Building my own PC

[The Phenom]

Hello everyone, I'm building my own computer, and need some advice. I've purchased all the parts for my system except for the case, mobo, and video card.

I got:
This Hard Drive


This Processor

This RAM

This DVD Drive

This CD-RW Drive

And This Floppy Drive

I'm almost positive I'm going to purchase This Mobo

What do you think? I really need suggestions for a video card though. I'm looking for what's going to give me the best performance for under $100. I was thinking about the Geforce FX 5200 but I'm not too sure. I'd appreciate any help, thanks!!!

 

[mightyrocket]

The Geforce FX 5200 has got some serious bugs. I'd recommend a geforce 4 ti 4200 or an Ati Radeon 9000.

 

[The Phenom]

Is there a big performance difference between the ti 4200 64MB and the ti 4200 128 MB?

 

[mightyrocket]

Well, the 128 mb is known to be slower than the 64 mb (see some benchmarks on internet).

 

[The Phenom]

More and more games nowadays demand more memory from video cards however. Would I be wiser to choose a faster card with less memory, or a card with more memory that may be slower? It's been years since I built my own system, so please excuse my ignorance.

 

[mightyrocket]

I should go for the 128 mb one, because nowdays the games aren't using all the mem of your video-card and doesn't take advantage of it, but in the future there will be a speed-increase if you use the 128 mb card because the games are using more than 64 mb.

 

[The Phenom]

Yeah that's what I was thinking, thanks! Any other suggestions?

 

[mightyrocket]

Well, which sound-card are you going to use. An onboard-card is very bad, so I'd never recommend that.

 

[The Phenom]

I'm just fine with using onboard sound. How's that mobo? What kind of power supply should I get? I was thinking 300w was fine, but I'm not too sure.

 

[mightyrocket]

Well, I think a power supply of 300 watt should be enough.

 

[Doomulation]

Onboard sound isn't that bad if you have a fast processor.

 

[vampireuk]

9600!

 

[The Phenom]

What kind of performance would I get from a Radeon 9200? http://www.buyxtremegear.com/powercolor9200.html

 

[vampireuk]

http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/9600.asp

for $136 at newegg

 

[Lex]

Well, the 128 mb is known to be slower than the 64 mb (see some benchmarks on internet).

Not anymore, they have 550mhz ram nowadays