new system soon, help plz

[lonestar714]

ok, heres the deal, i have recently gotten into computers. I am pretty shure all this stuff is what i want, with that being said im not the most experianced at this, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


mother board : MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD

url: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130491



Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor

url: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103539



memory - Corsair Memory, Inc.
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory ( i have already bought this, so im using it)

url: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145440



hard drive - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

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



cd/dvd drive - SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner

url - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151133



case - ( this has been the hardest descison for me, i have gotten it down to 2 , im dead stuck between them both though, please sug. here)


1) RAIDMAX Sagitta ATX-921WBP Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450watt PRESCOTT/ SATA Ready Power Supply

url - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811156180



2) RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

url - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811156062



video card - ( ok, first of all i ahev a 256 mb video card, but its pci lol ya i know, anyways should i keep this or get a pci-e video card, also whats the diffrance heh)


and power supply - will come with the case on the sagitta, the smildoon ill have to look into one




once agin, im not all that experianced so your help would be appreciated
also as far as i know all this stuff should be compatable , if you see anythign thats not please tell me

[public_eyesore]

Probably what you should do is tell us your price range and we'll make suggestions

[onelegout]

unfortunately your links seem to be broken!
That looks like a nice setup apart from one thing: The graphics card!
Putting a pci graphics card in a nice system like that would be like building a fighter jet and then putting a fiat punto engine in it!
If you plan on playing any games then I would DEFINATELY save up and buy a new pci-e graphics card. Don't be fooled by the similarity of the names pci & pci-E. There is a BIG technological difference between the two. as far as graphics cards go, pci is majorly outdated. Even AGP is outdated and even that outperforms pci many times over!
Just my two cents; others may think otherwise (though I doubt it)

[AJ@PR]

For reference... schnazy cross-linking
Here's a super similar thread. (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5151) Maybe a long-lost brother?

[lonestar714]

For reference... schnazy cross-linking
Here's a super similar thread. (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5151) Maybe a long-lost brother?

ya, lol sry bout that,

[lonestar714]

ok thanks for the rec, i have decided to step up to the pci-e. i was prablly going to anyways, unless some one whos smarter than me would of told me other wise with a logical reason. and as for a budget, im thinking <700, as i said, im not all that advanced into building computers. I have completely taken my system apart and know all of the connections, wires, and a logic of pretty much every thing that will come, i just dont want to spend to much and fail on the first attempt :(. wow that was a run on sentance.

[AKA_RA]

i suuggest you visit HardOCP.com and look at their upgrade guide, should be posted towards the top of the main page, but the whole site should be of interest. their budgets were $1500 and $2800 for whole systems, im sure you could adjust to fit yours.

[lonestar714]

ya lol, well i dont have a job and i only have around 600 to work with ( i can find 200 more max really, i just want a better system than a dam 1.3gh, 256 ram, 32mb video memorey(b4 i bought the pci vc)and a god damn broken sound card lol

[lonestar714]

also, i really like that pross. but could any one tell me why they prefer intel or amd?? like i know amd at the same clocking speed is somewhat faster?

[AKA_RA]

they dont prefer either one. these core 2 duos just OC better and that as the point of the system. he was even writing the article on a 4800+ or something.