Brother is getting his taxes soon and wants me to build him a computer for him and his soon to be wife. Haven't kept up with the newer CPU's or Mobo's so first thing that came to mind was tech forums. Trying to keep the cost as low as possible but with good-fast parts.
Very light gaming will be done on the computer..the most demanding game that will be played will be CS 1.6, which onboard can run, so don't need to much spend cash on that. My brother wants to be able to hook up the computer to his HDTV, is that what HDCP ready means on video cards?
Photoshop will be eventually put on the computer. That will be the most demanding program ran on the computer. That's where I don't know if I should go with either amd or intel for that. Definitely want to go with 4GB of ram though.
Need everything but a mouse. I have an extra mx518.
Case: Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases
HDD: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
PSU: Newegg.com - FSP Group SAGA+ 450R 450W ATX12V Power Supply - Power Supplies - I have this brand for my comp and it's be great. Should I keep this or go with something else? More watts?
Monitor: Newegg.com - Hanns·G HW-191DPB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers - LCD Monitors - Will the max resolution effect the ability for it to be displayed on my brother's HDTV(40 something inch, maybe 50)? Will 1440x900 look distorted?
Vid: Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N733-LR GeForce 8400 GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards - I think this will do, it's HDTV ready correct?
DVD Drive: Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners - Should do the job?
Speakers: Not sure, probably some $30 set on newegg.
Keyboard: same as speakers.
CPU/Memory/Mobo I don't really know, I was hoping maybe some if you could give me a good combo for it. Trying to keep the cost low as possible, but still want it to run good for Photoshop. Nothing over $150 for the CPU I'd say. Maybe something like an Athlon 64 X2 6000+? Something in that range? Mobo nothing over $100 if possible, cheapest bang for the buck would be great.
Also for operating system, can you still buy XP? If so, or should I go with Vista?
Mobo: Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TForce TF720 A2+ AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 720a ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
RAM: Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
CPU: Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
OS: Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3 for System Builders - Operating Systems
Ya or na?
Very light gaming will be done on the computer..the most demanding game that will be played will be CS 1.6, which onboard can run, so don't need to much spend cash on that. My brother wants to be able to hook up the computer to his HDTV, is that what HDCP ready means on video cards?
Photoshop will be eventually put on the computer. That will be the most demanding program ran on the computer. That's where I don't know if I should go with either amd or intel for that. Definitely want to go with 4GB of ram though.
Need everything but a mouse. I have an extra mx518.
Case: Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases
HDD: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
PSU: Newegg.com - FSP Group SAGA+ 450R 450W ATX12V Power Supply - Power Supplies - I have this brand for my comp and it's be great. Should I keep this or go with something else? More watts?
Monitor: Newegg.com - Hanns·G HW-191DPB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers - LCD Monitors - Will the max resolution effect the ability for it to be displayed on my brother's HDTV(40 something inch, maybe 50)? Will 1440x900 look distorted?
Vid: Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N733-LR GeForce 8400 GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards - I think this will do, it's HDTV ready correct?
DVD Drive: Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners - Should do the job?
Speakers: Not sure, probably some $30 set on newegg.
Keyboard: same as speakers.
CPU/Memory/Mobo I don't really know, I was hoping maybe some if you could give me a good combo for it. Trying to keep the cost low as possible, but still want it to run good for Photoshop. Nothing over $150 for the CPU I'd say. Maybe something like an Athlon 64 X2 6000+? Something in that range? Mobo nothing over $100 if possible, cheapest bang for the buck would be great.
Also for operating system, can you still buy XP? If so, or should I go with Vista?
Mobo: Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TForce TF720 A2+ AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 720a ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
RAM: Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
CPU: Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
OS: Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3 for System Builders - Operating Systems
Ya or na?
