This is everything I've picked for my new computer. I tried to keep the price down, so some things may not be the greatest. I pretty much stuck to the things they used at this site [ http://sysbuild.corsairmemory.com/report.aspx?id=2 ]since most of what they were putting in was what I wanted. All this is off Newegg. The price is about $1,542.81, and I haven't gotten my OS yet. [bold]Mobo[/bold]- ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail [bold]CPU[/bold]- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail [bold]RAM[/bold]- CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2pt - Retail [bold]Vid. card[/bold]- eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail [bold]Hd #1[/bold]- Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM [bold]Hd #2[/bold]- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Dvd/cd- ASUS Combo Drive Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model CB-5216AG - OEM [bold]PSU[/bold]- Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-400 ATX12V 400W Power Supply - Retail [bold]Monitor[/bold]- CHIMEI 937A Silver-Black 19" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail [bold]Case[/bold]- COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Floppy- SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM [bold]Speakers[/bold]-ALTEC LANSING VS2220 5 Watts RMS(Front Speakers: 2.5 Watts/channel @ 4 ohms @10% THD @ 20 Hz - 20 KHz 2 Channels Loaded) 2.0 Speaker - Retail [bold]Keyboard/Mouse[/bold]- Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 967561-0403 Black USB + PS/2 RF Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included - Retail [bold]Cooling[/bold]- ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu LED 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan - Retail
That looks very close to my build, it just came in the mail today, not put together yet. CPU- I wanted the AMDX2 4400+ but was talked into the Opteron 175 (not really, similar prices, enough people around here chimed in to push me over the edge when I was asking). Opterons seem to have more OC possibilities which you might like reading everything I did about the mobo we picked. HD- maybe think about changing the 80GB to a 74GB 10,000RPM WD Raptor, the difference between that and a regular drive to put your OS on is impressive. You say no OS yet, make sure you get either (if MicroSUX) XP Media Edition or Pro, I found out the hard way after I ordered everything that a X2 CPU needs either because XP Home only has support for a single core. Now I cant build untill a day or 2 when Media center arrives since I already have Home. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxpdifs.html Everyrthing you listed looks top of the line, just giving you ideas to think about.
I changed a few things around. I switched my PSU to a Cooler Master Extreme Power 430W, downgraded the 7600GT to the 7600GS, and dropped the wireless keyboard for a Logitech Media Elite that will go with my current optical mouse. I got rid of the floppy, too. Think I'll need it? I think I'll keep my CPU since I don't plan on overclocking much. With those changes and Media Center, it's $1,595.13, and I just remembered I need a modem until I get to college. I'll probably be able to reuse on we have, though. Thanks for the heads-up about XP. I was going to get Home edition, I just hadn't added it to my cart. You probably saved me quite a hassle.
No problems, wish I wouldve saved myself the hassle. My copy comes in today, so I should start my build tonight or tomorrow. Wish me luck.
That will be a nice setup. If doing over I'd go the AMD dual core route too. I won't get anymore hdd's over 250 gb. My maxtor 300 gb hdd is noisy. Dump the asus drive for a benq DW1650 or DW1655.
Not trying to stretch this out but [bold]ShBm[/bold] you asked about getting rid of floppy being worth it; I havent needed one in 3 years, but in case of major crash its about the only thing to get your MOBO back to its origional state. I own one, if worse comes to worse I can always hook it up, but its not installed, taking up room in the case.
I actually did switch my dvd cd drive to a dvd-r drive and cd-r drive. Both by BenQ. Wierd. I did decide to take the floppy and modem out of an old pc to use for this one.
