The Computer Megathread

[¥ola]

Yes.

What's your budget for Mobo + CPU?
And what is your PSU output?

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[Count]

Around maybe $250-300 for both? I recently got a 650W PSU.

[¥ola]

Around maybe $250-300 for both? I recently got a 650W PSU.

Alrighty, that's not bad at all.
And what all other parts do you plan to install, so I can estimate the amount of power I can work with

[Count]

Alrighty, that's not bad at all.
And what all other parts do you plan to install, so I can estimate the amount of power I can work with

I plan to install an AMD radeon 6950 graphics card. What other parts do you need?

Heres the card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102914

[¥ola]

I plan to install an AMD radeon 6950 graphics card. What other parts do you need?

Heres the card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102914

What sort of RAM do you use?
And what sort of Hard drive?

[Count]

What sort of RAM do you use?
And what sort of Hard drive?

The ram I have atm is 7gb of DDR2. I have no idea about the hard drive but I will check that out in a minute.

[¥ola]

The ram I have atm is 7gb of DDR2. I have no idea about the hard drive but I will check that out in a minute.

DDR2 is going to be a bitch.
You won't get above 95 watt CPU's using ddr2 ram

[Count]

DDR2 is going to be a bitch.
You won't get above 95 watt CPU's using ddr2 ram

well, I can get ddr3 memory no problem.

[¥ola]

well, I can get ddr3 memory no problem.

Well assuming you have the $300 to spend here's what I came up with.

CPU: [AMD Phenom II x4 (3.4 Ghz)] - $99.99
RAM: [PNY 8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333] - $36.99
Mobo: [Asus M5A88-M] - $99.99

[pecon98]

RAM: [PNY 8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333] - $36.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104173

Spend $3 more and get a higher memory clock.

[¥ola]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104173

Spend $3 more and get a higher memory clock.

I've never liked Kingston, but that's alright by me

[pecon98]

Also, Count, do you plan on getting a new GPU to go with the CPU upgrade?

If so you'll likely need a new power supply to handle all of these parts.

[¥ola]

Also, Count, do you plan on getting a new GPU to go with the CPU upgrade?

If so you'll likely need a new power supply to handle all of these parts.

He's getting a high end 6--- series Radeon, along with his 650 watt psu

[Count]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104173

Spend $3 more and get a higher memory clock.

Sounds good. Now about my hard drive, how does that work? Will I be able to just keep it? It's a standard internal hard drive. not sure how to describe it.

Also, Count, do you plan on getting a new GPU to go with the CPU upgrade?

If so you'll likely need a new power supply to handle all of these parts.

Yeah, I have that covered thanks.

[¥ola]

Sounds good. Now about my hard drive, how does that work? Will I be able to just keep it? It's a standard internal hard drive. not sure how to describe it.

The HDD will work, but as I've asked before, do you have your boot copy of Windows?