New desktop PC

[MCD]

I just made a list, will order after 9 days from newegg

here are the parts:

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard:  $126.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775: $189.99
DIAMOND 2600XT512PE3SB Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB Video Card : $139.99
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800: $71.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KSRTL 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s: $119.99

and currently i have 2 DVD writers (Samsung of course) and 2 300 gigs external hdds

so how is it? anyone know of any issues or even better parts/deals? anything i missed? help a noob lol

[Van Cruncheon]

axe the radeon, spend the extra $100-$150 and get an 8800GT

[MCD]

tempting

but then i will have no money left

but very tempting

[CurseoftheGods]

axe the radeon, spend the extra $100-$150 and get an 8800GT

Pretty much it. I never bought a Gigabyte mobo before, but I've heard they're pretty good. What sort of PSU are you picking up?

[MCD]

Oh yeah that, will get it from the local shops, along with the case due to shipping weight and all.

i will get something affordable and good, whatever i can find anyway.

[demi]

tempting

but then i will have no money left

but very tempting

the video card is the most important part to a PC, go the extra mile

[MCD]

if i can get more money, gladly.

[MCD]

it's done, finally.

only thing changed is the motherboard, replaced it with Asus P5W DH Deluxe.

i love my new pc, soooo fast and smoooth.

next month: Samsung LCD, time to move from my old Samsung 17inch CRT.

camera phone picture:


sorry for the shit quality.

[trh]

So which card did you go with?

Also, sorry for hijacking this thread a bit but I have a question: how do I "spot" a good motherboard? Is it just to read reviews and see what people have to say about them? I'm gonna upgrade my pc soon - 8800gt (or gts), c2d e8400 omfg - but I'm absolutely clueless in the motherboard department.

[MCD]

same one from the 1st post (Radeon 2600xt), couldn't afford a better one.

and no need to apologize  use this thread as you see fit.

as for motherboards, i dunno really, i didn't upgrade my pc in a long time so i didn't catch up to all the new pc stuff, i guess it depends on how much you have and the spec you are looking for (memory standard, based on what chipset, audio support, ports, storage devices...etc..)

of course reviews don't hurt but most of them are about non working drivers that probably got fixed in a later release or old shitty bios that got fixed as well.

here is the one i am using now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131025

pretty good so far, no errors or anything and everything working so far on XP service pack 2 with the latest drivers and bios, though i don't use wireless lan and it seems the driver for it isn't all good according to the reviews here or something.

anyway, professor prole and smooth groove are much better at this stuff, maybe they can help you.

[MCD]

[Mupepe]

i wasted so much money on my pc.  and it made me realize I'm not even a pc gamer anymore

[Tauntaun]

I want to get a new PC but I'm going to have to wait to build it, what I actually need is an external hard drive so that's next on the list.