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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject: buying/building a custom pc?

hi. im looking to either buy or build a custom gameing computer. im looking into makeing one with a p4 478pin motherboard. and an 80 gig hard drive. but the mother board has to have agp in it. as some of my games won't work on this current pc. because it's all pci. would someone be able to point me in the direction of where i can buy something like this or how i could go about makeing something like this?

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject:

Pentium 4?? That's beyond outdated.

What is your budget? (And do you live in US?)

Edit: nvm, you do live in the US

Give me a budget and I can put together something quick and simple.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject: buying/building a custom pc?

yes sir. i do live in the unitedstates. and i had a freind build me one that was hit by lightning. for 350.00 dollars. i don't have it now. cause it was beyond repair.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: buying/building a custom pc?

you can make a pc like that t-fish? cause i want a complex set up here. i have somestuff in mind as to what i want in the pc.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:45 pm Post subject:

Do you have a budget? I can make a list of components you can purchase off Newegg.com.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:48 pm Post subject: buying/building a custom pc?

well yeah i have a budget of about 400 dollars. but i was hopeing you could put it together. seeing how you sound like you know what your doing. on building pc's

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:19 am Post subject:

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:44 am Post subject: buying/building a custom pc?

uhh yeah. sorry but thats about 200 past what i wanna spend. the motherboard has to have an agp slot as well. that mother board you had on the list wasn't agp

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:12 am Post subject:

Why would you want AGP in a new PC? AGP is beyond ancient, and there's no such thing as a game not being able to run on PCI-Express.

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:07 am Post subject:

Why does the motherboard need an AGP slot? It is slow and it is discontinued technology.

The list I provided already has a video card, but it uses PCI-Express 2.0 x16, a far more superior technology.

But I can give you a cheaper list though, just give me some time.

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:24 am Post subject:

How much performance are you willing to expect? I'm having a hard time squeezing a good gaming computer down to 400 dollars.

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:28 am Post subject:

What are your current PC specs, in full detail.

There is no way your PCI card can't play games. If your AGP card can, so can the PCI card.

You might have a driver issue, but, first, post up your system specs as they are now.

RD

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: buying/building a custom pc?

to t-fish. gimme sometime on that one sir. i'll get that to ya. and to the other guys. there is infact a game that won't run on a pci card. it is called 18 wheels of steel haulin. and it dose need an agp graphics card. other wise it runs so slow i can't run it. i have a 512mb pci card in this pc and it won't run that game at all. but it runs fs04 pretty good sometimes.

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: buying/building a custom pc?

ok this is my system specs. as it's sitting on my desck right now.

processor is an intel Celeron 2.53GHz

motherboard is MS-6577M-ATX

memory is 2 512mb sticks at 400 mhz corsair.

i have a 33.1 gb harddrive

graaphics is a jaton navidia 512 pci twin.

ok this pretty much summs me up. if ya need more info i'll have to go deeper in the system information panel.

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject:

That's PCI. PCI is slower than AGP.

Here's how the lineup is, from fastest to slowest.

PCI-Express, AGP, PCI.

For most video cards, the standard is PCI-Express 2.0 x16, a far more superior and better technology. Any game can play on it.

What kind of performance do you want out of a new computer? If you want a lot, 400 dollars won't get you much.