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Critique my computer build (please!) [Edit: new parts selected]
ssc arcade:
take a look at your case and motherboard, chances are is is a standard ATX motherboard. Gateway did not (generally) use non ATX motherboards in the standard tower case. They did have their own stand offs on some of the later ones, but you can reuse those. If your case is a PIII, I am not sure if it has all the right holes for a Micro ATX.
I used to work in case design there. If you can take your case apart and do some measuring you may save yourself the cost of a new case.
stuckpixel:
If you're looking to buy, a uATX (otherwise known as a microATX) will fit in a standard ATX case without any problems.
The setup you had picked out looks pretty decent, the only real thing to note is that you have an X2 processor at the moment, and mame won't really take advantage of dual core processors for most things. That being said, there really aren't any _faster_ single core options for that range so I'd probably just go with that proc.
Might want to look at the package deals, looks like your biostar motherboard has a 10 mail-in, where-as if you use one of the package deals, you'd get 10 bucks right off the top for an ECS motherboard with the same chipset.
Gig of ram should be fine, and HD looked OK. Not a huge ATI video card fan, but that'll do the trick for what you need it for.
torez:
AMD just cut prices on their cpus. Wait couple of days until new prices propagate to all websites. Another thing you could do is wait until July 22nd or so until Intel cuts cpu prices. You may have a look at a nice cheap Core 2 Duo setup then.
--- Quote ---Wow, been waiting for this (well, Intel's price slashing) for last 5 months or so. It's almost here. For these who prefer AMD, here's your chance.
--- Quote ---AMD has just posted their latest CPU pricing list, and has slashed prices across the board for Desktop chips. All Athlon X2's are now priced under $200 US. The Athlon X2 6000+ now costs $178 per unit, down from $241 when purchased in quantities of 1000. Pricing on mobile processors remains unchanged.
These price cuts come just days before Intel is expected to cut prices on their CPU line, and highlight new processors featuring a 1333MHz FSB. Preliminary pricing charts based on a July 22nd drop-date have Intel offering their Q6600 quad-core chip for $266 US, and all Core 2 Duo desktop chips with the exception of the 3.0GHz E6850 priced below $200 US.
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Now, do I wait until Christmas or take a plunge this summer?
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_609,00.html?redir=CPT301
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leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on July 10, 2007, 08:55:24 am ---Just about every new motherboard out there still has ide connections. Not always for the harddrive but for the dvd drive. The very latest dvd drives have sata connections, but right now people still need ide connections for them.
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Just ordered 2 batches of computers from Dell. Both sets have no IDE connections. sucks...
torez:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 11, 2007, 11:57:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Green Giant on July 10, 2007, 08:55:24 am ---Just about every new motherboard out there still has ide connections. Not always for the harddrive but for the dvd drive. The very latest dvd drives have sata connections, but right now people still need ide connections for them.
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Just ordered 2 batches of computers from Dell. Both sets have no IDE connections. sucks...
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You can grab one of these pci adapter cards that have either two IDE plugs or one IDE and one/two SATA. You can get them cheap these days. Try Ebay. Get some brand name like Adaptec, Maxtor, for example, for better compatibility.
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