- Aug 29, 2002
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Hi, I've been debating whether to build my own computer or just direct order one from Dell. My budge is around $700 to $800. Note, I already bought a 19" LCD screen, so I won't need a new monitor with this configuration. I wasn't too happy with the customization choices from Dell so I'm leaning toward building my own computer now. Since I haven't been keeping track of computer hardware for a while, I'm hoping I could get some helpful suggestions from all you uber technoheads here.
Here is a break down of how much I think I should spend on each component as well as what I have in mind. Please feel free to adjust the budge amount if you think I'm sacrificing too much for one component over another, but hopefully without going too much over my budge Component brands/models and perhaps prices would be extremely helpful too. Thanks a lot for your help.
component budget possible choice?
CPU 150 athlon xp 2200+ or P4 2.4 (which seems considerably more expensive)
MOBO 150 ??
memory 80 at least 256 MB DDR
hard drive 60 at least 40 GB
graphics card 140 gf4 ti4200 with DVI
sound card 50 something decent with 5.1 support
case 80 black case (the cooler looking the better)
keyboard 15 anything that's not too mushy
mouse 35 wireless?
Total: 760
Here is a break down of how much I think I should spend on each component as well as what I have in mind. Please feel free to adjust the budge amount if you think I'm sacrificing too much for one component over another, but hopefully without going too much over my budge Component brands/models and perhaps prices would be extremely helpful too. Thanks a lot for your help.
component budget possible choice?
CPU 150 athlon xp 2200+ or P4 2.4 (which seems considerably more expensive)
MOBO 150 ??
memory 80 at least 256 MB DDR
hard drive 60 at least 40 GB
graphics card 140 gf4 ti4200 with DVI
sound card 50 something decent with 5.1 support
case 80 black case (the cooler looking the better)
keyboard 15 anything that's not too mushy
mouse 35 wireless?
Total: 760