NEW Powerhouse. Need Review...

[KUNFUCHOPSTICKS]

Hi,

i'm going to build a pwerhouse with a budget of $2000. i have selected these compotents. Please give any review or suggestions...

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail


AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA3800CNBOX - Retail

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retai But seriously this is only $188 after rebate BUT CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C3 - Retail is $450!!!!!! Please tell me what is the difference??? That's a hgh price jump for seemingly identical products. If it has something to do with lantency... please explain what teh x-x-x-x numbers mean.

(2) Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM


eVGA 256-P2-N564 Geforce 7900GT KO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
since i will be getting an ASUS mother, should i get a AUSUS GPU? will there be any advantages??

top it all off with a Koolance internal water cooling system.


peace,
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[glc]

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What power supply are you going to use?

[kram 2.0]

In the end, latency timings make very little difference in terms of actual visible performance of your system unless you are overclocking your processor. You will be better served by purchasing good quality but lower-priced memory at the given speed - for example, the Corsair VSRAM series.

There is no restriction on what brand of graphics card you will need. An Asus motherboard can accomodate any graphics card using PCI-Express 16X as long as your power supply unit can handle the load. An Asus graphics card will lead to no advantages over any other brand of graphics card. Note that since you have an SLI motherboard, the system is capable of handling two nearly identical graphics cards at the same time.

kram

[glc]

Kram, it looks like the AM2 is going against conventional wisdom when it comes to ram. Right now, I'd be leery of any ram that is not specifically tested and certified for that specific motherboard.

[kram 2.0]

Originally Posted by glc Kram, it looks like the AM2 is going against conventional wisdom when it comes to ram. Right now, I'd be leery of any ram that is not specifically tested and certified for that specific motherboard.

I just noticed that the list of compatible memory is rather small. My mistake - I missed that AM2's memory controller is very picky.

kram

[KUNFUCHOPSTICKS]

hi,

oops, my power supply will be the Ultra X2 connect 550W power uspply $99 from tigerdirect.


any opther suggestions?

[glc]

You would be better off getting the Antec Truepower II - 550.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931

[KUNFUCHOPSTICKS]

are antecs better than ultra??


but ultra has that flexci wire thing, increasue cricualtion of air!

[KUNFUCHOPSTICKS]

and its not modular


peace

[jfk]

Don't worry abuot the "flexible wire" or the lack of being modular. It's a better PSU from a more reputable company.