Building new computer! which components ??

brophy

Ok then just as the topic there above says, building a new pc and just bought the
> new case
> 500watt power supply
> 250gig HD
> Also have the processor, tis a 3.2smitfield dual core.

Would like this pc to be for gaming,music editing and for using photoshop.


So below are the decisions i have?????????:eek:
MOTHERBOARDS
So the thing i am now worndering which mother board from the two below?
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=310570 (which is the EPo one)
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=317062 (this msi one)

GRAPHICS CARDS (really only wanna spend in the region of €200 but might be pursuaded to spend some more)

was looking at this grapics card - GeForce 7600GT 256MB
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318798
should i go for that or maybe something else????

CPU COOLER
One thing that i wanted with this computer is silence so was going to go for this cooler for the cpu Zalman CNPS9500 would you recommend it or could you recommend another one?

Also gonna get 2gig of ram.


dont think i am leaving out anything but ya never know,,,,,,, any help with this would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!

thanks in advance

SickBoy

As you're buying a new motherboard you might aswell get something based on the i965 or i975x and give yourself the option to upgrade to a Core2Duo(Conroe) CPU at a later stage.
The rest seems fine...

brophy

Oh i see, i did not know that the chip i had now was capable of being used with the newer type of mobo's.

Right then just had a quick look there on komplett and see these two boards
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=320231 (ABIT AW8D)
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=317061 (MSI)

would either of these be fine, and which one do you think is better....

thanks again

mac_leinn

Just be warned that its only the latest revisions of the i975x mobo's that are compatible with conroe.

All i965 should be compatible though.

8T8

Unfortuantely neither of those Abit & MSI boards are the updated 975 version required for Core 2 support. Komplett has only one 965 board listed though I imagine more will be come available eventually.

Currently one of the places that has stock of 965 motherboards and updated 975 boards is OcUK see some of these Gigabyte boards.

PogMoThoin

Note that 965 mobo's do not support Sli or XFire so no chance of adding another gpu. 975 do support XFire (no sli yet). OCUK has a few, Asus, DFI, Gigabyte & Intel boards. You'll find there will be a few more in a months time.

brophy

So ya reckon that i should wait the month then and get it then?

quad_red

waiting to build.

But until these issues sort themselves
1) Conroe supply issues vs. AMD price cuts
2) Motherboard issues.
3) gFx compatibility issues

I'm gonna hold on.