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- phirschybar
I need a reputable PC maker out there who builds solid systems and wont rip me off. Suggestions?
- unknown0
did you try looking in the yellow pages , if you do it online you'll pay more....or build it yourself its not that hard :) try it youll learn more about hardware.
- Donvitoviti0
For Parts...
http://www.newegg.comfor a person to build it... get a smart friend.
you can build a top of the line.. smoking fast pc for under 800 easy
- phirschybar0
Yeah I want to build it myself... so what are the best resources (books, sites, etc) for building? Any pitfalls I should be aware of? Your suggestions are appreciated.
- unknown0
P4 or AMD 64
Radeon 9800 Graphics Card
200 G HDD Western Digital and Serial ATA
RAM 1G Dual DDRAM
Motherboard Asus is a good manufacture. Sound Card only if your really into the best sound get one...other then that onboard card is fine.
CD-RW
DVD burner LG supports all formats if you don't need it don't get it.
Don't get floppy you already have one u don't need it you can boot of XP.
a few fans and there u go...
- unknown0
tomshardware.com great forums great review site, but you should ask questions there about parts etc alot of hardware help u can get there.
- phirschybar0
Thanks for the info. Whats the best bet for the chassis? Should I use my old Dell chassis and tear the existing stuff out?
- abizzyman0
i got word on the new Intel chip...
... clocked at 5.3 mhz max right now.
a buddy of mine - quality control agent for intel... spilled his guts over a couple of beers tonight.
- phirschybar0
Whats the deal with Windows XP? Can I use the same disc as the one I have for my old Dell or does Microsoft lock your XP disc to one machine?
- unknown0
get a lian li pc 70 case i got it its the best pc case ever. get a review on google u will see why i think g5 was inspired by it.
- unknown0
you can use the same one
- phirschybar0
I think I'm going to do this Man.
So right now I'm thinking:
Motherboard:
Asus P4P800 P4 DUAL-DDRProcessor:
Intel Pentium4 2.8 GHz 800 FSBRAM:
Samsung 1.0GB PC3200 DDR (2x512mb)CASE:
Lian-Li PC70 Full TowerHD:
Western Digital
80GB Ultra ATA-100 7200 RPM 8MBSo if I get all this and pull the floppy, firewire, soundblaster from my Dell, am I missing anything?
What about power?