Ok, i'm building a computer, and I've looked up all of the things that I need to have a working computer. I already have a keyboard, monitor, mouse, Radeon x700 (i know it isnt the best, but it'll do for now) 1 GB of RAM, and a Seagate 120Gig External.  I went online and looked up stuff that I wanted and this is what I came up with. I need to know how all of this stuff sounds good, and/or if something doesn't sound right.\n\n-ASPIRE X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-BK Black Steel ATC Mid Towe Computer Case, 420 W Power Supply\n\n-Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive\n\n-ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATC AMD Motherboard\n\n-ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro Cooling Fan with Heatsink\n\n-Patriot Signature 2GB (2x1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR400 (PC3200)\n\n-AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor\n\nThanks
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pretty awesome, but i would get two SATA2 drives and stripe the (raid0) for better disk performance.
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AMD Sempron 2500+\nASUS K8V-MX mother board\n256 MB RAM\nCD- DRIVE\nand other required hardwares....
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I don't have a lot of time here, but why not get a brand new motherboard?  That's the heart of the computer, don't cheap out there.  Get a state-of-the-art motherboard and build an awesome computer.  Buy all the memory the MB will take.  Power supply, DVD burners, CD burners, expansion slots, a tower casing, 19" flat screen monitor, and so on.\n\nIf you are trying to build a cheap system, why not just buy one for even cheaper and save all that work?
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Actually I wouldn't get a computer from Tiger Direct. They have a bad habit of over charging for shipping and tax. If you want a custom built computer go to www.ibuypower.com. My roommate got his PC there for about $1000. It can play F.E.A.R. no problem and it's not even SLI. Just make sure you get an AMD based computer.\n\nBetter yet if you know someone who is really good with computers ask them to help you shop for parts and basically build the whole thing yourself. A lot of times that can be cheaper than buying one from a company but you have to make sure that everything is compatable with everything else. Doing it this way is cheaper for me because I already have good hard drives, case, cd/dvd drives, monitor, mouse, keyboard, power supply, case fans, sound sys, and printer. \n\nHere's what I'm getting in a few weeks.\n\nProcessor - AMD X2 4200+ $179.90 http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__AMD_Athlon_64_X2_4200_Dual_Core_Processor,__20173454\n\nMotherboard - ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition $204.25 http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Asus_M2N32_SLI_Deluxe_Wireless_Edition_Motherboard,__20082963\n\nRAM - 2GB OCZ PC2-6400 $255.99 http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__OCZ_Technology_2GB_PC2_6400_DDR2_DIMM_Memory_Kit,__21235583/sort_type=bottomline\n\nGFX - MSI nVidia 7900GTX $299.99 (after $80 rebate offer ends 11/30/06 man I sound like a commercial) http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321981&prodlist=pricegrabber\n\nOperating System - Win XP Home $77.92 (because Pro and Media Center aren't worth it to me) http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=4197929/search=Windows+XP+Home\n\nAdd the following...\n\n2nd GFX - MSI nVidia 7900GTX $299.99 (link listed above)\n\nCD/DVD - Lite-On Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $38.50 http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Lite_On_SHM_165H6S_Dual_Layer_DVD_177RW_Writer,__16593112\n\nHard Drive - Western Digital  320GB $94.50 http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=6168885/sort_type=bottomline\n\nPower Supply - Ultra X2 Titanium UV PSU $88.72 http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Ultra_X2_Titanium_UV_PSU,__16616837\n\nCase - Cooler Master Centurion 5 $54.99 http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Cooler_Master_Centurion_5_ATX_Midsize_Tower_w_Window,__9023461\n\nMonitor - 17in ViewSonic LCD $182.46 http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__ViewSonic_VA712b_Black_17_LCD_Monitor,__9328573\n\nSpeakers - Logitech X-530 5.1 Speaker System $58.95 http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=3807023\n\n\nAll that comes out to be about $1836.16 (tax and shipping included.) You may not need some of those things if you already have a monitor or speakers. A mouse and keyboard can be picked up at Wal-Mart for like $15 or so. You can probably find someone to give you a floppy drive if you even need one. An almost exact replica of that system at IBuyPower is $2,280 not counting shipping.
