[Emrys88]

Hello all :)

As some of you may of read, My computer (Dan's piece of crap) has died.

So instead of trying to fix it, i thought sell the remaining parts:)

I have a Dell laptop coming by the 19th.

So i wil then start building Dan's not so crap computer. Any ideas of what hardware i could use, motherboard, Memory, cases etc.

I don't want to buy reall expensive stuff.

Thank you for the input:)

[thingie2]

what is your overall budget? and what will the computer be used for?

[Emrys88]

Well. About 300. It will be used for some gaming and general googling for porn;)

[thingie2]

what sort of game? are they very gfx intensive? (eg. crysis) or is it games that are less so (eg. WOW)

[Emrys88]

It won't be very Gfx intensive, but i do use Adobe after effects and other graphics programs

[Macmac508]

I'd look at a P35 Chipset
Maybe an E8200 for the Adobe programs, quite CPU intensive, if your budget stretches.
An 8600GT or ATI 3850 Sounds like it should do the graphics job just fine.
Hard Drive capacity is subjective
2 Gigs of PC2-6400 RAM

Are you looking to maybe upgrade in the future gaming-wise or is that unlikely?
Looking to overclock?

[Emrys88]

I will upgrade in the furture.
What kind of motherboard do you suggest?

[Macmac508]

There's this Gigabite, has good chipset and can handle the PC2-6400 fine.

Also this MSI, they have very similar specs I haven't had experience with these boards however so if anyone else has they may be able to give a better judgment....

[Emrys88]

Thanks for the help so far.

[thingie2]

Yea, I agree, with that budget, that is probably what you are looking at.