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Questions on the new comp I would like to build
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Posted by: Compaq
I am planning on building a computer within the next six months. I am getting married June 26 so I don't have much to spend. Thus I am trying to keep the costs down. Here is my combo tell me what you think. To start the motherboard off I want to get a Chaintech 9CJS Zenith. I have read many excellent reviews on this board. The processor will be a 3.0 GHZ Pentium 4 with 800 MHZ front side bus. I have a WD 40 gig HD that I am going to use. I don't need more than 40 gigs I am lucky if I use 15 gigs of it . I am going to run Win 98 for starters until I can afford Win XP. I will probabally run a GeForce Asylum 128mb video card for the time being as I am not a real big gamer. I will pick a case with at least four fans or more. Lastly I have a question on the memory. I would like to run the dual channel 1 gig PC3200, but I can't afford the two sticks at the time. How badly will I suffer from one 512mb PC3200 until I can afford the other one? I already have a creative 52x optical drive and a floppy. So I don't need them. Please give me your input on my creation or if you have cheaper ideas please express them. Thank you for all your input it is appreciated.
Posted by: Bix VT
The only thing I'd say is make sure to get a good 400watt psu.
Other than that your setup looks good.
Posted by: Compaq
Cool thanks Bix, I plan on getting a box with a 400-450 watt psu and a good fan array. Hey what do you think about the memory situation? The difference between a 512mb and 1gig with dual channel. Will it be a huge difference that I should go with the dual channel right away or will I be ok with 512mb for awhile. Thanks for responding Bix.
Posted by: redwench
get a 512 stick to start with. win98 cant handle more than that without tweaking anyway. youll be fine unless you use real memory hogs. although i would recommend a ram manager if you do start to experience slowdowns.
Posted by: armystud0911
I am not sure if you'd need that big of a PSU, I only have 360 watts and I have dual cpus, 4 drives, and a powerful video card, if you can afford it, go ahead, but if there is a price margin, 350 should be plenty, it doesn't sound like your doing heavy stuff on it.
Posted by: Compaq
Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I will just do the 512mb stick and Win98 for now. When I get enough money I will buy another stick and Win Xp (or Longhorn depending on when I get the money lol!) and install them together. Thanks again everyone I really appreciate the input.
Posted by: Bix VT
I say 400 in case upgrading becomes needed. If the pc is around for more than about 2 years for example...
But you will notice a difference with dual channel. I'd wait until you have enough money for both the 2nd stick of 512 and XP, and do them both at the same time.
Posted by: SKYHN
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Originally posted by armystud0911
I am not sure if you'd need that big of a PSU, I only have 360 watts and I have dual cpus, 4 drives, and a powerful video card, if you can afford it, go ahead, but if there is a price margin, 350 should be plenty, it doesn't sound like your doing heavy stuff on it.
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What kind of voltages are you getting? Thats cutting it very close running all that stuff.
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