new computer

[jblitz277]

Ok I have decided not to put any more money into my cpu and have decided to start fresh and build one I'm fine picking harddrives & burners but know absolutely nothing about processors and motherboards I want it to be able to run multiple apps at same time and support both gaming and video. It will probably take 2 months economically to finish can anyone help me with the motherboard and processor I want one that's very up to date all my current hardware is ide so one that I can use my stuff on is ideal but if that's not wise I will buy sata

[Chewy]

I want one that's very up to date all my current hardware is ide so one that I can use my stuff on is ideal but if that's not wise I will buy sata

that's the conflict

ide is being phased out

you can build a good computer with dual core and try to stay away from the newest motherboards, save money and keep ide

[jblitz277]

I'd rather go sata because I plan on building something to last 3-4 years and if I buy sata and upgrade then I can transfer my hardware

[jblitz277]

dont they make a pci card for sata boards that supports ide?

[Chewy]

pci controller cards work great for ide hard drives but are problematic with
dvd burners

[jblitz277]

well that's actually ok because i just bought a western digital caviar 320gb like 3 months ago The whole prob is i want a video card but my board is agp 8x so if i buy a good one and then get a new cpu next year its useless I have an insufficient power supply and my ram is ddr400 i have 752mb i want more but at the price of ram to buy more for this cpu is senseless again because next year it's useless / my problem is I know absolutely nothing about boards or processors that match

[jblitz277]

I should add that I need another harddrive any way I didn't know about partitioning so I mine aswell go sata again for longevity reasons

[jm1647]

I got a coupla Maxtor PCI SATA/150 controller cards that do (2) SATA I and (2) IDE drives and work good in the boxes they are in

[Chewy]

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=80808

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=80998

take some time and read up at newegg, it's a very steep mountain and you can't train ard enough

[jblitz277]

ok I spent hours looking and I think I found a good mobo
Asus P5N-E SLI NVIDIA 650i Socket 775 ATX
it looks to me that I can upgrade it later,it supports sli and has Ide header the processors it supports look upgradable as well and I'm looking at the intel 6400 any thoughts?

[Chewy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115004

pricey but very good

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131142

PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices

looks good

[jblitz277]

not to change subjects but your not near southeastern pennsylvania r u

[jblitz277]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2205992&CatId=2259

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...2739683&CatId= 1826

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3042997&CatId=1846

and ther she is throw in 2 500gb western digital and i should just stay shy of $1000

[Chewy]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2882686&sku=O261-8070

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2240435&CatId=2264

I like seagate's and I spent a week in the poconos long ago and far away, mountain lake

[jblitz277]

ok the only reason i ask is sears in exton pa has sony1x-8x dvd+r(MIJ) $21.99
which sux cause i only had enough cash for 1 50/ct they had a half dozen