[SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card - Page 2

**TheMatt** · 09-13-2007, 09:06 PM

Looks good. I would look at the 65nm version of the 5200+ instead though.

mosdef · 09-13-2007, 09:11 PM

I was thinking maybe

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837116195

**TheMatt** · 09-13-2007, 09:16 PM

XP Pro is good. Also check out XP MCE.

mosdef · 09-13-2007, 09:22 PM

Thanks for the help

I couldnt find the 65nm 5200 on newegg

Maybe tigerdirect has it

**TheMatt** · 09-13-2007, 09:34 PM

Sorry I am thinking of the 5000+:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103780

mosdef · 09-13-2007, 09:42 PM

Ah ok

thanks again

mosdef · 09-14-2007, 08:34 AM

Thinking of adding 1 of these badboys to the build also :P

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130071

Think a 700 watt PSU will be good for this build?I was thinking of

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341002

mosdef · 09-14-2007, 11:24 AM

This is also my first time installing a os so is it better to go with the retail version of xp pro sp2 or the oem?

I know the oem version doesnt come with any instructions but doo i need em that bad?

**TheMatt** · 09-14-2007, 04:46 PM

They are actually the same thing just with a different EULA.

The PSU, video card, and CPU look good. I always buy OEM versions for computers I build. XP MCE is good because it is based on the XP Pro platform but it includes (among other things) Media Center which is actually a very nice program.

mosdef · 09-15-2007, 04:26 PM

Ok thanks for the info and i will look into MCE

**TheMatt** · 09-15-2007, 06:17 PM

You're welcome.

mosdef · 09-17-2007, 12:49 PM

ok all in all it came out to about $1056 for everything i need

Switched the motherboard to http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131095

Thinking about getting 2 of those 604mb vid cards but i havent decided yet.

It will probably be a month or so before i can start building it but i will keep you updated.

I just hope i dont run into any problems :O

mosdef · 09-17-2007, 12:55 PM

Wait this is my first pc build...

Of course i'll run into problems

**TheMatt** · 09-17-2007, 02:01 PM

Keep a positive attitude. If you are calm and relaxed when building then everything will go fine.

heroman87 · 09-17-2007, 08:03 PM

I know this is my own personal opinion, but I wouldn't go with the 500gb hard drive. They just don't seem too reliable as of yet. I know you can get great deals on 320gb, here in canada they are roughly 80-90 bucks and that's for SATA2, so in USD they shouldn't set you back too much.

As for RAM, I've never heard of G.Skill, so I can't say much about it.

Looks like a great processor, and an awesome price point too. I just bought a AMD64x2 4400+@2.3GHz and it runs everything very smoothly so you shouldn't have any problems with that.

Other than the hard drive, I don't see anything I can object to, but then again, that's my own opinion.

**TheMatt** · 09-17-2007, 08:09 PM

Going with 2 x 250 GB hard drives will always be a better option than a single 500 GB drive. But currently there is really very little evidence to prove or disprove that larger capacity hard drives are less reliable. There does seem to be evidence however that the faster WD Raptor drives have slightly higher failure rates.

heroman87 · 09-17-2007, 08:15 PM

I think a raptor drive for the windows installation is a good idea, if you have the extra bit of cash to throw into it, even if its just a 36gb drive.

mosdef · 09-18-2007, 12:57 PM

how about 2 of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136074

I was thinking of getting 2 250gb OEM hds but the 320gbOEM one is the same price as the 250gb.

