Hi all,
I am building a computer for the first time in a while. (the last time was about 12 years ago) Anyhow, I got a tower that looks like plenty of room with a 450 W power supply. This should be enough for now? I mainly use my computer for surfing ebay and Microsoft Flight Simulator so later on down the road I am going to get a video card. I was doing some research about PCI 16x vs PCI 16 2.0. and was thinking about getting this combo Intel Dual Core E6300 2.80GHz CPU Fan Motherboard COMBO - eBay (item 200415977452 end time Jan-02-10 11:57:54 PST)
however I noticed it doesn't do pci 16 2.0. Can anyone point me to place to buy or name of a mother board that would be close to this price. (about $120 bucks for the board and cpu 2.8 ghz intel)
I am on a bit of a budget and just trying to get as much as possible without having to cross the line and spend $400 total. I am aiming around $300 bucks for now. I am going to reuse my old HD for now and upgrade the ram from 2 gb to 4 gb down the road.
So the main question is where to get a board that is 2.0 around the same price (if even possible) and does it really matter?
Thanks
I am building a computer for the first time in a while. (the last time was about 12 years ago) Anyhow, I got a tower that looks like plenty of room with a 450 W power supply. This should be enough for now? I mainly use my computer for surfing ebay and Microsoft Flight Simulator so later on down the road I am going to get a video card. I was doing some research about PCI 16x vs PCI 16 2.0. and was thinking about getting this combo Intel Dual Core E6300 2.80GHz CPU Fan Motherboard COMBO - eBay (item 200415977452 end time Jan-02-10 11:57:54 PST)
however I noticed it doesn't do pci 16 2.0. Can anyone point me to place to buy or name of a mother board that would be close to this price. (about $120 bucks for the board and cpu 2.8 ghz intel)
I am on a bit of a budget and just trying to get as much as possible without having to cross the line and spend $400 total. I am aiming around $300 bucks for now. I am going to reuse my old HD for now and upgrade the ram from 2 gb to 4 gb down the road.
So the main question is where to get a board that is 2.0 around the same price (if even possible) and does it really matter?
Thanks