i suggest buyinh a new PSU, suing that to get you by and then going for an entire new system once conroe is out.
Okay, im deciding on getting a new computer... This will be for gaming/graphics/general usage... price between $2000 and $2500 (make it $2000, but have upgrades available for up to $2500). The choice im having to make is buy a lower end intel processor for now and buy a conroe next month, or buy a high end amd processor. If you are up for making a build try to make either a high end AMD computer (capable of switching to future processors, aka using a am2 slot more than likely) or a low end intel setup for now (keeping in mind $2000-2500 for the low end processor and the future conroe). I havnt decided personally on which one i want, the intel conroe setup or the high end amd setup, so showing me both examples will help me choose as to which i get... No software is needed, monitor/keyboard/mouse IS needed (monitor must be able to support a 1280x1024 resolution), I am having you guys select them so that they resemble the case atleast a little bit. 2BB memory preferred, 250+ gb storage atleast, preferably a 10K rpm 36 gb for my HD and games/main programs and the rest for file storage, needs a floppy drive (i know, old school) and 2 (yes, 2) dvd rw s, and a flash card reader (for camera memory cards, etc.) I am NOT going to be OCing until warrantees expire (if then). Anyone care to help? Oh, and I am in the US, so newegg works... Note - NO cases with neon lighting. I want good ventilation, sturdy, etc. just no neon lighting...
CPU: $179.99 Intel Pentium D 930 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core Processor - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819116238 GPU:$294.99 XFX Geforce GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (520MHz) 256MB PV-T71G-UDE7 Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150139 Maybe you want to get 2 of those and set them up in SLI ? PSU:$99.99 Antec NeoHE 500 500W Power Supply - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103940 HDD: $240 + $259.99 Western Digital Raptor 150GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136012 Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM x2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136003 MOBO:$239.99 ASUS P5WD2-E Premium ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131589 TFT: Get yourself a nice one, which fits your case with: 8mS or less, 1240x1048 or better, 85HZ or greater. RAM:$244.99 G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231065 DVD:$39.99 + $34.99 BenQ 16x DVD+R DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model DW1625 - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827101642 SONY 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DWQ120AB2 - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827131031 KEYBOARD/MOUSE: (50) Pick out yourself COOLING: $62.99 + $6.99 ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118003 COOLER MASTER SLC-S41-U1 40mm Blue LED Light Chip Set Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835103155 CASE: COOLER MASTER CAVALIER 3 CAV-T03-UW Silver Computer Case - Retail You decide, just take a nice ATX case, with some fans ie: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811119075 Its around 1500 (without monitor/keyboard/mouse, second VC) I'll update it later, havent checked all if its compatible. im kinda drunk atm and my mom calls me to go to bed.
lol when did you get this thing early 90's anyway best idea is to make your own computer by buying the parts seem to save alot of money just get a good hd and ram and vid card and your literally set
for the money, this i what I'd do. PD 805 or low end celeron just to get you by. don't f with the 920 or 930 they cost almost twie as much and this i just temporrry. sell off the rpoc after $50-130 one of the boards metoned here... i'm nto too framilliar with cornoe boards, but i know they require the 975 chipset. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=101408 unsure of cost x1800XT $220-240 compareable tothe 790GT in performance at stock OCs very well, cheaper 2GB DDR800sd ram, makes OCing that much easier... $50-200 250GB cavier, for the cost, it's pertty goood, two should come close to or outdo a raptor at cheaper but 1 is fast enough, i kinda regrt not getting one insteed of my raptor. PSU we'll see enermax, antec, tagan somthing along those lines. for the record, I have an opteron 165 @ 2.6GHZ it could esily hit 3 if I pushed it(I'm a HS kid working a min wage job more or less so don't want to risk it yet it's very good, but coonroe will smoke it, i feal kinda well sad... "2) 965X boards, available for sale soon, will all be Conroe compatable. These are being designed to support Conroe from release. They will most likely arrive in market before comparable 975X boards and well before Conroe is available to the public."
thanks guys, but i found a computer via... well, lets just say i have the problem handled atleast temporarily...
