Ok I'm new here and I will be building a new computer and have mostly everything figured out. I know a lot about computers but there's a couple of things I need to know. I live in Canada and I will be buying all my parts online but the question is where? First I will show what my old/current rig specs are:
-Intel 266 Mhz Celeron with 0 Kb of L2 cashe
-128 MB of SDRAM (DIMM) (used to be 32 MB before upgrade lol)
-8 MB ATI Rage Pro Video Card (can't even play games made in the year 2001!!)
-FSB speed - 66 MHz (motherboard is pure crap)
-1 DVD-ROM burner and player
-1 floppy drive
-40 GB hard drive (Used to be 1.5 GB, how sad is that?)
-Sound Blaster Card
-2 USB ports
-Dial-up Modem and a 10/100 high speed modem
-Intel motherboard that is unknown but is slow and old with 2 ISA slots and 4 PCI slots
-Power supply unit is unknown
-Computer screen is a Compaq S710
Now that is what I have right now and this is what I will be getting:
-$169 for AMD CPU 3200+
-$67 for CORSAIR VALUE SELECT VS1GBKIT533D2 1GB KIT (512MB x 2) PC24200 533MHZ CL4 240-PIN DDR2 DIMM
-$60 Unknown power supply unit
-$195 For Geforce 6800 GS eVGA 256-P2-N386 GEFORCE 6800GS 256MB PCIE GDDR3 w/HDTV & DVI
-$70-$90 For unknown motherboard
TOTAL is $571 for this but I have $750 in total and remember the prices above are USD and not CAD. I will not be getting rid of my Case unless I really need to. The question is should I get a better video card or a better CPU or a new Hard Drive that is like 200 GB in size? The other question is where should I buy my parts from? I was thinking Mwave.com but that's a US site right?
I will be gaming with this computer and I think I know what motherboard to use but that could change. I want a motherboard that has support for both PCI-E and AGP and socket 939 for AMD. I also want this computer to be upgradeble for the future like a way better video card and such.
This is a lot of thinking here and I need some help. Thank you for helping.
-Intel 266 Mhz Celeron with 0 Kb of L2 cashe
-128 MB of SDRAM (DIMM) (used to be 32 MB before upgrade lol)
-8 MB ATI Rage Pro Video Card (can't even play games made in the year 2001!!)
-FSB speed - 66 MHz (motherboard is pure crap)
-1 DVD-ROM burner and player
-1 floppy drive
-40 GB hard drive (Used to be 1.5 GB, how sad is that?)
-Sound Blaster Card
-2 USB ports
-Dial-up Modem and a 10/100 high speed modem
-Intel motherboard that is unknown but is slow and old with 2 ISA slots and 4 PCI slots
-Power supply unit is unknown
-Computer screen is a Compaq S710
Now that is what I have right now and this is what I will be getting:
-$169 for AMD CPU 3200+
-$67 for CORSAIR VALUE SELECT VS1GBKIT533D2 1GB KIT (512MB x 2) PC24200 533MHZ CL4 240-PIN DDR2 DIMM
-$60 Unknown power supply unit
-$195 For Geforce 6800 GS eVGA 256-P2-N386 GEFORCE 6800GS 256MB PCIE GDDR3 w/HDTV & DVI
-$70-$90 For unknown motherboard
TOTAL is $571 for this but I have $750 in total and remember the prices above are USD and not CAD. I will not be getting rid of my Case unless I really need to. The question is should I get a better video card or a better CPU or a new Hard Drive that is like 200 GB in size? The other question is where should I buy my parts from? I was thinking Mwave.com but that's a US site right?
I will be gaming with this computer and I think I know what motherboard to use but that could change. I want a motherboard that has support for both PCI-E and AGP and socket 939 for AMD. I also want this computer to be upgradeble for the future like a way better video card and such.
This is a lot of thinking here and I need some help. Thank you for helping.