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MORE by Ray of Light 10/15/2006, 6:36am PDT
1) I'm guessing that when I have one of these I also need to buy memory, a cpu, and a hard drive. What am I missing? Is the onboard audio sufficient, or should I be thinking about getting a seperate card for that as well?

Everyone (motherhead) says to buy an NForce-based board, and that's what I did. I'm happy with the onboard audio, it doesn't buzz and hum like my old onboard audio did. I bought the Logitech Z-2300 THX stereo speakers to go with it and they are a crazy good value for money.

3) If 2 cpus have the same clock speed, what's the advantage of a dual processor or 64-bit cpu over the old-fashioned kind. If it makes the difference, the only demanding task I'd be using this for besides gaming would be running VMware Server.
Get a dual core CPU. This is not a close choice. Having a spare CPU means your desktop won't bog when something is using up one whole CPU. Dual core implies 64-bit, I think, but get 64 bit anyway: it doesn't cost any extra and you might use it someday.

4) Do I need a PCI express slot for anything other than a graphics card?
PCIe is to PCI as USB is to 25-pin parallel ports: namely, better in every way. It sounds like you won't be using many (any?) expansion slots anyway, but getting a board with a couple of PCIe slots isn't going to cost extra. At the very least, it gives you the option of having an extra video card and extra monitors.

Contrary to what forums with avatars would have you believe, getting a PC together from scratch isn't complicated, provided you have someone to recommend good parts. You need (my suggestions are tentative and ignorant, maybe someone who keeps current will come along and overwrite them):

- case (Antec, get one that includes Antec power supply)
- motherboard (Asus A8N-anything)
- memory (whatever matches the motherboard, Crucial or Kingston brand)
- processor (Athlon X2 any speed)
- video (I got a fanless GeForce 7900, like it)
- hard drive (SATA, I have a lot of Seagate 7200.9 and like them for quietness and long warranty; The $/gig sweet spot is around 400GB now, and they're so cheap you should consider a second one for mirroring or backups; if getting >2 drives also get a 120mm fan to cool them)
- optical drive
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