1st time builder. Part recomendations please!

[EEJ]

Pre-builts = slowly steal my sanity, So i'm building my own.

I started this ide ain around sep got an idea going and then I was hard on money but now I'm back on my feet and goin for it again

I got a budget of about 1200 I wouldnt mind going a little higher but I had these parts picked out before, I don't know if these parts match my price area or if I could go to better parts? I just need opinions.

AMD64 3000+
ASUS A8V-E Deluxe w/WiFi, Gigabit Lan, Firewire, PCI-E, Audio.
1gig DDR RAM
200GB HD
16x DVD+/-RW LG
1.44 FDD SONY
PCI-E 256MB GDDR3 Video Card (N6600)
PLAIN computer case


It just going to be a gaming computer and I think I have somone to build it n i'm gonna stick around while they do it so I can learn more myself.

[EEJ]

Any other tips or anything I might of missed and that needs fillin in would be appriated. like a power supply?!?

[EEJ]

ITEM BRAND/MODEL SUPPLIER PRICE / FRT

Case: Dont care

Power supply: ???

Motherboard: ASUS A8V-E Deluxe w/WiFi, Gigabit Lan, Firewire, PCI-E, Audio.

CPU (proccessor): AMD64 3000+

Hard Disk Drive : 16x DVD+/-RW LG

RAM: 1 gig ddr memory

Pri Optical (dvd drive):

Sec Optical (“): ___________________________________________________________________

Sound Card: __________________________________________________________________

Video Card: PCI-E 256MB GDDR3 Video Card (N6600

Floppy Disk Drive : 1.44 FDD SONY

Keyboard: w/e

Mouse: w/e

Modem: ______________________________________________________________________

Lan: _________________________________________________________________________

Monitor: w/e

Speakers: w/e

Op.System: windows xp

Extras: _______________________________________________________________________



Sub Total $ ________________

Freight $ __________________

Total $___________________



Looks like I gotta search some more, could you guys give some recomendations.

[Alaron]

Welcome to PCMechanic

Here is a list of parts that we often recommend for AMD builds.

Asus A8N5X Motherboard.
Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego CPU
1GB (2x512) Corsair Value Select DDR400
6600GT Video card.
Antec Sonata II case which comes with 450w PSU.
Seagate SATA Hard drives with 16MB cache. (Good catch fowozolo)





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[fowozolo]

ALaron...why not a 16MB cache HD?? I am building a new system as well but was going to try the 16MB over the 8 MB.

to the OP: You can easily upgrade to the parts Alaron suggested for under $1000. I have most of those pieces except 2G of Ram and 6800GS for under $900. Hope this helps.

[jayb1234]

Dont forget the operating system. Xp home OEM runs about $90.

oops, didn't see it on the worksheet the first time.

That Sonata case/psu is a good combination. If you get some other brand of case, the power supply might not be any good, be sure to check back before you order stuff.