Yes, those would probably be good enough.
If you want a cheap computer, then AMD has really low prices on their processors nowadays.
Personally, I would go with an Intel Core Due (Conroe) due to that it is a very good processor.
Eldamnnen --- be careful... the Intel Core 2 Duo is conroe, while the Intel Core Duo isn't.
Can't go into another store.
This would do the job? http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo...bProductID=1790
and this http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo...roductID=291368 ?
Those two things look fine. However, if you can convince your mom to order online, TigerDirect.com, NewEgg.com, ZipZoomFly.com, and others have really good deals, plus have really high customer ratings and are secure.
I'd be wary of a AMD Sempron 64 - they aren't very powerful - almost like the Celeron's - consider them a value processor. I'd highly suggest getting a bigger budge and investing in a Core 2 Duo. MUCH more powerful, very stable, and will last a very long time. Tiger Direct - Core 2 Duo's
My realitve just built a system with a Core 2 Extreme, with either a 7900 or 7950 GX2, and 2GB's of RAM, and it's stable as anything, and oh-so-powerful. His friend though had to spend $3600 on it, but it will last a long time. Anandtech.com has a review, and it proves that the processors destroy any AMD processor out there, including the newest FX-61.
What I'm saying is if you spend a decent amount of money now, you'll have a stable system for the future.
AJ
Eldamnnen --- be careful... the Intel Core 2 Duo is conroe, while the Intel Core Duo isn't.
Yes, you are right about that. That is what I meant. I was aware of the fact though, but seems I wrote wrong on the post.
Those two things look fine. However, if you can convince your mom to order online, TigerDirect.com, NewEgg.com, ZipZoomFly.com, and others have really good deals, plus have really high customer ratings and are secure.
I'd be wary of a AMD Sempron 64 - they aren't very powerful - almost like the Celeron's - consider them a value processor. I'd highly suggest getting a bigger budge and investing in a Core 2 Duo. MUCH more powerful, very stable, and will last a very long time. Tiger Direct - Core 2 Duo's
My realitve just built a system with a Core 2 Extreme, with either a 7900 or 7950 GX2, and 2GB's of RAM, and it's stable as anything, and oh-so-powerful. His friend though had to spend $3600 on it, but it will last a long time. Anandtech.com has a review, and it proves that the processors destroy any AMD processor out there, including the newest FX-61.
What I'm saying is if you spend a decent amount of money now, you'll have a stable system for the future.
AJ
Yes, the Core 2 processor is the best choice, I would also recommend it. The Sempron is a budget processor, as is the Celeron, the Sempron performs better though. A $3600 computer would be kickass, though its about 10 times this guys budget.
Here's an amazingly through article on the Core 2 Duo's - Anandtech - The Empire Strikes Back
After reading that, and myself wanting to build my own PC, I'm thinking of gettting an E6600, for the fact it can be clocked up to 4 GHz and is still stable.
Oh ya - my case that I got for free - my dad brought it home - Silverstone Tek - I have the silver one with the window - Good pic of silver case with window
A review of it: Anandtech - Silverstone TJ05
AJ
i live in the uk and i ain't allowed to goto another store except scan.
so i am going for this cpu http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo...roductID=250181
and this motherboard http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo...roductID=443251
this is ok?
Yes, that is okay and motherboard has integrated graphics chipset, so if you don't play advanced games much, then you don't need buy a graphics card. But you need to buy a sound card and network card.
would a dvd work aswell or does the motherboard need to support dvd drives..
Yes, a DVD works. Some DVD are SATA (Serial ATA), most are good old fashioned PATA (Parallel ATA).
Both should work.
DVD works on all computers, the motherboard doesn't need support anything special.
DVD burners are cheap nowadays.
Ha, 7950 gx2, it will last a while.... yeah maybe until DX10 comes out.
Wow, I just got done figuring out my total my mt PC that I'll be putting together. A total of $982.85! Not bad but here are my parts... (That's good right?)
