Year 10 Project- Building a Computer

Yeah okay thanx guys so i reckon i will go for a 8600GT 512mb. Wat do u think? BTW are the generic branded ones gd or bad? i would like 2 know other wise i shall put more to get the Giagbyte one....And btw thanx 2 u all for helping me out!

Go with the 8600GT 512mb - yes the Gigabyte one would be better than the generic one. Also get motherboard manual from here - http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5GC-MX -
on page 2-23 it explains how to disable internal video/graphics card.

i dnt realy need a LCD Screen Yet i hav 2 Acer 19" Screens One,Widescreen One normal for two already used computers so i think i mite just use a CRT for now i have one frm a older Acer Computer so yeah....And btw wat is the difference between Cat5 Crossover Ethernet cables and the normal Ethernet? do u get faster speeds? I hav a ADSL+2 Modem and ADSL+2 Connection so which would b faster? Thing is i would like cable instead of wireless because i want to set it up without having someone doin all that wireless security **** with the WPA2 protection etc etc

You will need to use a normal Cat 5 cable to connect PC to your ADSL+2 modem. Cat 5 crossover cables are only used when you want to connect 2 PCs together via their LAN cards. The speed of your connection is not determined by Cat 5 cable (crossover or normal). The speed is determined by LAN card (if you have a local network - number of PCs connected by switch) or if single PC then by speed of ADSL+2 connection.

-The Processor
go for the c2d

-Difference Between Crossover and normal Ethernet Cables
this has been explained by gazzaoz - normal ethernet cables are for connecting to a modem/router etc and a crossover cable is for connecting two pc's together directly

-Do cases come with the USB slots,MC Readers
some cases will come with built in usb ports that you wire up to the motherboard, almost all cases will not come with media card readers, you will have to buy this separately

-Do i need to purchase a sound card or duz the Motherbaord already have all the necessities?
all motherboards come with integrated sound



ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 All In One $65
2GB KIT-667(2X1GB) KINGSTON DDR2 $66
320GB-16M OR 250GB HDD MAXTOR SATA: 250= $74....320= 89
512MB 8500GT ASUS PCI EXPRESS $102
SATA 20X AOPEN DVD-RW
1200W 2.1 SPEAKERS $12............SIMPLE BUT MEH
5.1 3D PCI SOUND CARD $19
REALTEK 10/100/1000 NIC NETWORK CARD $12
LOGITECH DESKTOP 250 KEYBOARD+ MOUSE $15

as already said, you will not need the network card and the sound card, not if you're using 2.1 speakers

I don't know about the case, cooling and power supply
cases are fairly simple - just get one that you like the look of and will hold all of your hardware - cooling just involves getting a couple of fans and putting them in the front/back of your case so it's fairly easy. power supply is where it gets a bit harder, go to this website, put in your specification and see what it tells you, then tell us and we can advise you on what power supply to get

p.s. please type in full english if you can, it makes it a lot easier to read and there isn't really a need for you to abbreviate every other word in a computer forum

Yeah Okay thanx!
The 8600GT has S-Video out connection so i think i mite connect it to my TV which is just a simple widescreen 69cm...So Yeah

And by the way i am gonna go for a Scarface Theme with the case
i want a simple case so i can spray paint a vinyl onto it of Scarface with the words underneath saying either
"The World Is Yours....." or the famous "Say Hello To My Lil' Friend!

I also mite add sum holes that look like Bullet holes so it can also have the hot air get out from there..Wat do u guys think? I will draw up a design of wat it mite be like so yeah will have it dun by the end of the week or so so u guys can comment on it....