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Subject: Building new PC - Component review
Name:
 Devier
Date: 6/26/2005 6:04:48 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 24.16.31.241
Message:
Hi all,
I used to post on here a long time back and was hoping those experts out there could provide some advice on component selection. I've based most of these selections on mid-range guides from SharkyExtreme and Anandtech, but I've been somewhat out of the loop on recent hardware advances. I'd appreciate an experienced eye as to whether or not these components are the best bang for the buck and will all work well with each other. Newegg.com appeared to offer great prices on all of these components and I've had good experience with them in the past, so I'm looking to order everything from them at once.
Without further ado:
AMD-compatible Motherboards
CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$92.00
ATX Computer Cases
ASPIRE X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-BL Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply - Retail
$57.00
CD/DVD Burners (RW Drives)
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A-KIT-BLU - Retail
$48.99
Floppy Drives
NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM
$8.49
Memory - System
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System
$79.99
Monitors - LCD
HYUNDAI L90D+ Silver 19" 8ms LCD Monitor - Retail
2 x $339.99 = $679.98
Processors
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BIBOX - Retail
$190.00
Video Cards & Related Devices
XFX PVT45GUDF3 Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$50.00 Mail-in Rebate
$349.00
Subtotal: $1,505.45
Shipping
FedEx 2Day -- $66.19
Total: $1,571.64 - $50 mail-in rebate = $1521.64
Sound card will be my old PCI SB Live Value and HDD will be my WD 120GB 7200 RPM and IBM Deskstar 60GB 7200 RPM.
QUESTION: It looks like I can get a Venice core proc for same price, is there a difference in Venice vs. Winchester?
QUESTION: Do these all look like the right parts for a mid-range upgrade? Any swap suggestions? Anandtech seemed to think AMD offers better gaming performance, so that's why I've gone that route.
QUESTION: Am I missing any critical components other than sound & HDD that I'm stealing from my old rig? Is that a mistake?
Thanks a bunch for any advice,
--Dev
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