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The following Prices are in Canadian Dollars so if your talking over 1000 US that might be more then I though.\n----- Edited\n\nFor a PC or this status 1000 or even 1500 is not that much. My current PC is a $6000 PC and my old one is a $3500 PC. \n\nI do not know about Cyber Power PC. But you should be able to get a custom PC made for you in a computer shop near you. I highly suggest taking that route then you can customize everything.  Believe it or not the case is the most important part of a PC. And the motherboard of course.   \n\nWhy?   Because everything reverts to the case and mobo.  The mobo fits into the case and the Hardware on to the mobo. The case provides the cooling for the PC and the type of PC your looking at does not run cool.   \n\nI suggest you look into having your PC custom made and spend more money in the Case , Mobo and cooling after that get a good PSU and then your set to install anything you need. Of course take note of everything your going to buy before you buy any of it.   \n\nTry to save for $2000-$2500 then get a great PC.  I know it might cost a little more then you might have planed but I have been down this road 7 times. \n\nSadly almost every time I ran into trouble until I got liquid cooling. I still liked my 4th 5th 6th and my current 7th PC.  Only my last 2 used liquid cooling. The first 3 sucked the 4th and 5th were OK even without liquid cooling because I got a case with like 5 fans.\n\n\n---edited again---\n\nI viewed there site I found it hard to find exact prices and such. It looks decent just like Alienware There cases look like they can provide cooling and they even have liquid cooling models too but thats much more money and a little harder to look after. \n\nHonistly it does not look like they PCs are bad but I have never seen or used on in person or spoke with anyhow that has. My friend has a $6000 PC like myself from alienware but he spend like $2000 just on lights and decorations and such things that do not increase system performance so my PC rips his. His PC uses liquid cooling from alienware and it is a great PC.
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Just look for the best deals on a computer. He's not a heavy gamer, so it doesn't really matter which processor is in the box. Anymore, they are pretty much the same. I have both Intel and AMD. I have recently moved over to AMD since I have started building computers.
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Go to http://unitedmicro.com  They have the best site for constructing your own computer that I know of.  When you build a computer yourself you save a bundle, feel good about yourself, know exactly what is in your system and become way more savvy about how to fix it when something goes wrong.  The down side that you will have no "whole computer" guarantee.  These previous answers are right on the mark.  If you want a computer that does what you want it to do you got to do it yourself.\n\nDon't let assembling a computer yourself scare you.  It is pretty much like plugging your periferals in the back of your computer, i.e., if the plug doesn't fit the socket it doesn't go there :)\n\nI built a computer five years ago that was an absolute screamin demon at that time.  The tower and all that was in it cost me about $1,100 (not the monitor).  To buy a simular name brand computer at that time would have cost at least 2,200.  Here I am five years later and the computer I built is still worth nearly what I paid for it.
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Hi,\nthe biggest question you have to reslove is "What do I really want to do with my new computer?"\n\nIf you are a heavy gamer and get frustrated because you are a couple of frames per second FPS slower that the max or you have need of a powerful machine to do some 3D graphics procssing (ie: rendering a complex animated scene) or as you mentioned you are heavy into Video processing then you have to do some serious studying ahead to get the best match for price / performance. Study benchmarks that are specific to video processing and then you can make some intelligent decisions.\n\nIf you are a casual gamer and just want some speed and are on a budget then it's easy to throw one together.\n\nFirst oreder of business is PCI Express, it's the new kid on the block and for some reason the video care mfgrs. are only charging about $160 for a PCI Express video card that is about the equivalent of a $500 AGP card.\n\nBeyond that choose either AMD or Intel and go with the 64 bit. AMD has both excellent performance and excelent pricing. Each manufactuer has chips in the $900 to $1000 range (and above if you start looking at XEON and Opteron processor) but for the general usage, you can get a pretty decent AMD 64 bit for around $300 - $400.\n\nAdd a case, a high quality power supply, cooling system (if you get some of the higher powered chips) a decent mother board. Lots to choose from  http://hardwarehell.com/mobo.htm \n\nPersonal experience stay away from PC Chips they're kind of weak in the BIOS can't do much over clocking and they have less settings overall. \n\nGet a board wth a fast FSB front side bus, some decent quality memory (at least a gig) and a SATA hard drive. DVD burner and DVD player. and you are good to go.\n\nThere are sooooo many chips and soooooo many motherboards that it is almost a full time job keeping up.\n\nSome chips within the same manufacturer like AMD are very close in performance and yet are several hundered dollars apart in price.\n\nDual core just means (a new trend in chip technology) that there are two processors on the same die or physical chip. \n\nI have an AMD 3000+ 32 bit with 1 GIG of memory and an ATI x700 graphics card that is respectable in performance.\n\nI can play games and I can render simple stuff and I do a fair share of video creation using a program called MAGIX Movie Edit Pro.
