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Old 11-29-2006, 01:04 PM   #1
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First build is it ok so far?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103033

AMD Athlon64 3500+ $90

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813135028

ECS nForce4 $56

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820161675

1 Gb DDR2 667 $90

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148144

Seagate 250 Gb 16 Mb SataII $75

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

evga 7900 GS $160 usd after MIR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147055

Rosewill R5717 SL 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case+450W Power Supply $45

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009091
19" $190

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116169

Microsoft Windows XP Home Sp2b 1pk w/Upgrade Coupon for Vista $89.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827101131
SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM $19



Looking to keep it under $850 did I miss anything (Do I got all the things that I need to get it running :P)? Or should I change somthing?

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Old 11-29-2006, 01:23 PM   #2
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I would look to getting a case without a PSU and get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817189003
Generally the PSUs that come with inexpensive cases are of low quality.
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Old 11-29-2006, 01:29 PM   #3
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I am trying to keep it under $850 and I was thinking the case PSU would be enough.
But I am going to end up ordering that PSU or something like it…..brand name good quality and so on.
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Old 11-29-2006, 01:36 PM   #4
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Since the 7900GS is a fairly powerfull card, I would want a good PSU right at the beginning to eliminate any potental problems from a cheap PSU.
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Old 12-01-2006, 09:21 AM   #5
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aight il get a better PSU

Sorry it takes so long to reply im kind of busy its finals time at my college >.<(and I work)

But is the ram fine?(compatibility with mobo)

And im prob gonna OC the 3500+ and then later im gonna go for a X2 or something

O and could someone here recommend a different case I want to go for something cool looking. (but for not a lot of $$ and 120mm fans so its quiet )

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Old 12-01-2006, 09:38 AM   #6
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Don't even think of trying to overclock with that motherboard and that RAM...you need top quality parts to overclock successfully and the parts you've picked are bottom of the barrel.

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Old 12-01-2006, 09:46 AM   #7
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aight il get a better PSU

Sorry it takes so long to reply im kind of busy its finals time at my college >.<(and I work)

But is the ram fine?(compatibility with mobo)

And im prob gonna OC the 3500+ and then later im gonna go for a X2 or something

O and could someone here recommend a different case I want to go for something cool looking. (but for not a lot of $$ and 120mm fans so its quiet )
if you're thinking that you are going to get an X2 anytime within a year from now, just buy an x2 3800 now. It's not worth the performance upgrade to pay $100 for an athlon64 3500 now and then in a year or less put out another $150 for an X2. Just spend $50 more right now and you don't have to upgrade for a long time, will save yourself at least $100 down the road.
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Old 12-01-2006, 09:51 AM   #8
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Lol I have overclocked worst parts

I can push the 3500+ a little :P(im not gonna go extreme....)

and I am thinking about switching the case with this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147011
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Old 12-01-2006, 11:45 AM   #9
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Sorry for the double post....but I was reading the 7900GS reviews and people keep saying that a ECS board is bad..........and you will run into problems later/bad performance with a 7900 so can somone recomend a diffrent AMD board...........
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Old 12-01-2006, 02:50 PM   #10
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I suppose you could stretch out a little bit more and go for the Asus M2N-E board, the motherboard is something you dont want too skimp out on, go for for 1 gig of corsair value ram aswell.
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