Build Chief a Computer

[Chief]

My current PC so if it is possible to use previous things to save some money.
CPU Info:          AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3500+
CPU Speed:          2186.0 MHz
Sound card:        Realtek AC97 Audio
Graphics Card:  NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Network Adapters:  Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport
CD / DVD Drives:    E: HP      DVD Writer 740b  | F: IDE-DVD DROM6216        | L: VO7283H TSG016F
Motherboard:        ASUSTek Computer INC. Amberine M
Modem:              Motorola SM56 Speakerphone Modem
My RAM is DDR2.

So if that didn't give it away, I have no idea how to build a compooter. I just opened a System Spec application I had and did copah pasta. SO FILL IN THE BLANKS PLEASE.

Motherboard:
Processor:
RAM:
Video/Graphics Card:
Sound:
Hard Drive:
Optical Drive:
Fans:
Power Supply:

If I'm missing anything, just add it in. I'm looking at a $1000 limit. Remember that I be Canadian, so use newegg.ca or futureshop.ca or bestbuy.ca or whatever sites you guys go to.

[KarthXLR]

You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

[zaneyard]

that's a pretty old athlon there

[copulatingduck]

You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND A MORAN

i'M PRETTY SURE I'VE DROPPED TURDS THAT CAN CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS FASTER THAN THAT THING

[copulatingduck]

OOPS CAPS

[Chief]

[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105020#msg105020 date=1249871312]
You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND A MORAN

i'M PRETTY SURE I'VE DROPPED TURDS THAT CAN CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS FASTER THAN THAT THING
[/quote]

OOPS CAPS

IT'S OKAY WE ALL KNOW YOU JUST MADE SURE YOU MADE YOUR POINT
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE IS HELPING HOWEVER

[KarthXLR]

[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105020#msg105020 date=1249871312]
You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND A MORAN

i'M PRETTY SURE I'VE DROPPED TURDS THAT CAN CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS FASTER THAN THAT THING
[/quote]
Didn't notice it was an AMD.

HURRRR

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3430.msg105029#msg105029 date=1249876013]
[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105020#msg105020 date=1249871312]
You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND A MORAN

i'M PRETTY SURE I'VE DROPPED TURDS THAT CAN CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS FASTER THAN THAT THING
[/quote]
Didn't notice it was an AMD.

HURRRR
[/quote]

OR SINGLE CORE EITHER, DON'T FORGET THAT

I'LL PUT A SHITLIST TOGETHER, HAVE IT SOMETIME LATER TONIGHT, THOUGH TBH THE BEST PERSON TO ASK IS PERMABANNED FOR BEING LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

EDIT: DAMN CAPS AGAIN

[Honest]

[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105042#msg105042 date=1249879298]
[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3430.msg105029#msg105029 date=1249876013]
[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105020#msg105020 date=1249871312]
You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND A MORAN

i'M PRETTY SURE I'VE DROPPED TURDS THAT CAN CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS FASTER THAN THAT THING
[/quote]
Didn't notice it was an AMD.

HURRRR
[/quote]

OR SINGLE CORE EITHER, DON'T FORGET THAT

I'LL PUT A SHITLIST TOGETHER, HAVE IT SOMETIME LATER TONIGHT, THOUGH TBH THE BEST PERSON TO ASK IS PERMABANNED FOR BEING LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

EDIT: DAMN CAPS AGAIN
[/quote]

I HEARD THIS THREAD WAS PRETTY MACHO AND DECIDED TO POST I DUNNO MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS CEPT THE ONE WE GOT AT MY HOUSE MY MOM PUT A COUPLE GAMES ON IT AND I PLAY EM IM A COMPUTERPUTER STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADIN

[copulatingduck]

Computer Case - This case kind of rapes, I have one and the airflow and tool-less design are superb. It makes me feel like a raper, I never leave home without it. I guess I could almost understand if you want to be cheap and keep your old case, but nothing in that machine is worth keeping if you're looking to upgrade at this point. Keep it around the house as an old beater-ass workhorse/NAS/Pr0n archive/etc

Processor - I won't lie, I still haven't done my homework on i7's, they might be worth looking into at this point, but I doubt it and I'm a little drunk/tired

Mobo - IT HAS GOOD REVIEWS ON NEWEGG.CA AND IT'S NOT THE 750 CHIPSET

RAM - RAM IS RAM

GPU - TOM'S HARDWARE SUGGESTED THIS IS THE BEST CARD YOU CAN BUY IN JULY AT THE ~$160 (AMERICAN) PRICEPOINT

Sound - I honestly don't think it's necessary, motherboards come with pretty nice onboard sound as far as I can tell. If anyone else has an opinion on the matter please feel free to share

Hard Drive - I doubt you need this much space. I also doubt you need me to hold your hand while you pick a hard drive

Optical Drive - HOLYSHIT LIGHTSCRIBE THE TECH THAT NEVER TOOK OFF

Fans - after seeing that you listed fans among the devices you wanted suggestions on, I'm starting to wonder if you did need me to hold your hand while you picked a hard drive. Oh well. For the case I recommended, I suggest 12cm fans (OMG cm's, they actualyl use those in CA!) I'd suggest picking up 3-4 of those fans, with 2 blowing over your HDD(s), and 2 blowing into the case. You could even combine 2 of the fans with this fancy thingamabob

Or if you want to look really fucking cool (and not give that bitch of a computer the reacharound everytime you want to adjust the fanspeed), you could go with this fan/controller set (I say set because these are 3pin, the above set is 4pin) 4pac (cuz 2pac was 2 weak and controller. That controller is pretty bitching. Granted, there's probably no way you'd ever need 6 separate controllers, but when Jesus turned water into wine he didn't really need that either, and that didn't stop him

Power Supply - 700W will leave you some room to grow, and I'm bad with cables so I like the idea of modular cables. Silverstone is a reputable brand, and this power supply is 80 PLUS BRONZE CERTIFIED SO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE BURNING 700W RUNNING CRYSIS ON HIGH SETTINGS YOU'RE SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL THAT EFFICIENCY. PLUS IT MATCHES THAT ENERGY EFFICIENT HDD I LINKED, SO COOL!

