My Computer Im Building

[X_40's_X]

Alrite... i have everything picked out i need for a computer (i think *lol* ) ... can you guys try to lower this price down --> http://www.tigerdirect.com/cgi-bin/ShoppingCart.asp .... thats all the things i wanna get... and im pretty sure thats all i need to build a computer but im not sure.... could anyone try to get this price down to like in the $800's?? even $899 will do lol, oh ya... im buying a graphics card off another site for like $266.... so this is goin to be hard gettin it in the $800's :: hope you can see my cart

[Wyatt_Earp]

That link won't work. The shopping cart is based on your user ID and probably uses cookies. Therefore, I can't see anything you put in there. You'll have to individually list everything in your cart.

Or, there might be a wishlist type of thing. At www.newegg.com they have a wishlist that you can make up and everyone else can see it. I don't know if tigerdirect has one or not.

[X_40's_X]

ooo, sorry bout that... ya i dident think it was goin to work, but why not try.. i dident get anything for christmas b/c i need to order my comptuer parts and stuff.... ill give you the list of parts rite now, also the motherboard and processor has a $100 rebate on it (i hope i can use it) .... ---> Diablotek Mid-T W/ 450w PSU, Yamakawa 8x DVD±RW, Maxtor 60GB HD, A8V & 64 3400+ (motherboard and cpu), Kingston Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 x 512MB), Mach Speed Gigabit PCI, Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 OEM Sound Card, LEADTEK/WINFAST A400 TDH STANDARD GEFORCE 6800 128MB DDR AGP8X w/ CRT, TVO, & DVI, and Windows® XP Home.... all if that is like in the $1100's.... i really dident think that was goin to turn out that much

[Doby]

Hi,

Try pricing your list at zipzoomfly.com or newegg.com, I know both are cheaper on some of those items.

Rick

[Doby]

I have one other comment, the psu, if it comes with the case I would plan on buying a different name brand one. Most people building Amd 64 systems myself included report that you need at least 24amps on the 12v rail and generic psu's that come with cases don't have it.

Rick

[X_40's_X]

oh ... well what kinda PSU will i need??? and i might as well get a plain ol' regular case then ... umm, and i cant look rite now, im at my friends house and im about to leave, but you kno what specific things that i have in that list that are cheaper on other sites also?

[Omegamerc]

100-120$ gets you the psu I have; i highly reccommend it!

[X_40's_X]

$100 for a PSU? thats more money added up! grrrr lol, alrite then... well you said you have the true power one? 480w? by antec?

[Omegamerc]

Well anything thats a good psu with 450w+ will go over 90$ I have x-connect ultra modular psu 500w ; google it and find some reviews on it.

[X_40's_X]

im lookin at it rite now... it was alot of cables that i never seen before lol for a PSU, but if thats what you suggest ima get that one then, i need more help on the whole computer more then anything

[Doby]

Omegamerc is right they are great psu I have one myself and recomend for amd 64 systems. All the wirers are modular meaning you can plug in only the ones you need,don't worry to much its easy.

The A8V is a socket 939 and the 3400 cpu is socket 754 so you need to pick another cpu or mobo. 754 is cheaper but won't allow for upgrades of the cpu later on. I think the price at zipzoomfly for a 3400+ cpu socket 754 with 1 mb L2 cache is very good.

Rick

[X_40's_X]

oh... thats good, and i dont really kno what much about motherboards and which are good or now and if they can take a certain kind of video card and down, so i dont really kno what to do about there

[Doby]

Well I always encourage people to build there own pc's and will help anyway I can, and you can do it, but I think its obvious that you need to do some reading up before you spend your hard earned $. http://www.directron.com/knowledgebase.html

Read all the topics in the above link its a start, search the web for how to guides, and of course look thru Major Geeks Home page not just the forums for info. Look at forum members signatures to see what parts they are using that are similar to the system you want to build and then research each part to see if it will fit your needs.

For instance look at my lower signature, it took about a month of evenings to research each and every part to get exactly what I wanted, what was compatible, what I could afford and about 5 hours to get the system together, up and running without a problem. So research means alot!

I guess what I am try to say is keep asking questions, learn from the answers and make sure you undestand all the parts before you spend your hard earned $

Rick

[X_40's_X]

oh... well i just read the article on the motherboard, im pretty sure i kno what its talkin about... so like if the bus speed of the processor im gettin is like say, 400MHz, and the motherboard will only take 300MHz it wouldent work of course rite? and if the bus speed of the processor is like 500MHz and the motherboard will take like 700MHz that would work rite, or does it have to be the same number of as the processor? i mean if the socket number or whatever it rite too, and i must start buying parts! lol i wanna build this thing

[Doby]

Ok then have you decided on socket 754 or 939?
Remember 939 cost more but will be better if you want to upgrade the cpu later on.

Do you want a mother board with dual channel memory? Dual channel cost more but you get somewhat better system performance

Rick

[Omegamerc]

Originally Posted by Doby

Ok then have you decided on socket 754 or 939?
Remember 939 cost more but will be better if you want to upgrade the cpu later on.

Do you want a mother board with dual channel memory? Dual channel cost more but you get somewhat better system performance

Rick

socket 939 and 754 prices are the same a 3000+ is about 150$ The reason is not within the cost. Socket 939 is dual channel enabled; new 939s have onboard memory controller that enable higher performance on them too. Sockets 754 come with 1mb of on board cache while 939s only come with 512kb; 939 mobos are ONLY dual channel, 754 is never dual channel. Best highest performance 939 mobo nforce3 wise is a msi neo plat 2 for about 130$, nforce4 boards are all hovering about the same price but you need a pci-express card.

[Doby]

socket 939 and 754 prices are the same a 3000+ is about 150$ The reason is not within the cost.

You can get a 754 for under a 100 bucks, he mentioned above he is concerned about cost so if for instance he would go 939 add the cost of dual channel ram and if he would choose pci express the cost could be significant. So the reason to choose one or the other has to do with cost

Rick

[Omegamerc]

Originally Posted by Doby

You can get a 754 for under a 100 bucks, he mentioned above he is concerned about cost so if for instance he would go 939 add the cost of dual channel ram and if he would choose pci express the cost could be significant. So the reason to choose one or the other has to do with cost

Rick

Would like a link to a 939mobo w/o dual channel, curious to see who would sucker a 939 into performing half arsed. & about the price of a 754/939 like i said ABOUT.
PCI express mobos cost almost the same as agp mobos;maybe a slight diff in price "just because" its new tech.

[Doby]

I never said 939 didn't have dual channel

Rick

[Omegamerc]

Originally Posted by Doby

Do you want a mother board with dual channel memory?

Rick

754s mobos don't support dual channel
939s mobos only come with dual channel.

What eles does that mean : .