[ADVISE] Help in Assembling/Building/Choosing/Upgrading Your Computer

[OhNow3P]

Hi guys,

I started this thread to help everyone wanting a new computer. All you need to do is post the following:

budget:
usage:

other miscellaneous requirements:

*If to be used for gaming,. please indicate the games you wish to play.


The prices i will be using are those that come from major shops in gilmore and also PCexpress and others... The prices will only reflect that of which on the date of my post.


also please put your requests in this format:

Processor:
Motherboard:
RAM:

Video Card:

Hard Drive:
Optical Drive:

Power Supply:
Casing:

monitor:

Accessories:

please indicate (at least)the size of the hard disk desired, and also what you need/have/prefer.

Thanks.


How to get to Gilmore:
commuting... From EDSA get on the MRT to Cubao and take the other train and get off at Gilmore station. so easy.
driving... Via aurora is the easiest way from EDSA. anyway, just ask na lang cos i dunno where you'll be coming from.


An example post would be as follows:

Hi. Please help me buy a computer for my son. He will be using it mainly for school and some games. He likes to play Dota and L4D. Our budget for the PC would be 20K. We already have a printer, monitor and speakers. Our monitor is a 17" CRT monitor. My son said he prefers 1gb video card.

Thank you.

 

[redwing]

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thanku bro. question bakit kung kailangan palitan yung power supply? malaki ba ang magiging epekto nung sa performance ng pc kung hindi ko na papalitan ng power supply? saka hindi nako bibili ng videocard? bigyan mo pa nga ako ng isa spec using pentuim. salamat bro.

 

[redwing]

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@ohnow3p

ito yung binigay ng tech sakin na set up. ano sa tingin nyo? alin sa dalawa mas maganda

AMD platform:
Processor - AMD athlon 64x2 4600+ P 2,800.
Motherboard - MSI K9N Neo-F nForce550/DDR2/PCIe/sata 3,150.
Video Card - Inno3D GF8500GT 512 DDR2 128bit 2,200.
RAM - 1GB PC5300 DDR2-667 800.

Intel :
Processor - Intel Dual Core E2200 2.20Ghz 800mhz P 3,630.
Motherboard - Asus P5N SLI PCIe/DDR2/Sound/LAN 2,300.
Video Card & RAM the same as above...

 

[OhNow3P]

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mga luma kasi yang mga boards na yan, para sa akin, kung bibili ako ng bago, dapat yung latest na, kasi kung lumang tech lang bibilhin ko, mag 2nd hand na lang ako, sayang lang kasi e tutal almost parehas lang naman.

ask your tech to change your board to a GeForce7 board and skip the video card muna. see how it plays your games then buy a 9500GT video card for 3K.

also, i think 2gb should be the minimum for current PC setups right now.

 

[redwing]

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i see, thanks sa info change ko nalang yung mobo. balak ko din 2gb ang RAM.

 

[redwing]

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@ohnow3p

this is what i decided to get

Intel Dual Core E2200 2.20Ghz 800mhz P 3,630
GF7 nforce 610i 2,000
GF 9500GT, 256MB DDR3 3,000 optional
2gb RAM 2,000

any comment?

saka tanong ko lang yung laptop ko ng freeze naghang kaya naman nya yung game. bat kaya ganun. may kinalaman ba yung DST error dun.

 

[OhNow3P]

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i don't know. maybe.. maybe hindi makapage file ng maayos laptop mo kasi medyo defective na ang hard disk.

kung hindi ka naman overclocker though, i'd recommend an AMD over intel, i don't think malaki mababago sa setup mo.

anyway, good luck redwing.

