ddr ram of course because no one sells SDR ram anymore LOL, its for extremely old PC's

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Originally posted by wozza ok ive decided that im gonna build a pc and was wondering if anyone knows if the listi have made would make a reasonable pc. AMD Athlon XP2000+ CPU Asus A7v333-x motherboard 512mb 133mhz dimm memory 3.5 1.44mb floppy disk drive LG GCE4320 32x10x40x 12xDVD combi IDE CD Writer Seagate 60GB Harddrive Creative sounds - sound blaster live 5.1 oem soundcard 64MB Geforce MX400 AGP Graphics Card ATX Case with clear side panel Thx in advance also im on a budget and if you could make recommendations i would be much apprectiated wozza

Your MoBo supports PC2700 DDR Ram. Why not use it?

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Originally posted by mndeg ddr ram of course because no one sells SDR ram anymore LOL, its for extremely old PC's

How old are you talking about? My PC uses SDRAM and I bought it on 2001-09-16. It's a COMPAQ Presario 5080US. Intel Celeron at 800 MHz. 20 GB HDD.

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Originally posted by ali92 How old are you talking about? My PC uses SDRAM and I bought it on 2001-09-16. It's a COMPAQ Presario 5080US. Intel Celeron at 800 MHz. 20 GB HDD.

that is considered old man plus, celeron is shiit i know cus i have one :/ but in these times, a computer is old within 4 - 6 months or untill something faster comes out.

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The PC looks nice (a whole heck of a lot better than my Athlon 700 I'm on now hehe) but the some things I'd change are like said earlier, the ram.. you definitly want DDR. It's going to cost more it's worth it. The other thing I really think you should change is the video card. The GeForce 4 MX400 isn't a bad card but for $100 you could get a GeForce 3 TI500. Yes, it's a GeForce 3 but it's almost as good as the GF4 TI4400 which is a much nicer card than the GF4 MX440. Also, if you're planning to order this stuff online definitly use Pricewatch. You'll get the best prices there.

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Originally posted by a-aplz that is considered old man plus, celeron is shiit i know cus i have one :/ but in these times, a computer is old within 4 - 6 months or untill something faster comes out.

Actually a PC starts to get old when it's older than 3 months. I was just wondering because I know people who had PCs for over 3 years and they still use them... Faster things come out ALL THE TIME. So, is 3 months a bit too long? Maybe we ought to say that a PC is old when they start selling them in stores?

I have a similar pc so here a few suggestions:
-Good mobo, i have the same.It comes with sound integrated so unless you havea 4 or 5 speaker setup theres no need to buy a sound card.
-get the 2700 ram like everyone suggested, 256mb is fine, you can always add more later when prices drop
-get a GF4200, trust me, its well worth it if you play games. I have an MSI (its cheap and comes with a shitload of software/games). If you want to be able record video from your TV etc i suggest getting the card with tv in/out. Its only like $10-20 more.
-if you do get a GF4200, you must get a 350watt Powersupply. trust me . Then you wont have to worry about overheating so you can get a basic case and you wont need any extra fans.
-get the 80gig HD. I have a western digital and its great.

here is what my pc and it cost me ~$1000 cdn in september:
Asus A7v-333
AMD 1800xp
256mb 2700 ram
lg dvd rom
MSI GF4200 tv in/out
80gig WD hd 7200
and i already had a burner from my previous pc.
I use win2k btw and its solid like a rock.

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Originally posted by ali92 Actually a PC starts to get old when it's older than 3 months. I was just wondering because I know people who had PCs for over 3 years and they still use them... Faster things come out ALL THE TIME. So, is 3 months a bit too long? Maybe we ought to say that a PC is old when they start selling them in stores?

And where did you get those statistics from? If I buy a new video card, then a new one comes out in 5 months then it won't be 3 months old. But hell, Celeron is slow...always has always will be.

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