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honestly, junk it \n\nmuch cheaper than searching 4 old processors not knowing if they work at all\nget a new p4 nope, get a pentium dual core ... just say yes ... lottsa ideas then
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Lesson here for all. DON'T BUY, Build your own.\n\nYou have the parts that YOU selected, at the price that YOU want to pay, and the performance YOU elected to pay for!\n\nBuild it yourself!\n\nComputer Help Page\n\nhttp://www.diskgenius.com/\n\nhttp://www.pcbeginner.com/tools/pcdoctor.htm\n\nhttp://www.pcguide.com/byop/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm\n\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/\n\nhttp://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/ntfs-boot-iso.html\n\nhttp://www.disk-image.net/products.htm\n\nhttp://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm\n\nhttp://www.errornuker.com/info/01.php?hop=product1\n\nhttp://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder\n\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads2.html\n\nhttp://www.ntcompatible.com/Acronis_True_Image_9.0_Build_2337_s61449.html\n\nhttp://www.theosfiles.com/\n\nhttp://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/windows-startup-disasterrecovery.htm?gclid=CMSl0b7X2YcCFSJxYAodKy6Lpw\n\nhttp://www.winternals.com/\n\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25181-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html\n\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Windows-XP-PowerPacker.shtml\n\nhttp://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,674406,00.asp\n\nhttp://windows.about.com/od/tipsarchive/l/bltip632.htm\nVisit our Helpdesk for PC Bug Doctor\nhttp://www.maximumsoftwaresupport.com\nPC Beginner  software\nhttp://www.pchell.com/support/limitedconnectivity.shtml\nhttp://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/\nhttp://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm\nChapter 1: Purchasing Components \nChapter 2: Component Overview \nChapter 3: Installing the CPU, Heatsink, and RAM On The Mainboard \nChapter 4: Installing The Mainboard In The Case \nChapter 5: Installing Drives \nChapter 6: Connecting Components \nChapter 7: Installing AGP and PCI Cards \nChapter 8: Testing the System and Completing Assembly \nChapter 9: Installing Windows XP \nChapter 10: Configuring Windows XP \nChapter 11: Installing A Dual Boot Operating System (Linux And Windows XP) \nChapter 12: Home Video -- “So, You Want to Be the Next Steven Spielberg?” \nChapter 13: What’s Next? \n\nhttp://www.hardwareanalysis.com\n\nBUILD YOU OWN COMPUTER:\n   www.directron.com\n   www.newegg.com\n   www.monarchcomputers.com
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thats a very ambitious project! even for a simple CPU. I cant really help design one, but the manufacturers usually can sell you the rights to use one they have had done. they arent cheap, but if you use it in volume it "may" be worth it. if its just for a learning experience, "Good Luck"!
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The best place to buy computer parts is Newegg.com\n\nYou need computer case (buy off ebay)\nYou need motherboard (LGA775 or Socket 7 and Asus is #1)\nYou need processor. Core 2 Duo is better choice if you can afford it. Otherwise Core Duo. Just make sure the motherboard supports both.\nYou need 1GB or more of DDR  or DDR2 ram. (pqi brand is best)\nYou need a SATA (or IDE if motherboard doesn't support it) 100+ gb hard drive.  (Seagate, Maxtor, or Western Digital are best in order.)\nYou need a DVD Burner. (Lite-ON is best)\nYou need a PCI Express x16 graphics card. Windows Vista requires it now.\nYou need a Power Supply with SLI.  (Antec or Thermaltake only)\nYou need Operating System - Windows  XP|Vista for games and Linux for non-gamer.\n\nBuy a hauppauge tv tuner. With this, you can use Linux to record tv programs like a tivo.\n\nYou put it all together as instructed by the manuals.
