first build

[woo]

Alright, i've been reading around and trying to gather some information on building my first computer. I was hoping to get a decent gaming computer with like around $1000 budget. I was hoping someone could give me a full list of parts because.. I dont really remember which parts i need for a computer besides the motherboard, processor, gfx card, sound card, and case.

so heres what i have so far..
Motherboard:ASUS A8N-SLI Premium S939 SATA2 PCX GLAN.. thats what i had in mind

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ S939 Dual-Core or 165 1.8 GHZ OPTERON X2 CPU 1MB L2 CACHE RETAIL BOX

Video Card:
eVGA e-GeForce 7600 GT CO SuperClocked 256MB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out

Hard drive: Seagate 200GB 8M Buffer 7200RPM Hard Drive (whats the difference between SATA and SATAII?)

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 7.1 OEM

Case: Uhh, no idea.. can someone help me with the watt thing on this lol. yeah.. this is basically what i have so far.. help

[blue60007]

If you want to go for an SLI build, you will need to get a power supply on this list:
http://www.slizone.com/object/slizon..._powersupplies

Case is really your choice...you are the one that has to look at it. Antec, Thermaltake, and Lian-Li are some good quality cases...

There isn't much difference between SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s (sometimes incorrectly called SATA II - which is the SATA standards organization).

Don't bother with the sound card, the motherboard has pretty good onboard sound. I don't think the sound card will sound any better.

For a few bucks more, you can get this hard drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701

It's cache (buffer) is twice as large and should speed things up some.

Don't forget your RAM. I'd recommend some Corsair Value Select. You'll need DDR400 - and get a matched pair of it (ie, 2 x 512MB sticks).

I'd go for the A64 X2 over the Opteron.

You'll also need an OS - Win XP Home OEM is fine.

And you'll need an optical drive of some sort. A DVD-RW from NEC or LITE-ON is a good choice.

[woo]

http://oemdepot.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={0162A794-F968-4E26-8ACE-EAC52ED93205}&ic=CASANT%2DTRU2BLUE&Tp=

would that work for a powersupply? 480w

[kram 2.0]

Originally Posted by woo http://oemdepot.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={0162A794-F968-4E26-8ACE-EAC52ED93205}&ic=CASANT%2DTRU2BLUE&Tp= would that work for a powersupply? 480w

If you intend on using SLI, you will want a more powerful unit. Take a look into the Antec TruePower II 550W PSU - it's very powerful at a non-outrageous price.

kram

[Alaron]

Here is a link to the Antec 550: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931

I recommend buying from Newegg.com. Their prices are much better then the oemdepot. OEM would charge you $120 for that 550w.

[kram 2.0]

Originally Posted by Alaron Here is a link to the Antec 550: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931 I recommend buying from Newegg.com. Their prices are much better then the oemdepot. OEM would charge you $120 for that 550w.

That's 120 Canadian Dollars from OEM Depot. That's why it's more .

kram

[Alaron]

Good catch kram.

In that case: http://search.ncix.com/displayproduc...ufacture=ANTEC

[woo]

yeah lol oemdepot is in canada, and i was hoping i wouldnt have to order the parts.