New_Age, the Pentium 4 sucks. It is built on the crappy Netburst architecture. It provides poor performance, generates massive amount of heat, and needs hell of a cooling, which often results in a noisy computer.
You choose a PATA harddisk and PATA IDE cable, instead of go with SATA (Serial ATA). PATA is getting phased out in favor for SATA which provides higher performance and got slimmer cables which reduces clutter and is good for the airflow.
Your motherboard is old tech, it doesn't have PCI-Express which pretty much all of todays motherboards got. Your graphics card is AGP.
The motherboard NIC is only 10/100, most nowadays are gigabit.
The LCD monitor qualifies to TCO '99, latest is TCO '03. It's response time is 8 ms, it is good enough for use application software, but if you do games, you might want to check into one that can handle 2 ms.
Pretty cool that the soundcard comes with Audacity, which is open source, go Diamond!
Ok, I'll go back and look at the CPU's and the Motherboard. Plus for a Graphics card.
Ok, changed mostly everything. I'm not into games all that much so...
It's total is $807.74
New_Age
Why do buy a new computer?
The computer you have in signature is good enough, and by the components you choose, I wouldn't consider it worth to buy a new one, if you're looking to replace your computer. But maybe you just want an additional computer for some reason?
The monitor is 8ms, this shouldn't be any problem unless you play games (esp first-person shooters).
The motherboard is 100/100 ethernet, this shouldn't be a problem, worth to note is that most motherboards nowadays come with gigabit ethernet.
The harddisk is SATA-300, but this one is 8 mb cache, the one you picked before was 16 mb.
Also, the link to the CPU points to the motherboard.
Well, with my PC now I'm abit upset. My Case is good but when I put my Motherboard in side it did go in but the Wireless Adpater, Graphics Card didn't seem to go down all the way into the slots which really pissed me off. I just wanna start fresh and all. I'm be giving this computer to my GF so... yeah.
Note: I had to cut off the ends of the metal for the Video Card and Wireless adpater to fit in.
2nd note: I went to Newegg and setted up a good deal better then what I got with TigerDirect. I'll post the stuff I'm going to buy soon.
Ok, heres what I got out of Newegg.
Some things to note. Just pointing out stuff.
The socket for the motherboard and CPU is socket 939. The latest is socket AM2, however I think DDR2 memory is needed for that.
The memory is DDR, the latest is DDR2, though it might be more expensive, don't know.
The soundcard is an SB Audigy, it is 2 generations old or so, I think. There was Audigy then Audigy 2 then X-Fi. None the less, it probably is a good card.
As for the graphics card, I would personally go with a nVidia, because ATI are powerhungry monsters and big heat generators, I think. nVidia probably is too, heh.
The graphics card you selected has a fan, most graphics cards today unfortunately have a fan, not all though. Nvidia has better graphics drivers for Linux than ATI.
As for the monitor, it is 8ms, shouldn't be a problem though unless you play FPS games. The review on the site you mentioned, said the quality wasn't all that great using an analog connection, so be sure to connect it to the graphics card via DVI.
The hard disk has 8 mb cache, WD has models with 16 mb cache too. I am not sure of the price difference or performance difference, just pointing that out. Also Western Digital SE disk is the disk that produces the least noise on the market, and is also one of the best in terms of power consumption.
As for the DVD, Lite-On have a good reputation of having cheap drives that are of quality up to par with Plextor. Good choice.
Thx for the comment on the CD/DVD Combo Drive
I'm just looking into updating my computer to run Vista at a good state. I should be good but I might buy more RAM after I see how Vista runs when I get ahold of it
Ok, so I changed my Hard Drive. Not bad price...
I would like to know if all will work out as far as... will my motherboard fit into my case. Will the CPU and Motherboard work together.
The motherboard is a mini-ATX with socket 939.
The processor is a socket 939 so it fits into the motherboard.
The case is an ATX case, so mini-ATX fits into it.
The HDD is a Seagate. Seagate is the only harddisk manufacturer with a warranty of 5 years, the other have less, usually 2-3.
Thx, I needed the advice.