***

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701

they both look the same to in specs in all...unless i missed something

**TheMatt** · 09-18-2007, 01:00 PM

Two of those look like good choices. The 320 GB and 250 GB Western Digital drives are good.

mosdef · 09-18-2007, 01:06 PM

Ok i will get 2 320gb then

Thanks again matt

09-13-2007, 09:06 PM	#21 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Looks good. I would look at the 65nm version of the 5200+ instead though. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-13-2007, 09:11 PM	#22 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card I was thinking maybe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837116195

09-13-2007, 09:16 PM	#23 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card XP Pro is good. Also check out XP MCE. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-13-2007, 09:22 PM	#24 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Thanks for the help I couldnt find the 65nm 5200 on newegg Maybe tigerdirect has it

09-13-2007, 09:34 PM	#25 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Sorry I am thinking of the 5000+: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103780 __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-13-2007, 09:42 PM	#26 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Ah ok thanks again

09-14-2007, 08:34 AM	#27 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Thinking of adding 1 of these badboys to the build also :P http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130071 Think a 700 watt PSU will be good for this build?I was thinking of http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341002 Last edited by mosdef; 09-14-2007 at 08:36 AM.

09-14-2007, 11:24 AM	#28 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card This is also my first time installing a os so is it better to go with the retail version of xp pro sp2 or the oem? I know the oem version doesnt come with any instructions but doo i need em that bad? Last edited by mosdef; 09-14-2007 at 11:26 AM.

09-14-2007, 04:46 PM	#29 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card They are actually the same thing just with a different EULA. The PSU, video card, and CPU look good. I always buy OEM versions for computers I build. XP MCE is good because it is based on the XP Pro platform but it includes (among other things) Media Center which is actually a very nice program. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-15-2007, 04:26 PM	#30 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Ok thanks for the info and i will look into MCE

09-15-2007, 06:17 PM	#31 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card You're welcome. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-17-2007, 12:49 PM	#32 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card ok all in all it came out to about $1056 for everything i need Switched the motherboard to http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131095 Thinking about getting 2 of those 604mb vid cards but i havent decided yet. It will probably be a month or so before i can start building it but i will keep you updated. I just hope i dont run into any problems :O

09-17-2007, 12:55 PM	#33 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Wait this is my first pc build... Of course i'll run into problems Last edited by mosdef; 09-17-2007 at 12:56 PM.

09-17-2007, 02:01 PM	#34 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Keep a positive attitude. If you are calm and relaxed when building then everything will go fine. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-17-2007, 08:03 PM	#35 (permalink)
heroman87 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 106 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card I know this is my own personal opinion, but I wouldn't go with the 500gb hard drive. They just don't seem too reliable as of yet. I know you can get great deals on 320gb, here in canada they are roughly 80-90 bucks and that's for SATA2, so in USD they shouldn't set you back too much. As for RAM, I've never heard of G.Skill, so I can't say much about it. Looks like a great processor, and an awesome price point too. I just bought a AMD64x2 4400+@2.3GHz and it runs everything very smoothly so you shouldn't have any problems with that. Other than the hard drive, I don't see anything I can object to, but then again, that's my own opinion. __________________ ASUS Crosshair II AM2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2GHZ 4GB Corsair XMS2 PC5400 Dual-SLI'd 8800gt 512mb

09-17-2007, 08:09 PM	#36 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Going with 2 x 250 GB hard drives will always be a better option than a single 500 GB drive. But currently there is really very little evidence to prove or disprove that larger capacity hard drives are less reliable. There does seem to be evidence however that the faster WD Raptor drives have slightly higher failure rates. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-17-2007, 08:15 PM	#37 (permalink)
heroman87 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 106 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card I think a raptor drive for the windows installation is a good idea, if you have the extra bit of cash to throw into it, even if its just a 36gb drive. __________________ ASUS Crosshair II AM2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2GHZ 4GB Corsair XMS2 PC5400 Dual-SLI'd 8800gt 512mb

09-18-2007, 12:57 PM	#38 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card how about 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136074 I was thinking of getting 2 250gb OEM hds but the 320gbOEM one is the same price as the 250gb. *** http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701 they both look the same to in specs in all...unless i missed something

09-18-2007, 01:00 PM	#39 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Two of those look like good choices. The 320 GB and 250 GB Western Digital drives are good. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

09-18-2007, 01:06 PM	#40 (permalink)
mosdef Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Xp	Re: [SOLVED] Need help choosing a video card Ok i will get 2 320gb then Thanks again matt