
EDIT: this is gonna me less of a gaming, more of a music computer.... but with the occasional game lol (we rarely play pc games, but sometimes we do. Like left 4 dead)
but I have not picked out a sound card yet.
Also monitor, keyboard, mouse we already got....
and speakers, we got more than enough.
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and I wouldn't trust that raidmax PSU, get this instead.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052
If you are going to purchase a separate PSU, I'd recommend finding a case that does not include one to keep the price down.
Sorry leonardo,
I edited my post saying what its gonna be used for,
some gaming, not extreme.... but more than likely the graphics card will be updated in the near future. But the computer is gonna be mainly for just everyday use, and music. Like recording and stuff, nothing major though, plus he has an external sound card made for the recording, and a lot of equipment. Plus as for hard-drive space, he only has a 60gb right now, and hasn't been able to fill that even after 3 years. so 100-200gb will do great.
Its just the computer he has, has only 512mb of ram, and a terrible cpu, and video. I mean you have to set this thing to windows classic theme just to get it running decent and that is on windows xp home.
No problem.
Since you are not building with the latest, fastest, I-want-bragging-rights components, don't be afraid to look for used parts. Just ensure you only trade with persons whom you completely trust or who have excellent, documented trading records (Heatware). I can afford about whatever I want for computer gear. I still don't buy the 'latest,' usually waiting at least six months to a year after release, and more than 50% of what I purchase is from trading forums or Craigslist.
Oh, have you factored in an operating system for the computer?
I have thought about an operating system a little. Ive never had to buy one really, because every computer that I have purchased came with one pre installed. I know he does not really like vista at all, So ill probably be going for xp. obviously im gonna need 64bit with 4gb of ram though.
thats teh PSU to get right there!
as far as mobo the asus board is fine
Vid car 8800gt or 9800 GT
Yea ive decided to go for vista, because for as much money as xp still costs, why pay all of that for an old operating system, right.