Help With Building A Comp?

Question

Alright hey everyone im about to build my first actual comp!!!!

Ive rebuilt them before but i have never full out bought all the parts and assembled it!!!

Heres my plan!

Either:
Pentium 3 3.06GHZ or Pentium Cor 2 Duo 2.0GHZ
2GB DDR400 (PC3200) Memory
450 W PS
350GB 16MB Cahce HD
256MB Nvidia Video Card.

However heres my delema the motherboard i want to put in i can find a case for . the Audio ports on the back of the board are Horizontial instead of Vertical.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.06GHz)
Motherboard: DFI MBD-975X INFINITY I975X M/B
Display card: Geforce 7600GT PCI-E 256MB DDR3
Hard disk: 2 x Seagate 320.0GB ST3320620AS SATA II/16MB HDD
RAM: Patriot PC-5300 DDR-2 667MHZ 2G Kit
DVD Writer: LG GSA-H10N 16X DVD+/-RW,DVD-ROM
Power Supply: ANTEC TP-II 550 550W 24Pin P.S. (2xPCI-E)

CORE 2 is better than pentium 4
and the core 2 only support ddr2 ram
so,i suggest u to buy the ddr2 667 ram
and this motherboard is quiet good in overclocking.
it is not too expensive too
i hope my answer can help u ^^

Answer 2

Go with the core 2 duo... I just built a system using one... It's faaaast. Considering your configuration, your Hard Drive will be the slowest part. Think about upgrading to a 10,000 RPM drive.

Most quality motherboards come with a replacement bezel for the back connector area... You should be able to pop the old one out, pop the replacement in, and be on your way.

Even if you don't want to shop on-line, use NewEgg to check customer reviews of products, just to make sure that you're getting quality parts.

Answer 3

256MB Nvidia Video Card I have one of this card. i would go with an ati radeon 256 i have both cards. so what i did is used the nvidia for second monitor and the ati for gameing the ati is a much better proformance card for gameing but nvidia is better for video play back so just my input on this issue. hope this helps