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11-25-2006, 12:58 AM
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I have new plans for my build, is this a good start?
http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?m...l1=1&l2=1&l3=0
I really want to get additional information about this barebone. Particularly, WHAT IT INCLUDES lol some barebones leave things out and what-not, so I am in the dark. I will look on newegg here shortly but this seems like a great place to start my build, and if it has enough things included with it to start off, I will start my "project" in just a few days. thanks for any input |
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11-25-2006, 05:51 AM
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Looks like all you get is the case and motherboard with onboard graphics, onboard sound, onboard lan, and a low power PSU.
If you want to build a system then I'd advise you choose each component yourself rather than buying barebone systems.
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11-25-2006, 11:10 AM
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I wouldn't use a bare bones either, I'd rather select every single part to ensure I'm getting good quality parts.
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11-25-2006, 03:15 PM
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A lot of the reviews have stated that they put a 7600gt in there. After looking at the minimum power requirements, it says that it needs 300W. That psu seems reliable as well, as very few have reported DOA.
I stayed up last night and put a parts list together. It comes to $496.95. I like it as it is right now. For the dollar, the motherboard is great b/c it has as many ram slots as I wanted and if it can power the graphics card that I was going to put in than that is even more money saved. There is a problem with the raid for the motherboard, but I am not going to use raid anyways. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856110043 asus vintage AH1 :::: the barebones comes with case, 300W psu, motherboard, onboard video/ sound and a floppy drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130062 evga 7600gt it can PLAY all games to date, more than perfect for me and I like keeping my resolution low so that is even better. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231036 g. skill 1gb ddr 400 I decided to get a single stick instead of putting a 2x ram kit like 2x 512 to dd more ram later on. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136010 WD serial ata 1.5 Motherboard uses sata 1.50, more than acceptable to me. This drive seems to be in the sweet spot for price/ capacity. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103531 the processor I have chosen is single core, basically b/c of the price. I know I will get the performance out of it that I need for gaming and I am pretty damn sure that I will be more than happy with it. that is all that is needed. I think the barebones works great b/c usually, people don't use some of the parts in the barebone, but I will use all of them most likely. 300W psu powers the gpu so that is all gravy. Motherboard is, in all honesty, past my expectations and I really like the case. $496.95 the Price is Right Bob; what do you guys think now |
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11-25-2006, 03:19 PM
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11-25-2006, 03:32 PM
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That system is probably on par or a little less than an equal priced Dell.
The PSU is made by Bestec.
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11-25-2006, 03:35 PM
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If you plan on adding a seperate video card to the system then it would be to your advantage to go for a motherboard that doesn't have onboard video. Time and again problems arise because of the onboard video interfearing with the addin card.
I still have my doubts about that PSU. 300Watt is probably the minimum recommended for the 7900gt. Nvidia actually recommend a 350 - 400 watt PSU for that card. I really feel it would be worth your while to hand pick all the components. |
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11-25-2006, 03:36 PM
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If you plan on adding a seperate video card to the system then it would be to your advantage to go for a motherboard that doesn't have onboard video. Time and again problems arise because of the onboard video interfearing with the addin card.
I still have my doubts about that PSU. 300Watt is probably the minimum recommended for the 7900gt. Nvidia actually recommend a 350 - 400 watt PSU for that card. I really feel it would be worth your while to hand pick all the components. |
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11-25-2006, 07:46 PM
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7900gt needs 450W I think, I am looking at a 7600gt.
People are saying that it works well with the system. I planned on buying a few more fans though. I would upgrade the processor later on, perhaps in a year. I was told that an athlon 64 3500+ is the minimum processor to run fear (or recommended, granted you had a good enough graphics card). I feel like you guys just aren't giving the system any props... I have hand selected parts before but they were unnecessary. I could get an antec sonata II (preferrable to me) with a 450W psu but with this barebone I get a motherboard that does everything I want it to do, as well as a case that I really like and a power supply that a lot of people have said works great with the graphics card I've chosen. I will reconsider this if you guys can give me reasons it is "on par or a little less equal than a dell". I think this will work just fine for me. Gaming, but without all of the bells and whistles. I'd probably get some round cables for IDE though. |
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11-25-2006, 09:34 PM
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11-26-2006, 10:03 AM
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11-26-2006, 10:23 AM
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Don't attempt to run a 7600gt with a 300w power supply. I believe the minimum suggested was actually 400w. I'd recommend the Fortron Source 400w for you.
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11-26-2006, 11:19 AM
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The only "wrong" part is your powersupply. Its a poor quality bestec unit. I highly suggest you get your own case and a decent powersupply. You dont need all that much power, just something reliable.
The motherboard isnt the best, but you will get by. Last edited by Mr.Ferrari; 11-26-2006 at 11:49 AM. |
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