I think that's it, but I probably missed something, and if you buy all the parts and it ends up not working I'll just tell you I've made a huge mistake

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3430.msg105080#msg105080 date=1249891750]
[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105042#msg105042 date=1249879298]
[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3430.msg105029#msg105029 date=1249876013]
[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105020#msg105020 date=1249871312]
You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND A MORAN

i'M PRETTY SURE I'VE DROPPED TURDS THAT CAN CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS FASTER THAN THAT THING
[/quote]
Didn't notice it was an AMD.

HURRRR
[/quote]

OR SINGLE CORE EITHER, DON'T FORGET THAT

I'LL PUT A SHITLIST TOGETHER, HAVE IT SOMETIME LATER TONIGHT, THOUGH TBH THE BEST PERSON TO ASK IS PERMABANNED FOR BEING LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

EDIT: DAMN CAPS AGAIN
[/quote]

I HEARD THIS THREAD WAS PRETTY MACHO AND DECIDED TO POST I DUNNO MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS CEPT THE ONE WE GOT AT MY HOUSE MY MOM PUT A COUPLE GAMES ON IT AND I PLAY EM IM A COMPUTERPUTER STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADIN
[/quote]

i <3 u

[Geoff]

If I had a penny for every time I thought of you, I would have 1 penny because you never left my mind <3

[Honest]

<3 u both

[zaneyard]

<3 u both

Geoff is my Kid, so therefore I love him more

Dark, Duck knows what he is talking about. I'll look over the list and double check it when i get home from work tonight.

[Geoff]

LOVE DERAILMENT GO

[zaneyard]

Good build, Duck. How much did that come out to? pretty cheap, even with the fact that .ca's prices are jacked up.

Also, I would go with the western digital blacks instead of the green teri. less platters mean less problems.
theres a 750 gig that i just bought on shell shocker right now. dunno how that works for .ca though
why is stuff more expensive on newegg.ca...

now if only my financial aid refund check would come faster, this list owns the shit.

[copulatingduck]

SINCE THE OPTICAL DRIVES AND HDD ARE OEM DON'T FORGET SATA CABLES (WHOOPS)

Good build, Duck. How much did that come out to? pretty cheap, even with the fact that .ca's prices are jacked up.

Also, I would go with the western digital blacks instead of the green teri. less platters mean less problems.
theres a 750 gig that i just bought on shell shocker right now. dunno how that works for .ca though
why is stuff more expensive on newegg.ca...

now if only my financial aid refund check would come faster, this list owns the shit.

Yea, I saw that hdd after I made this build and thought about linking it but got lazy/sobered up/fell asleep. It's a pretty sweet deal, even in Canada. Also, protip: if you just change the *.com to *.ca, newegg takes care of the rest when shopping for Canadians

edit: protip #2, troll newegg public wishlists when you want inspiration on what to buy

[zaneyard]

OEM doesn't come with cables? didn't know that

ehh, i'll just dump my existing HDD image onto an external, then move it onto the new one
more time, less caring.

[beep beep diglett]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3430.msg105080#msg105080 date=1249891750]
[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105042#msg105042 date=1249879298]
[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=3430.msg105029#msg105029 date=1249876013]
[quote author=Karth is Ego Tripping link=topic=3430.msg105020#msg105020 date=1249871312]
You really don't need to buy a new one. You might want to buy a new graphics card, but otherwise, you have a pretty solid rig there.

YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND A MORAN

i'M PRETTY SURE I'VE DROPPED TURDS THAT CAN CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS FASTER THAN THAT THING
[/quote]
Didn't notice it was an AMD.

HURRRR
[/quote]

OR SINGLE CORE EITHER, DON'T FORGET THAT

I'LL PUT A SHITLIST TOGETHER, HAVE IT SOMETIME LATER TONIGHT, THOUGH TBH THE BEST PERSON TO ASK IS PERMABANNED FOR BEING LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

EDIT: DAMN CAPS AGAIN
[/quote]

I HEARD THIS THREAD WAS PRETTY MACHO AND DECIDED TO POST I DUNNO MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS CEPT THE ONE WE GOT AT MY HOUSE MY MOM PUT A COUPLE GAMES ON IT AND I PLAY EM IM A COMPUTERPUTER STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADIN
[/quote]

COMPUTERRERER STOP THE DOWNLOADIN

MAGIC BOX PLAY ME A GAME

[Chief]

after seeing that you listed fans among the devices you wanted suggestions on, I'm starting to wonder if you did need me to hold your hand while you picked a hard drive. Oh well.

can you put on my diapers too

I literally have no idea. I'm gonna go around and compare some stuff. Thanks for the help.