Need help building 1st computer

[sammy_o0]

My mom might get us a new computer for my birthday. If she does, I'll get the old one to play games in my room. I was thinking of taking the old computer of mine, keeping some of the stuff (not much) and building a new computer. It would take a long long long time but it could give me something to do. If I do get build one I'd use:

Aspire Black Turbo Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "ATXB2KL/350"
$34.00
Abit "VT7" PT880 Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU
$64.00
Chaintech nVIDIA GeForce FX5500 Video Card, 256MB DDR, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "SA5500T2"
$93.99
Lite-On SK-1788/BS Standard Black/Silver Keyboard PS/2 104 keys
$5.00
Nyko Air Flo Optical Mouse USB
$15.00
Belkin Nostromo n50 SpeedPad USB
$22.50
Speeze 80mm Clear Crystal Case Fan, Model "FDC08025S1M"
$2.79
Cintre RW-6580D 5.1 Speakers
$35.50
Juster MP-020 Stereo Headset
$7.70
Intel Celeron (Pentium 4 based) 2.6 GHz 400MHz FSB, 128K Cache
$91.00
Sony DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DWU18A Black
$71.00


And I'm currently looking for some more stuff to add... any of this stuff good? Any suggestion for other stuff? Remember: Low Budget Gaming PC

[ExtremeMT]

unless the cpu in the old computer is a P4 socket 478 youll need a new cpu too. I reccomend the P4 2.4C. Good cpu for the money.

[sparko]

neons!!!!!!!!
Get ones that flash when a promenant sound goes off. then when you are shooting people up online is will flash to the pulse of your gun!

[sammy_o0]

sparko said:
neons!!!!!!!!
Get ones that flash when a promenant sound goes off. then when you are shooting people up online is will flash to the pulse of your gun!

Well, I would but the case doesn't have a window.

ExtremeMT said:
unless the cpu in the old computer is a P4 socket 478 youll need a new cpu too. I reccomend the P4 2.4C. Good cpu for the money.

gimme just a second
When you say CPU you're talking about something liek the Intel Celeron or Pentium 4? I just added it

[sparko]

get a window!!!!!!!!
Get a real one or ship it over to me and give me five mins with a set of pliers!:evil:

[sammy_o0]

Pliers? Uh... no. :) I think can live without it... besides, I won't be doing online gaming til we get a fast connection hooked up in my room. Just regular gaming here. Anyone who wants to send donations PM me! I doubt I'll ever get this finished if I ever get started, 500 bucks is a lot of money... Am I missing anything to get started? I know I need some RAM... what else?

[sparko]

neon fans!!! ha ha ha!
Seriously though, make sure you dont get a wireless mouse because they have slightly delaid reactions when low on batteries and therefore are pants for gaming.
maybee not neon fans but still you are gonna need cooling.....:

[sammy_o0]

I got fans... they're clear though. Mouse is a wired optical. It's all up top there. All that is coming from newegg.com

[MetalMan]

At one of the local electronics store (Fry's Electronics) they are having a deal for a an AMD Athlon XP 2700+ with mobo (don't know which one) for $80!! Too bad I have a 2400+ already. Such a killer deal I thought I would inform you of.

[sammy_o0]

That's cool. I would get it anyways so if I ever built a computer again I'd ahve it if I was you. Also, if I build a computer I decided to get Thermaltake Smartfans instead of the clear ones. They supposedly monitor your systems temp and blow accordingly.

[ExtremeMT]

I wouldnt go with a Celeron, find a 400 or 533mhz 2.2 or 2.4 or something, 2.4C if you can afford it. Celerons are crap.

[sammy_o0]

ExtremeMT said:
I wouldnt go with a Celeron, find a 400 or 533mhz 2.2 or 2.4 or something, 2.4C if you can afford it. Celerons are crap.


Pentium I suppose? I'll be looking...

[Bulldozer]

Meh, AMD owns Intel. (I'll shutup though, this piece o crap has a 1.1ghz celeron)

tcolesen said:
At one of the local electronics store (Fry's Electronics) they are having a deal for a an AMD Athlon XP 2700+ with mobo (don't know which one) for $80!! Too bad I have a 2400+ already. Such a killer deal I thought I would inform you of.

Crap, any idea when this sale ends? I might go buiy that....if I can get a ride.

[sparko]

Bulldozer said:
Meh, AMD owns Intel.

dude i have a intel 3.4 and it rocks!

You just cant argue with that!

[bubba069]

the board you picked is nice, got a lot of neat stuff but for "buget" game machine, ya might want to lean away from the pure SATA platform. that and you can get 2 ATA for the price of the same size in SATA

one other thing to look at is the shear size of the vid card.I run an Antec case nice small built like a tank great for hualing to lans. went to upgrade and I got a 5700 ultra and I lost a drive bay because of the length of the card was almost as wide as the main board, and it has a socket for the external power hook up for the gpu fan. if the case you picked is tight, might want to pick a little bigger case.

as for the cpu fans, unless you plan on overclocking I have never seen the need to get an aftermakert fan.

[sammy_o0]

I don't really know much about computers... I just picked some stuff out... I'll look into everything yall mentioned. Maybe I"ll be able to do it........... maybe............ :)

[ExtremeMT]

bubba069 said:
the board you picked is nice, got a lot of neat stuff but for "buget" game machine, ya might want to lean away from the pure SATA platform. that and you can get 2 ATA for the price of the same size in SATA

one other thing to look at is the shear size of the vid card.I run an Antec case nice small built like a tank great for hualing to lans. went to upgrade and I got a 5700 ultra and I lost a drive bay because of the length of the card was almost as wide as the main board, and it has a socket for the external power hook up for the gpu fan. if the case you picked is tight, might want to pick a little bigger case.

as for the cpu fans, unless you plan on overclocking I have never seen the need to get an aftermakert fan.

Where do you get that? Online you can find WD 120gig ATA drives for around $100...and the same drive only SATA.....for $120...

[sammy_o0]

I do not think I can build a cheap computer, This one has ended up being literally $599.75! Well, here's the stuff:

Thermaltake Black Gaming Tower XaserV Series WinGo Full-Tower Case, Model "V7000+"
$69.00
Shuttle "AN35N-Ultra" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU
$58.00
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600SE Video Card, 128MB DDR, 64-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "ATLANTIS RADEON 9600SE"
$71.00
COOLMAX 400W CX-400B, BLACK, Taurus CX Series Silent Power Supply; 1 x 120mm fan, 3 Speed Fan Control Switch ( Auto, Low, Medium).
$38.00
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor
$80.00
Geil Ultra Series Value Dual Channel 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 w/ Blue Heatspreader
$191.00
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD800BB, OEM Drive only
$64.75
SONY Black 52x32x52 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive W/ CD Maker Software, Model CRX230ED-B2, OEM
$28.00

I dunno if all that will even work together. I just threw it all together on newegg.com. :-/ Any suggestions?

[bubba069]

guess they are coming down then, last Dec. they where still pretty $$ because I wanted 2 120s for a raid set up.

[sammy_o0]

bubba069 said:
guess they are coming down then, last Dec. they where still pretty $$ because I wanted 2 120s for a raid set up.

... what?

I don't understand