 

[bullet]

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galing naman nitong thread na to, bro! dapat noon mo pa to ginawa. namali cguro ako ng setup.

palagay mo bro, ano mali dito sa setup ko:

procie: intel Q6600 Quad Core 2.4GHz (inde nka OC)
mobo: MSI?NEO P31
Vidcard: 512mb palit GEForce 7300GT 128 bit
RAM: 2X 1GB kingston DDR2 PC667
HDD: 80GB Seagate SATA 7200rpm
ODD: liteon 20X DVDRW lightscribe SATA
generic PS-WTF??? i know...

bale nabuo ko to last feb,2008

konti palang kase ang murang mobo na na support sa Quad Cores nun.
bale umabot ako 20K plus. 50 percent ko pa nkuha procie nun kase sale sa intel.

naglaro kasi ako ng flatout ultimate carnage, inde ko nagustuhan graphix kahit nkaset sa max ang config ng display.

advice na man sa PS kng ano reliable brand at medyo friendly ang price.

san kya bottleneck ng gnitong setup?

HDD?ko 10GB nlng ang free! ampf!

thanks in advance sa insights bro!
maintain mo tong thread mo ha!

bullet!

 

[Dru]

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nice thread sir ohnow!!!

@bullet...ok pa naman....PSU na maganda kung may pera ka mag Enermax ka, o Silverstone..kahit ano na more than 3k ok yan..

Tingin ko bottelneck jan PSU ska VC

 

[hmx_ryan]

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galing naman nitong thread na to, bro! dapat noon mo pa to ginawa. namali cguro ako ng setup.

palagay mo bro, ano mali dito sa setup ko:

procie: intel Q6600 Quad Core 2.4GHz (inde nka OC)
mobo: MSI?NEO P31
Vidcard: 512mb palit GEForce 7300GT 128 bit
RAM: 2X 1GB kingston DDR2 PC667
HDD: 80GB Seagate SATA 7200rpm
ODD: liteon 20X DVDRW lightscribe SATA
generic PS-WTF??? i know...

bale nabuo ko to last feb,2008

konti palang kase ang murang mobo na na support sa Quad Cores nun.
bale umabot ako 20K plus. 50 percent ko pa nkuha procie nun kase sale sa intel.

naglaro kasi ako ng flatout ultimate carnage, inde ko nagustuhan graphix kahit nkaset sa max ang config ng display.

advice na man sa PS kng ano reliable brand at medyo friendly ang price.

san kya bottleneck ng gnitong setup?

HDD?ko 10GB nlng ang free! ampf!

thanks in advance sa insights bro!
maintain mo tong thread mo ha!

bullet!

Bro, sa VCard ka lang problematic... Aside from that, since naka Quad Core ka, I suggest to get an Aftermarket na CPU Cooler para mas magiging Stable ang Closk Speed ng Proc mo..

Then with regards sa PSU, kung tight budget ka, go for Gigabyte SuprB 550P, around 2.5K lang yata.. Mura lang ito at stable ang volts nya... This is based sa experience ko... Pero kung may extra money, like 3.5K above, go for HEC Winpower 550UB...


@ALL:

Kung gusto mga-upgrade ng existing PC nyo, Upgrade first your PSU...

 

[Masaya]

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eto yung specs ng bago kong desktop

processor: core2duo e4600 2.4ghz
mobo: asus p5gc mx 1333
videocard: inno3d 8500
ram: 2gb apacer ddr2 667
hdd: samsung sata 250gb
monitor: samsung 19" widescreen (me konteng prob sa ps )
odd: samsung dvdr/w lightscribe sata
casing: ashuffle w/ 550w power supply

running on xp sp3

ok na ba to? kung me pwede pang idagdag welcome ako

 

[OhNow3P]

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@masaya ok na, next upgrade mo PSU.

@bullet oo get a PSU. then a video card.

ask nybee on the HEC RAptor, mura lang yun, maganda pa. yun ding mga FSP mura din yun at true rated.... either of the two is fine.check lang your consumption using psu calculator lite (google nyo na lang), when you get your total power requirements, get a TRUE RATED PSU that will run your rig at around 60-80%

 

[Masaya]

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@masaya ok na, next upgrade mo PSU.

any good models na masuggest mo bro? tapos siguro i need extra fans kasi inielectric fan ko pa sya....

