Building new computer

[cpljoe311]

Well with my tax refund i talked the wife into letting me build another computer for me so she can have my old one and i can upgrade to a faster computer . I have 800 dollars give or take to build just the tower and the OS; plenty of money to build a fast reliable computer. Any suggestions on what yall think i should look into would be great. I know that im atleast going to run 4gb of ram.

[Ranger_Sgt_Duke]

1st...if you are going to keep playing BF2, stick with XP Pro (or Vista, but XP is more stable with BF2).

2nd...I prefer AMD over Intel

3rd...spend the extra money for a nice power supply...not the free one that comes with the case!

4th...get a good case that has plenty of air-flow (ex. CoolerMaster...)

5th...get a motherboard that has good reviews (spend the time and read!)

6th...pack it with plenty of RAM

7th...consider a flash HD for the OS and a regular HD for the rest (with a high cache 16mb+)

8th...AMD and ATI are now the same company...I prefer Nvidia video cards, but the new hardware might work better with an AMD / ATI combo...again read!

10th...consider gigabit LAN (it is coming soon)

11th...call your Dad for help with setting it all up...