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11-04-2005, 04:06 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2005
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 |  Building new system - commentary/critique Brand new to these forums. I'm planning on building a new rig when I get home from this deployment in the sandbox, and was just looking for some commentary/critique/advice/part substitutions on what I have picked out so far. All of the parts are going to be ordered from Newegg, and I'm looking at a 1500-1600 budget (Current configure puts me at 1600.75 with shipping.) It's meant to be a gaming platform with the room for a small amount of overclocking in the future. I have only built a few PCs in the past. Component list: Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131540 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ ADA4200BVBOX - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/Produc...82E16819103547 Ram: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) Platinum Dual Channel DDR 400 OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227210 GFX: XFX PVT70GUDF7 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150108 HD: HITACHI Deskstar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s - OEM (x2, gettting two of these) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145087 DVD: NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM http://www.newegg.com/product/Produc...82E16827152047 Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 530 RC-530-SWR2 Black w/ 430W Power Supply - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119081 The only component I'm really worried about is the case w/ PSU. I'm trying to skimp and save money, but am really considering going with a coolermaster wavemaster coupled with an antec psu but that puts me over my budget by close to 100 bucks. Any suggestions that will keep me within my budget without hurting performance? |
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11-04-2005, 04:49 PM
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| Wizard Techie Join Date: Oct 2004
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| For a start, out of personal experience, I would stay away from XFX, due to my card dieing after only 10 months. Seagate and Western Digital are the best HDD companies. Go with what ever one you can get cheaper. They are equally good. Get cheap ram. Just make sure it is 2x 1gb sticks. And I can't stress enough how important a good PSU (like Antec) is. Get what ever case you like, you will always end up getting it further down the line anyway, and will have to pay more postage.
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11-04-2005, 04:52 PM
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| Lord Techie  Join Date: Jul 2005
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| if you arent going with the 4400+ then go with the 3800+ cause they are exactly the same the 4200 and the 3800 just clockspeed is different ^^XFX sucks, go with eVGA leadtek gigabyte BFG MSI you see i would go with a DFI board or MSI board get a seagate hdd 
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11-04-2005, 05:02 PM
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| True Techie  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pinging you with 127.0.0.1
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   | Re: Building new system - commentary/critique Quote:
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11-04-2005, 05:03 PM
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I also would suggest a WD or Seagate HD. I have a seagate and would'nt have anything else.
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11-04-2005, 10:11 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2005
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| seagate is numero uno....i went through 3 wd....put in a seagate...had it for 3 yrs runnin strong still.... good mb...go with 3800+ like everyone says get a strong strong psu...don't go ghetto and cheap..antec is real good and i reccomend the neoHE 550W... go with eVGA card....BFG is good...eVGA little better in my opinion...just read some reviews on the parts and know bug issues n stuff...also stick with good ram not cheap..cheap will not get the gaming job done...good psu and ram n cpu are the core items....
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