Computer build

[teekilla]

I need some help building a computer:

 

 

 

I want it to be able to handle games well

 

 

 

i need some models of motherboards that can handle 4gig of ram and sata hard drives.

 

 

 

What processor should i get?

 

 

 

What graphics card?

 

 

 

i have a gigabyte gv-r96x256v card is this good?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please be realistic with items, and use http://www.scorptec.com.au/ for the parts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks guys

[JoeDaStudd]

What's your budget?

 

 

 

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Anyway I made this build for you:

 

 

 

ASUS P5B, motherboard max 8gb, sata, pci-express

 

 

 

Core 2 Duo E6300

 

 

 

Antec Sonata II, a nice looking quite case, comes with a 450W PSU too

 

 

 

Sapphire X1950Pro, a great GPU (pci-express, of course)

 

 

 

Seagate 250gb SATA HDD, the 7200.10 series making it very quite and an all round good performer

 

 

 

Corsair Value Select DDR2 (667) ram, cheap and you can get 2gb of it for only $230

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add a DVD/CD RW or two into the mix and it comes to $1400 excluding shipping and OS.

 

 

 

If you cant stretch to this replace the 2gb of ram for 1gb, switch the X1950Pro for a 7600GT/GS or X1650XT, get a E4300 instead of the E6300 and switch the case to something less costly.

[Mr_Putter]

What you've said it pretty much all good, except the Sonata's 450W power supply is completely useless. If you don't get one that's DOA like half the people, the chances it fails in the first 6 months are almost 100%. Otherwise it's a pretty good case, but you'd likely have to pay for a good power supply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most modern motherboards support 8 gig, even though XP doesn't even officially support 4. It won't show up. But with Vista I believe it supports like 16 or something ridiculous. Sata drives are pretty much on everything modern now aswell.