Getting a new computer monday

die.

 

Wow, I didn't know Turtle Beach still exist

 

Should get a GF FX 5800. The price was pretty low last time I checked, and it will support a lot of DX9 stuff GF4s won't even come close to handling.

 

cool man, building your own pc is the way to go =]
im currently building my own as well, in fact i already have everything but the mobo, proc, and ram. but heres the specs:

win xp pro
1024 RD ram
80 gb hard drive
2.6 amd athlon xp cpu
48x crrw drive
dvd drive
Nvidia nforce 2 chipset (mobo)
geforce FX5900 256 mb video card

funny thing is you said yours cost over a grand, mine barely cost over 500! after i get my mobo proc and ram it will be about 570 total. i got everything from newegg.com and the local best buy (got some mad rebates through them, about 230 dollars after all the rebates )


oh and btw: i second the getting a geforce fx series gpu, they are very good for a low price, you can get a geforce fx 5200 (which is better than the ti 4600) for around $100 (my friend just bought one).

 

I guess you mean DDR-RAM...RDRAM won't work on a mobo for AMD processors...

 

lol i guess i will get ddr then, my friend who just built a cpu recommended it when i asked him about ram. oh well, ddr will do just fine i spose

 

I've got a new one on the way. Good feeling, ain't it?

I get to surf TB at 3 times the speed of (relative) clunker I'm using now.

 

5200 is crap. 4600 blows it away, sorry. If you want to get a good card get a 5800. It's not as good as a 5900, but you can overclock it.

5200 is the MX of the FXs, so don't bother with it. It'll be worthless as a GPU before ti4600 is.

 

Very cool. I just got a new computer that I built wiht my friend last week. Once we got everything working, it turned out great. Very good call.

 

What OS are you going to run on it?

 

Newegg.com is a great place to buy DIY computer stuff. Best prices I've seen.

My brother built his gaming box(now obsolete for hte most part) last year for about $750, he eventually had to get a new monitor, so that brought hte total cost to about a grand, but all in all, a very capable computer for not too much money( as these things go)

RD ram is a dying spec, Rambus had a good idea, and certainly it is fast ram, but the modernday DDR smokes Rambus in every respect.

 

ok well me and my friend sat down and thought out my mobo proc and ram again, and heres where things stand as of now.

my mobo:
Soyo Motherboard for AMD Socket-A Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron, Model# SY-KT400 Dragon Ultra Retail
Specifications:
CPU Support: AMD Socket-A for AthlonXP/Athlon/Duron processors.
Chipset: VIA KT400/8235
FSB: 266/333MHz
Memory Type: DDR400/333 SDRAM
RAM: 3x DDR sockets support(DDR333/266/200), 3GB Max, 184-pin PC3200/PC2700/PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC, unbuffered DDR SDRAM memory
IDE: 4x Channel for IDE devices(2 for RAID), supports PIO mode 5 & Ultra DMA 66/100/133
Slots: 1x AGP(8X/4X), 5x PCI(32-bit)
Ports:2xPS2,2xCOM,1xLPT,6xUSB t(2 rear, 4 front), 1x FDD
Onboard Audio: CMI 8738 4-channel audio solution
Onboard RAID: Integrated Hipoint IDE-RAID chip, supports ATA-133 IDE RAID 0,1, 0+1

my cpu:

AMD ATHLON XP 2700 /333 FSB PROCESSOR CPU- OEM
Specifications:
CPU: 2.17 GHz
Type: XP 2700 Thoroughbred
Cache: 256K
BUS: 333MHz
Socket A
OEM (Processor Only)
Model#: AXDA2700DKV3D

my ram:
CORSAIR MEMORY Kit 512MBx2 PC2700 VALUE SELECT. DDR RAM - OEM
Specifications
This Kit Contains 2 Matched 512MB Modules, for 1GB Total Memory

so does that all look good?