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Critique my computer build (please!) [Edit: new parts selected]
javeryh:
EDIT: Critique my build part 2:
I've rearranged a few components and I think I'm all set but I'd like to hear from people who know more than I do before I actually pull the trigger. The only thing I care about is outputting to a 4:5 (vertical) monitor and that the picture will stretch to the edges. I have a Dell 197 LCD. Here goes:
Power Supply/Case
Video Card
Memory
Motherboard
Processor
Hard Drive
The total is under $300 shipped.
THANKS!! :cheers:
Green Giant:
About the video stretching, I think you should be able to do this through the software out there. Should be easy with that video card.
My criticism is your motherboard/processor selection. Opening up that link for your processor, there is an option for a combo motherboard and AMD 64 3200 for $66. You pointed to a AMD 64 3000 for $30 and an ECS K8M800-M2 motherboard for $50. That is $80 separate for the two. Get the motherboard with the combo proc and you are set.
It should be able to handle everything you can throw at it.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on July 05, 2007, 06:24:23 pm ---About the video stretching, I think you should be able to do this through the software out there. Should be easy with that video card.
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So you think I can just get the video card and throw it in my current computer and I'll be fine? My current specs are:
Mainboard: Intel D815EEA
Chipset: Intel i815E/EP
Processor: Intel PIII 733MHz
Memory: 128MB (1x128 SDRAM)
Video Card: Intel 82815
Hard Drive: 30GB
Monitor: Dell E197FP
Great call on the combo - I'll definitely be doing that if I order... Thanks!! :cheers:
Green Giant:
You will be reduced on what games you can play just cause that is a slower computer. If you already have a computer to use, you could always just buy the mobo/cpu and memory. Thats all you need. Use the current HD, case, and power supply.
Fitting that computer depends on the pci connections onboard. You need an AGP connection for that video card.
ElfShotTheFood:
Depending on who made you 733 mhz computer, you may not be able to update the motherboard in it. if its a name brand computer then it probably does NOT use an atx style motherboard, so you will probably need a case to go with it.