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i cant see there being a problem with that,the only problem may be the motherboard screws,they might not be in a standard pattern so as with normal boards they are all compatible,you may find dell have there fixing screws located in different positions,however you wont know this until you investigate further\n             the only time i did a desktop to tower conversion was about 3 years ago when i transfered a compaq deskpro en to a tower case,this was,nt too much of a problem but the pci slots were on a riser card so a bit of adjustment was needed\n              with a tower case,like you have mentioned,cooling will be possible,i have a rear and front chassis fan,these can be picked up for around £8 but look at cooling forums on the web and they will show you were and how to place them for the most effective air flow for optimal cooling\n             the larger the case you buy the better aswell,as this will give you more room to work,theres nothing worse than trying to insert a memory module ,but having to work your way round a couple of ide cables\n              finally the advantage of having a tower case is the addition of a extra optical drive,this will make dvd/cd copying much easier and also you can add a second hard drive or even consider using r.a.i.d(reduntant array of inexpensive disks),this is were you can mirror or stripe your hard drives to make access times quicker,however you will need to re-install your operating system and invest in a new hard drive,but if you are going to be making it into a gaming machine you should be looking at using raid,and investing in a new graphics card,sound card and more ram\n          anyway i think its a great idea,so go for it mate,and if you need any advice with your build,let me know\n                     good luck!
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Processor -- AMD Athlon 64Bit 3000+\nMotherBoard -- Asus K8V-MX Socket 754 VIA Chipset\nGraphics Card -- Radeon 9800PRO    or   GeForce Fx 5200 (it plays most games in the market rite now...) Fx 5700 is also good.. but not quite sure bout the price..\nAnd u'll probably need a dvd drive too.... almost all upcoming games are on dvd now....\n\nDvd rom -- Sony wld be best... get the one tht suits your needs..\n\ni guess the above wld probably cost less than 20k.. make sure u get them all with warranty and bill.... dont risk anything else...
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Well I would say go for it but if you are fairly ne this is what you might try. The biggest problem is with the motherboard and CPU that most new builders have. so I would suggest this\nGet a bare bones system this is just a case and powersupply with the motherboard/CPU installed  you decide on what memory video card operating sys. etc. then install those yourself. \nthis method is only slightly more expensive and avoids the major pitfalls but still lets you build your own system\nas for sites for buying hardware and software I would suggest you look at WWW.Pricewatch.com
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You shouldn't have a problem finding a PC with that price.\n\nFor a gaming PC keep the following in mind\n\n1.)  Processor type/speed - You definitely want to go with at least and Intel core 2 Duo.  But AMD processors are better for gaming So look at a top end AMD processor like the 64 X2 or the 64 FX\n\n2.)  Video Card - Definitely go with a high end video card with built in memory.  G-Force,Nvidia and ATI are good choices.  The more memory on the card the better.\n\n3.)  Memory - Go with at least 1 GB of RAM 2 would be better\n\n4.)  OS - Make sure it's running Windows XP, Windows Vista is soon to be released but you may have compatibility issues with games as most are not currently certified for Vista.\n\n5.)  Before going with a major manafacturer do your research and get reviews, but do check them out.\n\n6.) Check this link http://www.pricewatch.com/computers they have a PC and server section and they tend to show the lowest prices for electronics.  Most places that you can get a PC - Windows OS do custom builds and can build it to your spec's.\n\n7.)  Make sure you get a good warranty
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Those sites have people that research motherboards and the amount of RAM and types of RAM they can handle, and they design a database and web interface for that database around that information.  It would be a whole lot of work on your part, but if you got a few contractors to help you out with the workload, it might work out for you.  There's really no "easy" way, since there are always new motherboards coming out.  You've certainly got your work cut out for you!