Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
witch:
I remember what that felt like the xmas before last. I drove to the next city to get the parts. The guy said, 'why didn't you have them couriered?' It had never even occurred to me. I don't think I would have trusted anyone to deliver me the bits! I was shaking with excitement the next day, laid everything out ready in their little boxes, checked all the cables. Read RTFMs, touched things lovingly. Hah, I'm not a nerd.
Moa:
When my computer went down last night and wouldn't boot, part of my brain was thinking 'oh no my motherboard is gone' and part of my brain was thinking 'yay my motherboard is gone'. I keep looking at the dual core processors and putting together an upgrade list, but Intel dual core currently blows AMD dual core out of the water, so a new (Intel) processor and new motherboard would inevitably lead to new RAM and probably a new power supply ... and I really try to make each new computer last 3-4 years. I've got another year to go with the current rig, at least.
Much better having to replace the graphics card.
witch:
I'm going to shout myself a laptop this year, I have to go away several times for a few days at a time and I get so bored without gaming. I've been an AMD fan for years, but I'll probably go Intel core duo at the moment, because, as you say, Intel are currently fastest. In fact they came out with their core duo about 3-4 months after I bought my AMD dual core. (Of course).
twistingsims:
Thank you sooo much everyone for your suggestions, I don't know what I'd do without your awesome help! I will be getting my own tech person to put together a system for me, not a local store as I can't trust their prices and over exuberent sales pitches!
Okay so here's what I've gathered from your notes, the Intel 965 Motherboard (Integrated Video/Sound/NIC) part is okay?
The 3.2 GHz Celeron D/533 Mhz is not as good as the Celeron single core, but the duo core Celeron could be the way to go, or go with a single core Duron or AMD equivalent.
In reference to the 1 GB DDR2 533 MHz RAM, thank you jsalemi for the info, and I would definitely be adding another 1 gb of Memory to that! :D
The 250 GB S-ATA II WD 7200 RPM 16 MB HD, seems like a good size hard drive and I can always add another later on, if or when we get close to the 8th? expansion pack for the Sims2!! ::)
As for the Antec 640TX 400W case, I figured this would not be sufficient especially for upgrading the graphic card, which would most likely be the Sapphire X1650 XT (or PRO) 256 MB, at a much more reasonable price of course!
So the Antec 480W PurePower 2.0 or higher would be a good choice?
I just really want to make sure I get the right stuff the first time, especially with the ever increasing graphics of the upcoming expansion packs. I'd like to at least make it compatible for 3 to 4 years! ;D
KatEnigma:
Forget the word Celeron. Celerons bad. Intel Core 2 Duo's (or even a Solo) good. ;) An AMD X2 would also be okay, but not as good as an Intel Duo.
If you're looking at 3-4 years use, you really should consider the x1900 or x1950, though.
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