Uncle Jat
April 3rd, 2004, 07:04 AM
I'm in the planning stage of building my first computer. I don't have the specific specs picked out yet. I've been reading some computer sites to get a feel for everything and I have some somewhat random questions.
In a nutshell what I want is a desktop with the state of the art cutting edge technology ;) and each and every accessory like printer , scanner , copy machine , fax , web camera head phones , mic et al . I read somewhere that these days there are All in One machines avaliable from HP ( Print + Scan = Fax + Copy ) .Budget is not the problem but I wanna assemble it all at once and don't wanna go for upgrading later after a few years .
My priority is performance and not price and I don't wanna go for a TFT or LCD but a simple 17 or 19 inchee monitor .Which one is the best , I do not know yet .
I am not even a bay bit interested in Gaming so AGP type of things and other superior display cards are not my need and neither am I into music composing or something equally music demanding that I have to pay attention to each and every decibel output so a motherboard with integrated sound and video would do fine for me .
What do I pick out first? Do I pick the processor first and then find a compatible motherboard or do I figure out everything I want and then make sure the motherboard can fit it all?
I Am interested in an Intel Pentium 4 Processor and Celeron and AMD , Cyrix et al don't appeal to me .
Which Intel Pentium 4 Processor is presently offering the maximum Bus Speed ( FSB).In my knowledge presently it's 800MHz the max FSB avaliable in Intel Pentium 4 .
Which is the best mother board for such a processor and does it supports the 800MHz FSB or supports less .
I wanna go for a minimum of 1 GB RAM , don't mind going upto 2 GB also or the max the moBo can support .
Whats the max FSB avaliable in RAM presently .FRom what I have read advertised in papers it's just 400MhZ.
Whats the speciality of ECC RAM and is it advisable to go for it instead of DDR , for the sake of performance .How do u compare ECC RAM with SDRAM , DDR et al in terms of price , performance and FSB ?
JUst as CD writers are as common today as a FDD , are DVD writers also avaliable and whats the approximate price and which one would you recommend .ARe they avaliable in a Combo drive type of a thing .
NO I don't need advice on picking up a mouse , KB etc.
For a dial up connection , which external modem would you recommend ?
Which is the best ( max features ) TV TUNER CARD avaliable presently ?
Any other thing that you might wanna sugest .
In a nutshell what I want is a desktop with the state of the art cutting edge technology ;) and each and every accessory like printer , scanner , copy machine , fax , web camera head phones , mic et al . I read somewhere that these days there are All in One machines avaliable from HP ( Print + Scan = Fax + Copy ) .Budget is not the problem but I wanna assemble it all at once and don't wanna go for upgrading later after a few years .
My priority is performance and not price and I don't wanna go for a TFT or LCD but a simple 17 or 19 inchee monitor .Which one is the best , I do not know yet .
I am not even a bay bit interested in Gaming so AGP type of things and other superior display cards are not my need and neither am I into music composing or something equally music demanding that I have to pay attention to each and every decibel output so a motherboard with integrated sound and video would do fine for me .
What do I pick out first? Do I pick the processor first and then find a compatible motherboard or do I figure out everything I want and then make sure the motherboard can fit it all?
I Am interested in an Intel Pentium 4 Processor and Celeron and AMD , Cyrix et al don't appeal to me .
Which Intel Pentium 4 Processor is presently offering the maximum Bus Speed ( FSB).In my knowledge presently it's 800MHz the max FSB avaliable in Intel Pentium 4 .
Which is the best mother board for such a processor and does it supports the 800MHz FSB or supports less .
I wanna go for a minimum of 1 GB RAM , don't mind going upto 2 GB also or the max the moBo can support .
Whats the max FSB avaliable in RAM presently .FRom what I have read advertised in papers it's just 400MhZ.
Whats the speciality of ECC RAM and is it advisable to go for it instead of DDR , for the sake of performance .How do u compare ECC RAM with SDRAM , DDR et al in terms of price , performance and FSB ?
JUst as CD writers are as common today as a FDD , are DVD writers also avaliable and whats the approximate price and which one would you recommend .ARe they avaliable in a Combo drive type of a thing .
NO I don't need advice on picking up a mouse , KB etc.
For a dial up connection , which external modem would you recommend ?
Which is the best ( max features ) TV TUNER CARD avaliable presently ?
Any other thing that you might wanna sugest .