How to Build a Computer When You Don't Make Enough Money to Buy One Outright! [tut]

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oddly PCI-e cards are cheaper than the older AGP ones.

This is due to supply and demand, AGP cards are a thing of the past now. PCI-E is the future proof route, you can also expect better performance from a PCI-E card.


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• this GT120
  
• pretty black one
  
• CPU
  

On the power supply, go with a decent brand. You do not want to buy a cheap PSU, if the PSU goes the chance is half of your components will go as well.

Good informative thread. :thumbs

Right- I should have worded it like this- Oddly you get more performance for less money on the one hand, but you still need to buy a mobo that matches. So if you already have a good mobo with agp, it doesn't make sense to shelve it if you are watching your money.

This thread was written a few months ago and internet inventory is in constant flux- will find suitable replacements at a later time.

I have heard that about PSes but I have been buy cheap PSs for YEARS and the only one that has failed me catastrophically was one I took the fan out because I couldn't stand the noise. I think all that quality PS vs cheap PS buzz is hype meant to create a fake market. Indecently, the one that failed- I only lost the CPU in the failure, not half my components. mobo, memory, hard drives, all pci cards, the agp card, dvd roms, etc survived.