My Computer Build : Parts List

[youngpcbuilder]

how do timings make a difference? I know that more mhz means it is faster.

 

[Lowndsey]

About the disk drives, i saw on a forum that you cant install an os first time when you dont have an ide drive, it doesnt recognise it.

don't take anymore advice from that site

 

[mammikoura]

how do timings make a difference?

lower is better. But you don't really need to worry about it, you won't notice the difference.

 

[worshipme]

But it does generally mean they'll be more overclockable as you can change the timings to CAS 5 and then increase the speeds.

 

[youngpcbuilder]

but i saw cas 5 ones on scan for £10, i'll get those then.

by the way, worshipme, does ther p5k motherboard support that many usb's, from the psu? i need 2 on the case and a firewire port aswell.

I will post my new spreadsheet a bit later, also, is the 8800gt or the 9600gt more powerful? both 512mb.

 

[Neodude1123201]

I Have Tried this,I only make about $100 - $150 Profit,but the customers are always happy with there computer

 

[youngpcbuilder]

I Have Tried this,I only make about $100 - $150 Profit,but the customers are always happy with there computer

where do you sell them? that isa decent amount of profit for a computer if you make one real quick from not so good components, what are the specs normally for these pc's that you sell?

 

[worshipme]

by the way, worshipme, does ther p5k motherboard support that many usb's, from the psu? i need 2 on the case and a firewire port aswell.

My P5K has three. Two near the bottom of the PCB, and one near the I/O shield.

I will post my new spreadsheet a bit later, also, is the 8800gt or the 9600gt more powerful? both 512mb.

The 8800GT has 112 stream processors, the 9600GT has 64. There is quite a big difference between the two performance wise. Another option is the 8800GS has 96 SPs but 384MB of VRAM.

 

[mammikoura]

But it does generally mean they'll be more overclockable as you can change the timings to CAS 5 and then increase the speeds.

no it doesn't, increasing the cas is possible even if the original cas is not 4.

 

[worshipme]

Yes, but you don't want to increase the timings too much otherwise it's not worth overclocking the RAM at all.