Need your help in building a new DIY com

• andrew88

  22 Sep 09, 01:11

  hi guys. planning to build my own com from scratch and getting the parts in sls.

  i need the advice of all the bros here. planning to build a cpu without Lcd , keyboard/mouse.

  budget around 700-800++

  .i am nt a hard core gamer so the com will be normally use for heavy internet sufing and mutli-tasking .basically, i just wan a com with fast start up time and take little time to load without any lag and hopefully can last me a few years.

   

  hope all the bros can advise me =D hopefully u all can help me by listing down the products with prices and where to buy.

  i appreciate all your help . thanks in advance

• Raraken

  22 Sep 09, 09:25

  Dual-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 320-500GB HDD. Not planning to game? Keep the integrated graphics. Want to game? Get a simple dedicated card.

   

  I suggest AMD Athlon II X2, but any dual core will do. Best thing to do is get some pricelists from retailers like Bell, Best Prices etc. pick out a combo that fits the budget, and then research on the products themselves, how they perform against other products etc.

• andrew88

  22 Sep 09, 21:18

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  Dual-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 320-500GB HDD. Not planning to game? Keep the integrated graphics. Want to game? Get a simple dedicated card.

   

  I suggest AMD Athlon II X2, but any dual core will do. Best thing to do is get some pricelists from retailers like Bell, Best Prices etc. pick out a combo that fits the budget, and then research on the products themselves, how they perform against other products etc.

  hmm. i quite a newbie at this. dun know which motherboard can support up to hw many gb . any way which mother board is better? Asustek? giga? MSI? sorry. quite a newbie at this

   

• Raraken

  24 Sep 09, 18:38

  Originally posted by andrew88:

  hmm. i quite a newbie at this. dun know which motherboard can support up to hw many gb . any way which mother board is better? Asustek? giga? MSI? sorry. quite a newbie at this

   

  In terms of brands, I would say ASUS < XFX< Gigabyte < MSI. Biostar is good only if it is the high-end boards. If not, dun buy. ASRock also quite good, depending on the board. Palit is for if you on tight budget.