an idiot building a computer

On 6 Mar, 21:00, guy wrote:
Hi,

I am getting a system together. *It's my first computer in many years
and I decided to build it myself. *For convenience's sake, I'm getting
everything from Newegg. *So, since I don't know as much as I should to
pull this off, I was wondering if some of you who actually know what
they're doing could take a look at my list of components and tell me
if I can do better, within a 1500 budget. *Any input or help will be
very much appreciated.

Here's a link to my "wishlist." *Thanks.

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...hDetail.asp?Wi...

Hello,

Please note that in my Asus mobo manual, it says "if you install
Windows
Vista 32-bit/Windows XP 32-bit, we recommend that you install less
than
3GB of total memory"

Now I don't know about your intended Gigabyte mobo purchase, but it's
something you may like to verify, because I see your wish list
contains 4gb of RAM, and it might possibly make a 32-bit OS unstable.

Good luck.

Regards, Robert.

In message "DonC"
wrote:

You forgot another big reason why many of us "non-techie" (or "semi-techie"
; ) types go AMD: They're less expensive.

Not right now -- Intel is cheaper, faster, and run cooler (meaning
they're using less power, so cheaper to operate)

AMD comes and goes, when the X2 came out AMD was heads above Intel's
offerings. The Core 2 line changed all that, and AMD hasn't come up
with anything interesting since.

In message
rpgs
rock dvds wrote:

Now I don't know about your intended Gigabyte mobo purchase, but it's
something you may like to verify, because I see your wish list
contains 4gb of RAM, and it might possibly make a 32-bit OS unstable.

Not unstable, just that 32-bit operating systems can only have a 4GB
address space, and most modern motherboards need a portion of that for
themselves, plus if you throw in a video card, it needs some RAM too.

You'll normally only get around 3.2GB of usable RAM in 32-bit mode, so
installing more isn't usually worthwhile since it can't be used anyway.

"DevilsPGD" wrote...

Not right now -- Intel is cheaper, faster, and run cooler (meaning
they're using less power, so cheaper to operate)

I believe you'll find that the latest Intel Core2 and AMD X2 CPUs have the
exact same peak power consumption: 65 watts for the mainstream CPUs and 95
watts for the high-end CPUs.


AMD comes and goes, when the X2 came out AMD was heads above Intel's
offerings. The Core 2 line changed all that, and AMD hasn't come up
with anything interesting since.

That part is true... Maybe the "son of Phenom" will catch up again, or
maybe not...