Thread: PC I'm building

Hope to build something over the summer... this is what I plan to use. Figured alot of people here know about computers so, suggestions.. comments, etc.


ASPIRE X-Navigator ATXA8NW-AL/500 Silver/Black Aluminum ATX Mid TowerComputer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: ATXA8NW-AL/500
Item #: N82E16811144089

$154.00


ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: A8N-SLI Premium
Item #: N82E16813131540

$156.99


eVGA 512-P2-N570-AX Geforce 7900GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail (I was thinking 2 7800GT's in SLI would perform better than a single 7900GTX, dunno. Need opinions)
Model #: 512-P2-N570-AX
Item #: N82E16814130279

$529.00 -$10.00 Instant $519.00


SeaSonic S12-600 ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail (Chose a 600W to replace the 500W that comes with my case. Not sure if this is a reputable brand so.. if anyone has any suggestions, let me know..)
Model #: S12-600
Item #: N82E16817151025

$169.99


AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400CDBOX - Retail (Yes I'll be using this mostly for gaming, but multi tasking never hurts, and I'd expect for future games to take advantage of dual cores.)
Model #: ADA4400CDBOX
Item #: N82E16819103546

$460.00


OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory Model OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail
Model #: OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K
Item #: N82E16820227210

$188.00


MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader with Floppy Drive - OEM
Model #: FA404M BLK
Item #: N82E16821104104

$19.99


Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200JD 320GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD3200JD
Item #: N82E16822144394

$115.00


NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
Model #: ND-3550A BK OEM
Item #: N82E16827152058

$38.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
Model #: 70SB046000007
Item #: N82E16829102188

$121.99

Subtotal: $1,943.95

(btw 500th post!)

You need a cpu heatsink too man. I'd go with zalmon.

...or water cooling. I'm sure people are going to bring that up.

USE P4 EXTREME WITH HT SHOULD PERFORM BETTER THAN AMD

The heatsinks included with AMD processors have been known to work very well. So I decided to go with those.

Originally Posted by jorge

USE P4 EXTREME WITH HT SHOULD PERFORM BETTER THAN AMD

Are you kidding me?

DUAL CORE WITH HYPERTHREATHING HOW CAN U NOT LIKE THAT

Benchmarks have been done with Intel's and AMD's top-of-the-line processors. Intel gets their asses handed to them. Fact.

Originally Posted by ex-machine

You need a cpu heatsink too man. I'd go with zalmon.

...or water cooling. I'm sure people are going to bring that up.

I know he already said he uses the stock, but if you read the warranty on the new dual cores, if you don't use their heatsink, your warranty is void. So it's a better idea to stick with theirs. Plus you don't need thermal paste, it comes with it's own peel-n-go paste.


As far as intel getting handed, not really, the difference in benchmarks is minimal, if you go 2 seperate cores for intel it outperforms AMD, but intel's dual core system gets handed. That is fact. AMD's DC > Intels, but Intels solo binding two < AMD's.

It's a leap frog industry, neither will be ahead very long, and if they are, it's neck and neck.

(Also I think it's Hyper-Threading)

If you're not going to do SLI, change your mobo. No reason having 2 slots if you won't make use of them right off the bat. By the time you have the money for a second 7900gtx, there will be a better mobo/card out there to support it.

Why do you need a 600 supply? You should be fine unless you're using 2 opticals + 4 harddrives. I run a 4200+, 2 IDE Drives + 1 Sata + 2 DVD burners, and I run fine with a 500w. Unless your sound card takes a million and a half, since I havent read up much on the newer ones.

Sounds like a nice computer, if a bit expensive. If at all possible I'd just buy a CD drive unless you're buying Windows XP 64 bit, because 32 bit applications have problems on a 64 bit core without windows 64. I have to use my old 1.4 ghz to burn dvd's most of the time since my computer messes up the audio track by about 2 seconds (Doesn't get fixed by altering audio track by that amount. It still messes up, just something about windows.) Weird errors you don't normally get, ... 64 bit is quirky right now since all the applications don't know how to implement it yet. It's fast, I'll grant you that, and it's worth the money, but be prepared for quirky things to happen.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103558

Spend just a little more......cmon.....the overclock.....so.....tasty.

Nothing worng with a 600w.....speakers and HD?

Thanks for the comments..

The processor sjt posted is a little too expensive.. and I'm already hyped up for dual cores anyway, I might go for a 4800+ if anything.

Anyone suggest I should go SLI with this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130281