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help me wiht my computer project
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Posted by: liquidrt
Hey guys, its like this, i have 1500 +shipping. to spend to upgrade my new computer, basically i am just going to buy a new computer and build it myself, and use some parts from my older computer, here are the specs of it, lmk what you think. ps i am buying off www.googlegear.com is this a good site?
Product Description Quantity UnitPrice ExtPrice
240726
Gigabyte GA-8iNXP E7205 P4 (533FSB) Skt478 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***(Free 2nd Day)***
Remove $192.00 $192.00
140108
Antec Performance Plus Series Plus1080AMG Soho File Server Case (Metallic Gray) Retail
Remove $118.99 $118.99
80652
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor (Northwood) 2.66GHz, 533MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail ***(Free 2nd Day)***
Remove $220.00 $220.00
232292
Samsung 171N-Silver SyncMaster 17in LCD Monitor (Silver) Retail ***(Free 2nd Day)***
Remove $469.00 $469.00
80036-7
SimpleTech RB2700DDR/256 256MB DDR333 PC2700 Memory ***(Free 2nd Day)***
Remove $36.00 $72.00
100699
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y120L0 120GB Ultra ATA/133 7200RPM Hard Drive w/Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motors ***(Free 2nd Day)***
Remove $114.00 $114.00
331015
Sony CRX220A1 52x24x52 EIDE Internal CD-RW Drive Retail ***(Free 2nd Day)***
Remove $76.50 $76.50
320774
Evil Commando 2 Gold RADEON 9700 AGP 8X 128MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out, DVI & 7 Games Retail by PowerColor ***(Free 2nd Day)***
Remove $248.00 $248.00
Subtotal: $1510.49 plus 70 sum dollars in shipping. the onlyt hing i may change is the cd-rw to lower the cost.
here are links to everything in order
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=240726
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=140108
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...oductCode=80652
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=232292
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...uctCode=80036-7
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=100699
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=331015
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=320774
Shipping Method Shipping Charge
UPS Ground $78.32
thnx rob
Posted by: taco_fox
I'd say Googlegear is an ok retailer as long as you don't have to return anything.
Posted by: redwench
if youre going to buy most of your components at one place, its a good site. their prices are normally quite low, and they have a decent selection. they also arent complete idiots.
uh, you better look again. that motherboard doesnt support 333 ddr.
what are you using this computer for? surfing, games, business.....
and get the 9700pro
Posted by: GeForce_4_
I think he still is the boss of what he will buy , don't you agree redwench?
Posted by: redwench
he asked for opinions. he got them. what he does with them is his business.
Posted by: liquidrt
yes thnx for all the replies, on the DDR which one should i get, i heard since it was duall channel ddr that 2, 256's would be good, if youw ant to suggest a different kind go ahead. also the motherboard i looked at had
Gigabyte GA-8iNXP
the other one has Gigabyte GA-SiNXP
what is the difference? they are about 20$ price difference, also any other sites that i could get this stuff for cheaper?
Posted by: TotalRecall
http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoar...oryType_DDR.htm
Gigabyte has many, many, boards. Intel's newest chipset is the 875p. The new Pentium 4s will be running on a 800MHz FSB, so you might want to keep that in mind if you plan to upgrade in the future. Those boards will require DDR400 RAM.
Yeah, it's getting somewhat confusing. 
Posted by: liquidrt
which board should i get along with ram
Posted by: redwench
youre going to have to pick a chipset, which will dictate the speed and kind of ram you can use. you can keep that chipset and go with the lower ram speed that it supports, or go with a different chipset that supports higher ram speeds. there are only a few chipsets that currently support p4 and ddr400 on the market, and they are not intel chipsets. if you dont feel able to do the research yourself, a thread similar to this was posted a few weeks ago. just search for ddr400, that should pull it up.
Posted by: taco_fox
DDR is backwards compatible. I'm using PC3200 (DDR400) in a KT333 (DDR333) board.
Posted by: TotalRecall
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Originally posted by redwench
there are only a few chipsets that currently support p4 and ddr400 on the market, and they are not intel chipsets.
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Except for Intel's latest, the Canterwood (875p).
If you are running a 533MHz FSB P4, then anything over DDR266 would *theoretically* be overkill. I'm not sure how that holds in real performance, though.
Posted by: redwench
yes, the chipset is out, but i havent seen any boards with it yet. unless i missed something. when i was researching that sis chipset for that other thread, i ran across one page that was a professional review of motherboards or chipsets, dont recall.
at any rate, even with an fsb of 533, the 400 did outperform the 333. not by a whole bunch, but it did. the main reason to get it would be to save having to buy new ram in 2 years, when this comp becomes too old to be useful.
Posted by: Qui Gon-Jinn
as far as the system.. I like AMD over Intel.. but that's me.. and I prefer Nvidia over ATI.. still my personal pref.. but I did buy my GeForce4 Ti4200 from Googlegear.com and can tell you they are great .. good shipping deals..
Posted by: Praetor
i think you should go for a scsi drive with a mp motherboard and dump the rest
afterall thats what matters
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