The Official PC building thread!

OK. Might go with LG because I know somebody who has never had one fail. Whilst were on the subject I personally do not reccomend Philips as I have had one fail before fail.

Dave

 

I have had two LG drives, all good so far! Can't speak for Philips.

 

O.k. so let me get this right... There is really no need to have a CD drive if you have good DVD drives?

 

correct, a dvd drive plays cds also. CD/DVD-ROM plays both

 

and a super multi (CD/DVD read, CD-R/RW, DVD+/-R/RW + -RAM + +RDL) which can be had for quite little, will do everything, save maybe HD-DVD and BluRay.

 

has anyone got a wireless n router yet? they're supposed to be a lot better than wireless g.

 

Any comments on this PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=17-128-002 or any sujestions on a good one that will hand sata and supply about 4 drives and every thing esle per sig. plus what ever my little mind can throw in there- I only have about a little more then a 1/4 in. from top of case to unit[ I notive there are fan on some PSU.. can I use one like that w/ that claerance? ] any suggestions are my gain... LOL

 

Well I was going to say "I recommend this" - but that was the PSU I was going to recommend! Do it!

 

WOW dude... didnt even get to my email!!! thank you very much for the lighen speed reply. Sorry for the type O's... my key board is punished and I have a really bad habit of pounding on the keys with my weartherd fingers, well that and I went to school in L.A. Anyways I really think you guys are great here at AD I have learned much and I am self learning, WELL not really- its with people like you willing to teach what most want to keep for personal gain that makes thinks possable... but you's are a truely blessing

 

I'm in the market for a new computer and this is the best I've seen for the price. Not really a fan of Compaq but HP has brought their rep up a little bit. I've built systems before but its been quite some time so I wondering what I can build that would be similar to this machine or better around the $550 that I'll pay for this one.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s..._type=product_detail&product_code=ER925AA#ABA

I dont need a super machine just one that is pretty efficient for burning DVI videos that I record and also able to take burning to 2 or 3 drives simultaneously without lockin up. Any advice guys?

 

Yeah both mine work great. Very quiet too.
Kfra: that link wants me to sign up before I can see it!

 

i would defiantly build one over getting a box system anyday ,yeah that link doesn't work

 

I fixed the link. This should work

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s..._type=product_detail&product_code=ER925AA#ABA

 

768MB of RAM and an X200 Graphics chipset rules gaming out right off the bat for that system. The 3700+ is a good processor, but that's about all that's good, other than the amount of storage space, but for cost reasons that'll probably be a Maxtor so it'll be noisy. $550 is still a fair amount for a system like that.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539 - Athlon64 3700+ $105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569 - Asus A8N5X - $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102688 - X850XT Graphics card - $122
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440 - 2x512MB Corsair RAM - $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817101508 - Tagan PSU - $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811146002 - NZXT Guardian Case (example of a well-made inexpensive case, there are plenty others to choose from) - $77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152025 - Spinpoint 250G - $76
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152060 - DVD Writer $45

That lot comes to about $650 INCLUDING delivery, so not much more than that Compaq, and it will be far better in every way imaginable.

 

I dont do PC games so the high end graphic card isnt neccesarry but will the 3700+ be able to high running multiple apps at a time?

 

Yes it will.

 

I really dont want to go in the $650 range. I trying to keep it as close to $550 as possible. Any other suggestions for a good system?

 

Yeah just descale the graphics a bit, or drop the hard disk size down a bit.

 

Someone yesterday told me that the 3700+ is a superior processor to the 3800+ because of the larger 1MB cache on the 3700. This didnt sound correct but figured i would ask about about it?