[chillar]

im planning on building a system and need some help. want to know if what i have so far will work together. and i need some suggestions on a video card

Case
Processor
motherboard
Memory
hard drive power supply cd/dvd
cpu cooling fan/heatsink

[Lord AnthraX]

First of all we the people at TF cant read minds, or how deep peoples pockets are.


Second, get rid of the PSU and the CPU heatsink..


Both are awful..

Asus makes some pretty cheap PSU's while that heatsink looks like its made of plastic.

For A PSU in the same range get the Antec True Power 550....Althought its reccomended WAY too much on these forums, its about one of the better PSU's for its price range. I own it. I love it.

And for a Heatsink the only one I know of witch happens to be good for am2, is the M2 version of the Zalman CNPS 9500.

I'd also be glad to help you with picking out a video card.

[The General]

Wow those 4200+'s are getting cheap!

What are you gunne get for a video card?

Also, if you give us your budget, we can work something out for you to get the best possible computer for the money.

[chillar]

how is this?
psu
cooling

and also im willing to spend up to 1500. and yes i wold like some suggestions on a video card. the mb is sli, but i was wondering can i buy one video card now and it will work and buy another later or do i HAVE to have 2 of them?

[The General]

You can use one or two video cards, SLi is optional.

Okay, I built you a really nice system on NewEgg, give me a minute to compile the links and everything.

[The General]

2 x SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model SH-S182D - OEM
2 x $34.99 = $69.98

Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
$115.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$99.99

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$196.99

2 x eVGA 256-P2-N567 Geforce 7900GT KO Superclocked 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
2 x $289.99 = $579.98

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F2-6400PHU2-2GBNS - Retail
$148.49

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail
$185

OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail
$129.99

Total $1526.41 - $40 in rebates = $1486.41

You don't need the aftermarket cooling, as the retail boxed CPU's come with sufficient cooling. This system rocks, you should get it.

[chillar]

yea i like it. i was thinking if i should get 2 hard drives or not

[chillar]

so whats up with the bad reviews on the g.skill memory?

[goblue14]

you could get 2 hard drive and run them in a raid array, prolly 0, which i think its the backup variety. that wouldnt be a bad idea if you have important documents on your comp.

[theprofessor17]

no raid 1 is file mirroring... raid 0 is data stripping (I think)