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Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: Jolouie on 23 Feb 2005, 14:51

Title: Building a Computer....
Post by: Jolouie on 23 Feb 2005, 14:51

So I'm building a computer and these are the parts...

Processor (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-217&depa=1)

Mobo (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-137-048&depa=1)

Memory (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-299&depa=1)

Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-413&depa=1)

Sound Card (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=29-102-179&depa=1)

Case (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=11-154-013&DEPA=1)

Monitor (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-116-302&depa=0)

I'm still looking for a burner/drive and a hard drive. If you have any to suggest, go ahead.

Title: Building a Computer....
Post by: Iompair on 24 Feb 2005, 01:34

Me too, case and motherboard arrived yesterday.
And the rest of the bits should be in today.

Title: Building a Computer....
Post by: c1utch on 24 Feb 2005, 05:09

Just FYI, he PSUs bundled with cases are usually not ones that I, or many other people, would ever reccomend using.  Usually, they are not nearly as stable as real, picked out, researched and purchased ones.  Think about it, that case, with PSU is $60.  Normal power supplies are around that price, if not a bit more for a stand-up one.

Well, I seem to prefer Lite-On for burners and Seagate for HDDs, but also have a really nice BenQ drive.

Look around Outpost.com and Pricewatch.com as well as Newegg.

Title: Building a Computer....
Post by: catflea on 24 Feb 2005, 09:54

I have a benq CD-RW which is a beautiful drive,  pretty speedy and stable.  I also have a compaq DVD writer which is great for burning DVDs but doesn't seem to handle CDRs too well.

HDD seagate are the kings,    I tend to end up with Maxtors though and have never had problems (except my own fault)

Title: Building a Computer....
Post by: cliffkik on 24 Feb 2005, 10:17

If you wanted to, you could not buy a sound card FOR NOW because that mobo has onboard sound, and then go for a better processor and a better video card.  That's just my opinion though...

Title: Building a Computer....
Post by: Jenno on 01 Mar 2005, 06:06

Its always better to go with a non onboard sound card for performance reasons... but meh.

My dvd burner is this one => http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?DEPA=0&description=27-152-037&ATT=CD+DVD+Burners+RW+Dr&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me
Works well for me :)

Title: Building a Computer....
Post by: GNI on 01 Mar 2005, 06:31

I have 2 western digital hdds and my CD-RW and DVD drives are LG. I've never had any trouble with them, i am fairly impressed, although they are not really one of the well recognised brands.