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The "Lets all help Coup build a PC thread"
This is exactly what it says on the tin 
We're upgrading our PC, which kinda means buying a new case and everything inside it, except CD-ROM, Burner, Floppy Drive (getting a new hd aswel)
Im not gona build this, my brothers gona build this from the components, but wont help me find out what i need (hes a jackass).
This is what i have:
Mobo = Epox EP-8K3A+ (Socket A - motherboard) (MB-009-EP)
Ram = Corsair 256MB DDR XMS2700 CAS2 (MY-002-CS)
Case = GlobalWin 802 (No PSU) (CA-000-GL) (does this come with a power supply)?
And then ill need the P4 cheep to go on top. Little grey areas are cooling. Does this case come with a fan in the arse of it? and then i buy a heatsink which sits on/near the chip to keep it cool? whats the best heatsink to buy? (this site is the best site for me overclockers). Is that ok then? fan in the case and then heatsink on the cpu?
New case, mobo, ram stick, cpu and heatsink? that all goes together fine and will work? whats the best video card btw? ive got an audigy so ill move that accross.
cheers coupy
Re: The "Lets all help Coup build a PC thread"
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| Originally posted by Coup Case = GlobalWin 802 (No PSU) (CA-000-GL) (does this come with a power supply)? |
ah thanks for that, need to investigate then!
i recommend 512 megs of ram, 256 is way to little
yep the case doesn't come with a power supply. I recommend you get a 400w PSU from www.quietpc.com so that your computer isn't so noisy. For modern PC's don't consider a PSU less than about 350w. It should have some fans included already, but i'm not sure
also get 512mb ram+.
The motherboard you've selected is for AMD Athlon chips... you mentioned a P4 chip. Try looking at the processor+motherboard bundles in the bundles section, these guarantee your getting a combination that will work together and often include ram/heatsinks/thermal compound which you will need. They are also a bit cheaper than buying the stuff seperately.
I would recommend you get a IBM120GXP series hard drive as they are cheap and still provide good performance. If you really want to get an amazing hard drive you'll need to wait for 'Serial ATA' or spend shit loads on SCSI though...
Make sure you get the right memory... ask them if ur not sure.
If ur really in2 gaming get a Radeon 9700 based graphics card... otherwise just select a geforce series 4200 or 4400 or a radeon 9000 series which are relatively cheap.... Don't bother with the geforce 4600 series - they are almost as expensive as the radeons but have a lot lower performance.
Microsoft do the best mice+keyboards if u need them and if u need a monitor then just check out reviews as no one manufacturer is 100% consistant.
Finally you should check reviews for heatsinks from technical sites - just look at the conclusion instead of trying to understand all the jargon. Also look at the noise level..
dig2k...your joking about the IBM hard drives? those have to be the biggest pieces of shit EVER. they are cheap for a fuckin reason, cuz they ARE SHIT
how much u plan on spending coup?
No? It's a good hard drive? I've heard lots of good reviews about it and it's predecessors although admittedly the 60/75gxp series weren't built to be used for more than 8 hour sessions...
Here's a few links to reviews from random places I found, and all of them admit it has certain downfalls but is overall a v good product.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/storage/ibm-120gxp/ (See conclusion)
http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/...04-8260093.html (8/10)
http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/st...,561006,00.html (7.8/10)
http://www.storagereview.com/articl...20AVVA07_7.html ("SAFE BUY")
http://www.itweek.co.uk/Products/Hardware/1130610 (5/5)
http://www.blargoc.co.uk/reviews/ibm120gxp/ (5/5)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,15448,00.asp
I also own 2 of them and have had no problems whatsoever.
get a Antec 1080 AMG case. So huge and roomy. it cums with a 420 turbolink or antec PS.
the IBM deskstars=IBM deathstars, even i never own one. I read lots of people that ownz dIeD, CrY.
coup u suck
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| Originally posted by reveal i recommend 512 megs of ram, 256 is way to little |
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| Originally posted by yujie__ get a Antec 1080 AMG case. So huge and roomy. it cums with a 420 turbolink or antec PS. |
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acata...Bundles_42.html
thats the intel bundles, cpu, mobo, and cooler. so i need the best bundle (with best mobo, looking around a 2 gig hrtz) and a case with psu, if anyone wants to comment. thanks for all ur help upto now
i realize your from the u.k. but have you checked this site out yet?
http://www.coolerguys.com/ they have some goodies if you want to cool your computer down.
cheers
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| Originally posted by reveal i recommend 512 megs of ram, 256 is way to little |
U can never have too much RAM or Harddrive space
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| Originally posted by yujie__ U can never have too much RAM or Harddrive space |
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| Originally posted by DaveC I disagree. I have 256 DDR with a 1500mhz athlon xp 1800 running XP, and mine runs beautifully. I run loads of programs such as Reason2 fireworks, flash and a ftp server 24/7 and many more. |
I'd get more then 256MB ram. Reason being, it won't cost that much and it will help you in the longrun. Just a word of advice, don't run Windows 98SE or Windows XP if you plan on putting in alot of ram. They have poor memory managers. Get 2k! 
i got win 2k pro. ill give u all an update in a few days
just goto pcworld if ne1 dont know them they're like the aol's of selling, overpriced, know nothing etc...
I had mine @ www.addons.co.uk and I've had it for 2 years bought as a baseunit and had no problems with it, also check out
www.ebuyer.co.uk
www.pcindex.co.uk
A good and close friend made this up for me:
http://www.eclipse-computers.com
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the stuff after the devide, is the stuff i may have to buy on my own, coz the hd is fine just small and i want a video card to handle doom 3 
Personally coup, I'd have another 256mb of ram, simply cos u want something thats not gonna need upgrading in the near future, and it's always better to have more imo
if i need more, ill buy another one and put it in the mobo, no problem
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