rosencrantz
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Alrite, well I'm not exactly a huge gamer although I do play some Half-Life 2 and of course CS and UT. I wanted to build a computer this summer and am just doing a lil bit of research before. I'm getting from this forum that the 6600GT is a good vid card for the price and should handle these kinda games well. Also that the AMD 64 cpu is the way to go (maybe 3400?) and I'm guessing a good ABIT mobo with 939 socket (don't wanna scrounge with this). Some good 2x512mb RAM (nor this). Also a good sound card (no idea bout this) but that shouldnt be too difficult. Also mobos come with ethernet nowadays, right?
I want my case to be quiet and light (maybe aluminum case doesnt hafta be fancy, prob no window, the innards of my comp are prob somethin i wont want to show off) and a solid 450ish wt psu. I figure I can put in a 200 GB 7200 SATA Drive of some (maybe Seagate). In addition I want to put in a CD-RW and a DVD-RW. I know all of this is available right now, and hopefully the prices will drop more by summer. I was just wondering what components are best right now for my purpose (a good desktop that handles games pretty well and is quiet/cool).
Mostly, I just want to learn a little bit more about computers so I figure building one is a good experience and is not that difficult. I don't want to spend over 1g, I do have my own Windows XP Pro w/SP2. I was just wondering what advice you guys could give me on the parts and/or changes of these parts by summer.
I want my case to be quiet and light (maybe aluminum case doesnt hafta be fancy, prob no window, the innards of my comp are prob somethin i wont want to show off) and a solid 450ish wt psu. I figure I can put in a 200 GB 7200 SATA Drive of some (maybe Seagate). In addition I want to put in a CD-RW and a DVD-RW. I know all of this is available right now, and hopefully the prices will drop more by summer. I was just wondering what components are best right now for my purpose (a good desktop that handles games pretty well and is quiet/cool).
Mostly, I just want to learn a little bit more about computers so I figure building one is a good experience and is not that difficult. I don't want to spend over 1g, I do have my own Windows XP Pro w/SP2. I was just wondering what advice you guys could give me on the parts and/or changes of these parts by summer.