Hello all. I am considering putting together a computer with the components below. Your input is greatly appreciated, Im probably missing something. Also, I dont know what memory to purchase for the 2000MHZ FSB mobo.: ABIT KN8 SLI NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID Final Price: 99.99 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ / 512KB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / Socket 939 / Venice Core / Processor with Fan Final Price: 149.99 Speeze CPU Cooling Fan Masscool / Socket 754, 939, 940 / AMD Athlon 64 / Ball Bearing / CPU Cooling Fan Only $19.99 Seagate / 300GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-100 / EIDE / OEM / Hard Drive Final Price: 99.99 Just4PC ATX Mid-T Just4PC 747 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Front USB and 425Watt Power Supply - Black Only $39.99 NEC 16x DVD Burner NEC ND3550A / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 8x DVD+R DL / 6x DVD-R DL / 48x32x48x CD-RW / Biege / Dual Layer / Retail Box DVD Burner with Software Only $44.99
Take the psu out of the case and buy a new one **edit* a brand one not a stock one*, and get a serial ata hdd. Anyone know if the Speeze CPU Cooling Fan is better than the stock one?
is this pc going to be used for gaming or what? I would go with a antec powersupply they are a good psu brand. Possibly even change the cpu a lil bit and go with a AMD 64 3200. What about ram I didnt see anything on your post about ram. Depending on your budget I would recomend 512mb for ram Or if money is not an issue than go with a 1gb stick of ram. here is a link to this cpu you might want to check it out http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535 I hope some of this info helps you out.
I will be doing some gaming, though I will be using mostly for encoding/playing/saving movies. Thanks wdowsing and Nate2005!
I would go with that 3200 I have one and it encodes great. The 3200 also games pretty good. Your gona want to get a video card though if you want to play graphic extensive games.
One more question, if I may: If I go with the AMD 64 3200 and I decide to get a 1Gig memory stick, what exactly do I need? 1024MB DDR ? Certain numbers go with these memory sticks that would correspond to the 2000MHz FSB right?
How does this look: ABIT KN8 SLI NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID Final Price: 99.99 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor – Retail Price: 169.99 Speeze CPU Cooling Fan Masscool / Socket 754, 939, 940 / AMD Athlon 64 / Ball Bearing / CPU Cooling Fan Only $19.99 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Final Price: 155.50 Ultra Mid-T Ultra Wizard Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB and Firewire Ports Only $29.99 NEC 16x DVD Burner NEC ND3550A / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 8x DVD+R DL / 6x DVD-R DL / 48x32x48x CD-RW / Biege / Dual Layer / Retail Box DVD Burner with Software Only $44.99 Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail Price: 69.99 XFX GeForce 6600 / 256MB DDR / PCI Express / SLI / DVI / VGA / TV-Out / Video Card Price: 99.99
It looks good although ya might want to add another harddrive...then ya can run a raid setup. Which will increase gaming and encoding performance. Also the cpu ya picked has a cooler that comes with it. Unless ya planning to overclock the stock heatsink is fine as long as ya have good circulation so you can save 20.00 bucks. Also add a few case fans to ya budget. Two in front blowing in...two in rear blowing out...one on top blowing out....and one on side blowing in is a good setup.!:>
looks good like ozzy said the fan thing is a great thing to do. It will keep air circulating through your pc. Other than that it looks good.
