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Originally posted by haol1
Use should look on the internet and see what are the best pieces there are for thecomputer you are making.

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And this helps how? Don't post if you aren't going to help someone.

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Originally posted by .Lou
# Mother board (NOT DUAL CORE) (Try to let it accept things other than sata hard drives, but if you can't it's okay)
# Gfx card or not (depends on above conditions
# No drives are needed
# Don't shop for a case, I can get that on my own
# I need to know what sized power supply I will need
# Sound card (5.1 is fine)
# AMD Athlon 64 cpu. (NOT DUAL CORE)
# 4 Ram slots are needed on the motherboard!!!! (should be able to run duel)
# I'll need a power supply able to control everything
# I'll need to keep the computer cool using fans or something

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Fans are cheap, so don't worry about them.
You will need a graphics card in order to have dual monitors.
450W PSU should suffice for everything.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
Fans are cheap, so don't worry about them.

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I'd like opinion on SILENT cooling systems

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
You will need a graphics card in order to have dual monitors.

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Look at the note on graphics card.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK
450W PSU should suffice for everything.

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I'll keep that in mind

The Radeon should work with CS:S, but don't expect fantastic graphics from it.
As for silent cooling systems, that's basically heatpipe technology for the graphics card, a big northbridge heatsink, and water cooling for the CPU.
Edit: You'll also need to find a 'silent' PSU.

I was talking to my uncle yesterday and he suggested I stay with socket 939. He also suggested to go with a pci-express graphics card. That's what I will do. Any suggestions which MOTHERBOARD I should get though?

Check ASUS website for motherboards that fill your requirements (Socket 939, PCI-e,  =>1Gb RAM..)

Asus motherboards are good and you can rely on them, as other said in this thread

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Originally posted by Johny
Check ASUS website for motherboards that fill your requirements (Socket 939, PCI-e,  =>1Gb RAM..)

Asus motherboards are good and you can rely on them, as other said in this thread

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I'll do that tommorow I wonder if Cookie can Reply I would really like his advice on the subject