Building a PC...are these parts compatible?
I was just wondering if all those things will be compatible each other, in another words, can be put togather to build a PC.
* If the motherboard supports IDE as well as SATA. Whats the difference between say 9 SATA or 10 SATA? I saw hard drives that said 9 SATA and 10 SATA.
I never had much luck overclocking...so I am probably not gonna try overclocking this one. I am going to use this computer mostly for general stuff, with some gaming on the side. The machine will probably be on 6 days a week.
Hopefully I can use this machine to play F.E.A.R (may be at 800x600, med quality with a decent frame rate) as well as do some web and graphics designing work, internet browsing etc.
The parts you chose are pretty good, but can use a little tweaking.
First off, judging by the stores you chose, you live in Canada, so Newegg is outta the question for you, so I will price things via NCIX. You can look them up to see where you can get better prices, if you want.
A good CPU, so that can stay.
I know you picked Asus, which is fine. I have a skt939 Gigabyte board, and therefore I have firsthand experience on their quality (which would be good). You also picked one that had onboard video, which is useless if you use a vid card.
You picked overclocking RAM. Although it may be tempting to get the expensive stuff, it doesnt enhance your computer's performance unless you start overclocking. I chose some value RAM, as it will perform the same, but is quite a bit cheaper.
I'd do what he said but get that PSU instead..
You can run the GFX card and the onboard at the same time so there's some benifits to that... just depends on if you care it's a micro board... The G6100 chipset boards have been surprisingly good.
Thanks a lot for your input ...I greately appreciate it.
I got the same processor for $150, that is $25 cheaper than NCIX . I can get the 3200 (2.0 GHz) version for an extra $35...do you think it's worth it?
I got the OCZ from 003 of this forum. Those OCZs cost me about the same as the ones that you've mentioned, so I figured why not go with the overclockable ones since I have the option.
I also wanted to get the eVGA SLI ready motherboard, so I can get another 6600GT in the future. But that way, I am gonna have to spend like another $70 - $80 CDN for the motherboard and a compatible PSU.
What makes this PSU better than the other one (other than being silent and chrome finish)? I do not really mind if the PSU is loud, not a factor for me.
Sorry I am kind of still at the pre-historic era in this. Last time I really built a computer was when a video card was mesured in megabytes. The latest game required like 2 megabytes of VGA memory, and then all of a sudden they required AGP memory....and thats when I stopped caring I think...lol.
You do have a point there about the Asus being cheaper. I havent heard much about that board, so just make sure to read some reviews on it to make sure that you are getting a good board.
Yes you would have to disable onboard video to use a vid card.
Haha.. first off, the psu is better because it's not only a beter brand it's modular ad has a peakage of 520 watts. The one you showed was fine, but if you want to run 2 6600GT's then get that one.
That's a pretty good SLi board an the proc you wanted, I know it's mre than you were thinking tho... I'd say the SLi is a good idea, but you could also just get that G6100 and use the onboard GFX and then save up for a 6800GS, which is a about as goo as 2 6600GT's... it's all in how you want to do it ans how long your willing to wait for it.
Good Luck on your comp.
Hard drive... you have Maxtor. They are not know for their long-term reliability.
You may want to look at Western Digital (3 year warranty) or Seagate (5 year warranty).