Building My Own Pc

Hey everyone, I'm building my own P4 system and I need some advice on parts.

I've purchased all the parts for my system except for the case, mobo, and video card.

I got:
This Hard Drive


This Processor

This RAM

This DVD Drive

This CD-RW Drive

And This Floppy Drive

I'm almost positive I'm going to purchase This Mobo

What do you think? I really need suggestions for a video card though. I'm looking for what's going to give me the best performance for under $100. I was thinking about the Geforce FX 5200 but I'm not too sure. I'd appreciate any help, thanks!!! :)

Geforce FX 5200 if fine!

I applaud you for building your own PC. :D :D

Now, what I normally do, is buy the mother board fist. Then I can decide what CPU (I prefer Pentium4) and RAM (DDR 512mb 3200 is now standard) to get. Then shop around for a cabinet, then look around for the other parts.

Since sound is not that big of a deal for me, I usually get a motherboard with integrated sound on it, because today's motherboards have excellent sound/MIDI and surround sound too.

I also look to see if the motherboard has firewire USB and maybe ethernet, all integrated.

Also, I buy name-brand motherboards, since they tend to have updated websites and all the latest drivers.

From the choices u gave the 5200 is probably the better choice, but the benchmarks on tomshardware.com didn't look too impressive, the Ti4200 8x spanked it across the board and is also cheaper :blink: Its just that the 4200 doesn't have dx9 support so there are extra features on the 5200.
Quoting Tomshardware

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In the entry-level segment, the FX 5200 Ultra is therefore a good choice. It's not certain, however, as to whether the moderate performance of the card really allows the DirectX 9 features in games to be used. Tests with modern games such as Splinter Cell or Aquanox 2 (internal tests with DX 9 Beta Patch) show that the card is actually too slow for this.

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Hmmm...Does anyone here have a Geforce FX 5200? I do enjoy occasional gaming, such as Grand Theft Auto, Medal of Honor, Splinter Cell, and N64 emulation. Does anyone own it, or does anyone know if this card will give me a good experience when playing such games? Thanks! :)