lawtai Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Don't know if the asus board has any problems with PNY ram, but you might want to look at Samsung or Crucial ram instead of PNY. But the rest of your specs look pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 That motherboard is for RD-RAM, which is twice as expensive as DDR. Plus you can get a cheaper motherboard since the processor only need a 400mhz FSB, and cant take advantage of the 533 bus. 533MHz FSB Support Featuring the Intel? 850E chipset to support latest 533MHz front side bus Pentium 4 CPU and RDRAM memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 wat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 You'll either need to get RDRam, or get a different motherboard which uses DDR Ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 The Asus P4S533 or the P4B533 are both DDR boards. I don't know which one is better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 ya but both have 533mhz bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 The bus is not important, I am saying if you wanna save a few bucks and get the same performance get the one with 400Mhz FSB. The price difference should not be too drastic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 alrite im gettin this one: ASUS P4S533 Motherboard for Intel P4 478 DDR Retail only becasue it has 3 more pci slots and is 4 bucs cheaper (116.00 + free S&H) well im done for tonight cya all tommorow :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 where is a good place to purchase the following: -case w/ pwoersupply (window on side of case preferably) -good grafix card (any suggestions?) -and cheap (OEM) cdrw and dvd-rw drives thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 anyone? im designin the comp to be under 1300 so keep that in mind if ya could :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 alrite well im talkin to myself but hopefully someone will come back. ive been messin around and this is what ive come up with: -3.5inch floppy drive (9.00 + 4.00) PANASONIC 1.44 MB 3.5 INCH HIGH DENSITY FLOPPY DISK DRIVE, MODEL # JU-257A-827P - OEM, DRIVE ONLY -Soundcard (32.00 + 4.00 S&H) CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER LIVE! 5.1 - OEM -CPU (166.00 + free S&H) Intel Pentium4 1.8A GHz 512K Socket 478 Processor 400MHz Processor Bus Retail Specifications: CPU: 1.8A GHz Type: Pentium 4 Cache: 512K BUS: 400 Mhz Socket: 478 Retail (Box with Heatsink and Fan (CPU ONLY NO RAMBUS RAM) Model#: BX80532PC1800D -Motherboard (116.00 + free S&H) ASUS P4S533 Motherboard for Intel P4 478 DDR Retail Specifications: Processor Socket 478 for FC-PGA2 Pentium? 4 1.4GHz to 2.2GHz+ Chipset: SiS 645DX North Bridge and SiS 961B South Bridge ITE 8707F LPC Super I/O Chip FSB 533/400 MHz Memory 3 x DDR DIMM Sockets Max. 3GB unbuffered PC2700 / PC2100 /PC1600 DDR DRAM (PC 2700 Max. to 4 banks only) Expansion Slots 1 x AGP 4X 6 x PCI IDE Ports 2 x UltraDMA 133 /100/66 Audio C-Media CMI8738 SiS 961B integrated 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Form Factor ATX 12.0" x 8.6" (30.5cm x 21.8cm) Model#: P4S533 -Ram (100.00 + free S&H) PNY 512MB 64x64 PC2100 DDR RAM INFINEON ORIGINAL chipset, 184-Pin, CL=2.0-Unbuffered 2.5V, 6-Layers Requires DDR supported Motherboard Lifetime Warranty. OEM Model#: 6464WMDXA8G17TWK -HDD (86.00 + free S&H) IBM 80GB 7200RPM Model # IC35L080AVVA07, Part # 07N8084 -120GXP OEM, DRIVE ONLY -Monitor (132.00 + 35.00) KDS VS-7B 17" CRT MONITOR Model#: VS-7B -Case (123.00 + free S&H) -Powesupply ANTEC Server Chasis (Workstation Tower) Model SX1040B Black; Antec Original P4 400 watt Power Supply Front Accessible: 4 x 5.25", 2 x 3.5", Internal: 4 x 3.5". Model#: SX1040B I still need to buy: -Speakers -CDRom/DVD/Burner -Videocard -Mouse -Keyboard Anyone have any suggestions? Also do motherboards only fit certain cases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 The motherboard should be able to fit in the case you picked out. But you picked out a pretty large case, so it might become a hassle in the future if you move around your comp a lot. As for the Vid card, I'd suggest a geforce 4 ti 4200. For burner, get a Lite-on, and for dvd player get a pioneer or sony dvd drive. Pick up an optical mouse, it's up to you whether you want Logitech or Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevember Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Screwdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 zip ties, so the cables don't get all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 well ya but ill probally have more space for crap in the full tower one. (i wont move it around to much). basically is it better to have a big tower rather than a small? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnCoKiLLa Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 for the Video Get the Gainward Geforce 4 4200............It clocked at 4400 seting and its a 64meg acrd and it kicks the $hit out of ever 4200 around and some 4400 ones too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 how do i make shure if my mobo will fit into the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 i'm pretty sure that your motherboard'll fit the case. Unless you're getting something that's not ATX form, you shouldn't have to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 any way to be shure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Just some input for yah... Drop the dvdrw drive. No real reason to have that and a cdrw. Just get a normal dvd drive. Do you have a purpose for the dvdrw? And you can get a case for 60 bucks easy. Normal size that dell or gateway ships their stuff in. Antec makes good smaller ones. In the case description it should say ATX (or AT etc). You want ATX Speakers...Altec Lansing makes good speakers that are pretty cheap Normal dvd drive...i like the pioneer slot loading one cdrw...pioneer, HP, plextor, or TDK make good ones. I prefer Plextor. Video card....geforce 4 ti or Radeon 8500 Keyboard/mouse...MS or logitech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 ya i dropped the dvdrw drive. i kinda just wanted to be tough and have one but thers no real reason. im gonna buy the sony dvd rom drive and the lite on cdrw drive. im also gettin the geforce 4 ti 4200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 my friend wants to build a computer but he dosent know which is better, amd xp 2200 or pentium4 at 1.8Aghz like me. which should he get? which one is easier to overclock? also to get usb ports on your computer, are they on the mobo or are they pci slots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Originally posted by ck2k01 my friend wants to build a computer but he dosent know which is better, amd xp 2200 or pentium4 at 1.8Aghz like me. which should he get? which one is easier to overclock? also to get usb ports on your computer, are they on the mobo or are they pci slots? Either amd or intel will do fine. If you want to overclock, go P4. If you want cheap...go Athlon. The speed difference at that high a megahertz (or gigahertz) is next to nothing. USB ports....some motherboards have them on there already. They are usually around the ps2 ports. But you can also buy a pci card with 2 or 4 ports on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eo83 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 where are u buying the sound card and hard drive from???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck2k01 Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 is ther a big difference between mid and full tower cases? basically which one should i buy? (both of the cases look identical) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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