Need help on first build...

[1337n3r|)]

Hey all, I could use your thoughts and opinions on what I came up with for my first pc build. I meant this to be somewhat of a budget gamming PC, so try to base your comments around that mindframe..

Mobo: Abit AN8
CPU: AMD Athlon 3700+ Dan Deigo
RAM: 1GB (2x512) Kingston HyperX DDR 400 (PC3200)
Video Card: eVga 7800GT 256MB
Hard Drive: 100GB Maxtor Diamondmax SATA 1 (Got for a great price at Mirco Center)
DVD: NEC IDE Double Layer DVD Burner
Floppy: NEC (OEM)
Case: Aspire X-Navigator (Steel) w/ 500W Power Supply
OS: Windows XP Home

Any comments, or design alterations would help tremendesly.

[Thurrdome]

Stay away from Aspire - go with an Antec Truepower 2.0, and buy a cheaper case without a power supply.

[AMDnewbie2005]

Enermax, OCZ, Seasonic.....and get an ASUS board or DFI Also i would get a 3200 or a 3500+ and OC it, so you can get 2GB of ram to go with that 7800GT

[David M]

You may want to go with a larger hardrive. 100 Gigs is not much these days. You can also add on a larger one in the future.

[glc]

AMD, we do not push overclocking here for first builds unless the member specifically asks about it. Please keep your overclocking enthusiasm in the overclocking forum. Thank you.

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[1337n3r|)]

For the going with a better PSU, I was going to do that, but once I checked the specs, I realized that it's just fine for the system I'm building.

About the ASUS/DFI board's, 3200+/3500+ CPU, and te 2 gigs of RAM... I Went with the Abit A8N becaues it had the best features, and quality for the money I had to spend. I spent about 3 months researching the mobo, and I felt that it was a good choice. I went with the 3700+, because being my first build, I don't plan to OC for a little while until I better understand the finer points. I plan on getting a second gig of RAM once I start to OC.

A little later down the road I'm going to geta larger HD, but for now 100 gigs is more than I really need. I don't do to much video editing, music downloading, or graphic design.

[glc]

The Aspire power supply may meet specs on paper, but we are saying that it may not supply stable and reliable power. It is a low end power supply, you take your chances.

[1337n3r|)]

Well, I hope it does hold up then. I really can't afford to through a different PSU in right now..

[glc]

False economy. You are putting the rest of your costly components at risk. I'd rather see you save money on the ram - value ram will work fine and Corsair is under 80 bucks right now.

[jayb1234]

That board should have pretty good integrated sound, you can hold off getting a card for now. Aspire PSUs are really poor. You should definitely squeeze a quality unit into the budget.

[MakeYourslf2012]

I agree, why risk all those pricey components with a poor PSU? Aspire is a proven bad brand, they put all that eye candy on thier units because they know that thier quality will not bring customers in. It's wise to go with a high quality unit:

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195

[1337n3r|)]

I'll pull together some more cash for a better PSU then.. About going with the corsair VS line, the line I stated is just a step above, and I can get it at a sale price. That brings it down to about the same price as the corsair VS.