 

[OhNow3P]

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HEC po and FSP.

 

[redwing]

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PSU is power supply unit ba? bakit kailangan magpalit pa nun? ano problem kung yung luma ang gagamitin ko?

 

[boyangaZ]

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@boyangz sa SM fairview, meron dun PChub, sa gilmore ang main ng PChub. kung wala sa fairview hinahanap mo, sabihin mo dun sa staff sa pchub, ipadala galing gilmore./QUOTE]

kng s gilmore pchub ako bibile, saang gilmore ako punta...ang alm ko kc dami branch ung gilmore e

 

[OhNow3P]

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what you mean anong branch? you mean store? either PChub or pcoptions, pero kung ako sa iyo sa PChub sa fairview ka na lang(kung mas malapit nga yun sa iyo) kasi sayang sa pamasahe at parehas lang nman presyo.


pangalan nung store papi is PC HUB

@redwing
iba na mga power supply ngayon. yung mga pang Pentium 3 nga wala pa ata 4 pin connector for motherboard...

yung mga pang-ngayon ibang klase na, kahit pa pang pentium 4 yan. Plus in time a power supply unit loses its power with capacitor aging, kung hindi maganda ang power suply mo, in 3 years time yung 230W baka nga 100W na lang.

take as an example generic power supplies. they advertise 500W, but they only produce 200~230W, less than half. tapos they have what you call noise that distorts the delivery of power, although it doesn't lessen the wattage, power delivery at a point is intermittent, which causes ram deterioration, hard disk failures and the like.

a good power supply, such as corsair, enermax, will give you a true rated wattage, with less noise for around 5 years, ensuring everything you put into your PC will be protected from these undesirables and will last longer.

remember, a power supply unit is different from an AVR and a UPS.

This advise goes for all of you reading this thread, sana maisip ninyo mag upgrade/maginvest ng power supply, para mabawasan din gastos and problema ninyo.

 

[redwing]

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i see ganun pala yun. pero may problem pa din galing ako ng comp shop dito sa bulacan wala daw sila ng mga ganun parts kung bibili naman ako sa manila hindi naman ako marunong mag assemble...

 

[bullet]

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Bro Monyo:

ano recommend mong Vid card sa setup ko sa taas? I mean, yung competitive parin ang performance in terms of game support 3~4 years from now under normal usage?

ipon pa ko pang upgrade ng PSU. Ano yung aftermarket CPU cooler na mention ni MOD hmx? (sowi, noob lang )

 

[OhNow3P]

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@bullet
mahirap masabi e, yung mga mid level cards pa rin ngayon, pinapaiyak pa rin ni crysis e.... GTX 260 is a good buy, or Radeon HD 4870.

16K yung GTX 260, 13 naman yung 4870. mas malakas si former, depende na lang kung maka-ATi ka or NVidia. pero likeeveryone said, hindi kaya to ng normal na PSU, iiyak PSU mo dito at baka hindi pa magboot PC mo ng maayos.


@redwing may assembler namna ata sila sa PCHub sa Fairview e. or kung hindi YGPM na lang.

 

[bullet]

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@bullet
mahirap masabi e, yung mga mid level cards pa rin ngayon, pinapaiyak pa rin ni crysis e.... GTX 260 is a good buy, or Radeon HD 4870.

16K yung GTX 260, 13 naman yung 4870. mas malakas si former, depende na lang kung maka-ATi ka or NVidia. pero likeeveryone said, hindi kaya to ng normal na PSU, iiyak PSU mo dito at baka hindi pa magboot PC mo ng maayos.

Di pala pedeng pagsabayin ang pagbili ng Vidcard at PSU... mashadong mahal...

cge, PSU muna ko... thanks tol!