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Building a New PC
JJMitchell:
Here is what I've looked at so far:
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B452-1124 :: Just4PC 747 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Front USB and 425Watt Power Supply - Black (19 lbs)
$39.99
MBM-K8NE-3000 :: Gigabyte K8NE NVIDIA Socket 754 ATX Motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0GHz Processor with Fan (4 lbs)
$199.99
ULT31664 :: Ultra 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (x2)
$179.98
TSD-160M R :: Maxtor / DiamondMax Plus 9 / 160GB / 7200 / 8MB / SATA-150 / OEM / Hard Drive (Refurbished) (3 lbs)
$54.99
L12-1068 :: Lite-on SHW-1635S / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 8x DVD+R DL / 4x DVD-R DL / 48x24x48x CD-RW / Black/Biege Faceplates / Internal / DVD Writer with Software (3 lbs)
$41.99
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The total is only 547.05 with shipping so far.
Of course the video card will probably be close to $200.
If I wanted I could save $96.98 by not buying the new HD and DVD player, which I may do and just order them a little bit after I get the PC.
Unosuke:
I too am going to be working on renovating my rig (new mobo, new video card, new ram, new CPU). I'm just wondering if I should go ahead and get a 64-bit CPU.
Sideways:
--- Quote from: JJMitchell ---I figure in two years it'll be about time to upgrade anyway.
Thats how old my PC is now.
Okay folks, now your mission is to start giving me recommendations on Video cards. I've always been an ATI guy but that was from a bad experience with one nVidia card years ago.
GO!
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With PCIe you have a much faster bus than with AGP, and most video cards out these days are PCIe anyway. That gives you a lot of options.
Personally, I'd go with the following three cards (depending on price range)
Smaller budget card:
Asus Extreme AX550 256MB 'gamer edition'
Currently retailing for $99.95 up here in Canuckville. One of the cheapest cards on the market, with good benchmarks. It should be able to handle virtually every game you throw at it for the next two years or so.
Medium budget card:
BFG GeForce 7600 GT 256MB card
Currently retailing for $279.99, which is a decent price considering the specs on this card. A 580MhZ core clock speed, GDDR3 RAM (best RAM available right now) and it takes advantage of anything up to PCIex16. A VERY nice card that should do you well for the next 3 to 4 years.
High-budget card:
BFG GeForce 7800 GTX with Dual DVI connection
This is one of the nicest cards - arguably THE nicest card - available today. it retails for around $559.00, but the higher sticker-price really does make a difference. When you do spec comparison of this card vs. any other 256MB card on the market, you will find this one has better memory frequency, more rendering pipelines, higher capacity physics/geometry buffering, broader memory bandwidth and better soft-support (shader technology, different rendering protocols and it makes better use of DirectX than any other card). This is the card that will allow you to crank graphical settings on any game you play and maintain a very solid FPS... not to mention it has been rated as the most stable card on the market (fewest crashes / read errors / compatibility problems). If I had PCIe on my computer, I would be buying this card.
my two cents.
JJMitchell:
Not that one game should influence my decision forever but Oblivion only supports these cards currently:
Supported Video Card Chipsets:
* ATI X1900 series
* ATI X1800 series
* ATI X1600 series
* ATI X1300 series
* ATI X850 series
* ATI x800 series
* ATI x700 series
* ATI x600 series
* ATI Radeon 9800 series
* ATI Radeon 9700 series
* ATI Radeon 9600 series
* ATI Radeon 9500 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
* NVIDIA GeForce FX series
mberan42:
--- Quote from: edscoble ---I was actually thinking the same, going for a Shuttle computer case, including motherboard.
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I built my current computer in December of '04, and bought a Shuttle mobo+case. Fantastic little creature - integrated sound (I don't need anything better), integrated wireless, tiny as hell, fun to look at; perfect for my needs.
If, however, you need an assload (read: more than one) of 5.25" slots, PCI slots (more than 1), etc, it's not for you.
The only two things that I *don't* like about it: I got a 220W power supply, and it's a non-standard size. I don't know if they make power supplies for my case that's over 220W. Secondly, it gets pretty damn hot when I'm running graphic-intense programs. I've had to take the case off on numerous occasions and stick it next to the window to cool it off.
Other than that, I love the thing. Very happy with my purchase.
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