Which PC to buy?

[Ali-g]

Thank u for helping me out mate, It is very appreciated : )
I think I found a good tutorial here: http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/ (it looks like a lot )
Anyway could u possibly answer my other question?
3rd: emmm did u possibly forget the video card and monitor (monitor would cost like 169 Euros or around 250 $ :S)
Cuz if it goes around the same price Im not that keen on shopping online and/or getting together the pieces (always on the same price)

[kooftspc11]

detale is right. if you have any desire to put together your own pc you should give it a try. its actually much much easier than it may seem. once you have all the parts you will pretty much know where they go...like putting together a puzzle.

and yes....if you do your own build you will NEVER look back

monitor is purely a matter of preference imo but if you want to do design on your pc you should look into a more high-end video card. im not saying a gx2 or gt280 but something that you wont want to switch out later just to buy what you should have bought in the first place. i dont know what types of cards are good for autocad-ish stuff but my recommendation (no surprise here) is 8800gt

if money is a factor then let us know and somebody will recommend something more suitable.

[Ali-g]

Yep money is a factor (if I got what detale told me + got a 250 % monitor it would go around 850$) I actually wanna spend around 600-700$

I got some new offers by the way tell me what u think:

MotherBoard:FOXCONN 945PL7AE-KS2H
Processor Socket: LGA775 socket supports Intel Core 2 Duo (E4xxx), P4, P 4PXE, P D, Celeron D
Processor: Dual Core E2200 2.2 GHz LGA 775 1MB/800 MHz
Chipset: Intel 945PL + ICH7
FSB: 533 / 800 MHz
Main Memory: 2 x 1 GB DDRAM II 667 MHz, Dual Channel 2xDDR2 533/400 (max 2 GB)
Hard Drive: 160 GB 7200 rpm 8MB, SATA, 1 x ATA 100, 4 x SATA II
Graphics: XP Vision PCI Express 256 MB, GF7330GT Sonc, DDR3, 128 bit
Device Storage: DVD Writer
Audio: 5.1 Channel, Realtek ALC 653 Ac'97
Networking: PCIe GbE LAN, Realtek 8111B
Expansion Slots: 1 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI
I/O Interfce: 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 1 x parallel, 1 x COM 1, 3 x USB2.0, 1 x coaxS/PDIF
Modem: 56 KBps
Case: DLC-MT372 Power 450 W
MONITOR: LG Monitor 19" :CD L1919S-SF

TOTAL: 505 Euros (around 750 $)



MotherBoard:FOXCONN P35AX-S
Processor Socket: LGA775 socket supports Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual-Core, Pentium D, Pentium 4, Celeron
Processor: Dual Core E2200 2.2 GHz LGA 775 1MB/800 MHz
Chipset: Intel P35 / ICH9
FSB: 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz
Main Memory: 2 GB DDRAM II 667 MHz, Dual Channel DDR2 1066/800/667 (max 4 GB)
Hard Drive: 350 GB 7200 rpm 8MB, SATA, ATA x 1, SATA II x 4, eSATA x 1
Graphics: PCI Express 512 MB, GF8500GT, DDR2, 128 bit
Device Storage: DVD Writer
Audio: 7.1 Channel, Realtek ALC888
Networking: GbE LAN, Realtek 8110SCB
Expansion Slots: 2 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI
I/O Interfce: 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 1 x parallel, 1 x COM 1, 4 x USB2.0, 1 x coaxS/PDIF
Modem: 56 Kbps
Case: M-619 Power 550W
MONITOR: LG Monitor 19" :CD L1919S-SF

TOTAL: 577 Euros (around 850$)



(I know little about this one)

Processor: Dual Core E2180 2.0 GHz LGA 775 1MB/800 MHz
Chipset: Intel P35 / ICH9
Main Memory: 2 GB DDRAM II 667 MHz
Hard Drive: 160 GB 7200 rpm
Graphics: VGA 128MB / 512MB shared (I didnt understand this very good)
Device Storage: DVD Writer
MONITOR: LG Monitor 19" :CD L1919S-SF

TOTAL: 436 Euros (around 650$)

[Acid_death69]

ali where abouts do you live in europe?

[Ali-g]

Albania... back to the question... any thoughts?

[maverick_andy]

Recently I upgraded my CPU, which cost

Intel C2D E4600 120 $
MOBO, ASUS P5E VM DO onboard 384 MB shared grafix card 182 $
Transcend 2 DIMM DDR2 RAM 45 $
Cabinet 27 $
HDD Hitachi 250GB 49 $

TOTAL 423 $

[Detale]

Thanx for the heads up detale...
But I need u to dedicate me another little of ur time and possibly clarify me in some points. Ive never done online shopping so...

1st: How much would shipment cost to Europe and after how many days will it arrive?

2nd: U posted me various pieces... only problem is as Im new to this IDK how to put together/install the pieces... so if these pieces come one by one can u address me to somewhere where they sell whole PCs (and u jst choose the specs kind-of)

3rd: emmm did u possibly forget the video card and monitor (monitor would cost like 169 Euros or around 250 $ :S

Thank you, Im really a newbie in this kind of problems.

ASUS GeForce 8500 GT EN8500GT TOP/HTP/256M $69.99

This is the video card homie.

What other questions? I would say keep your current monitor until you save up enough money to get one you really like. I'll take a look at the computers you have and let you know which I think is the best for the dough.

[lopezfd]

Go for the first one.

1gb RAM is terrible

[kooftspc11]

ASUS GeForce 8500 GT EN8500GT TOP/HTP/256M $69.99

This is the video card homie.

What other questions? I would say keep your current monitor until you save up enough money to get one you really like. I'll take a look at the computers you have and let you know which I think is the best for the dough.

it looks like his video card is actually the 512mb one.

i agree with the monitor though. it's better just to wait until you find one you are really going to be happy with for a few years. a 24" would be nice if you are ever going to be interested in watching hi-def. they are still pretty expensive right now though $~500usd (i think)

[Detale]

Exactly and for a few bucks more you might as well get a HDTV 24"