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02-09-2007, 06:45 PM
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Yo, I'm building a new PC mainly for gaming and and some video editing. Lemme know if I should make any changes. Thanks!
CPU = AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Mobo = ASUS A8N5X NVidia nForce4 Video Card = ATI Radeon X1950 Pro PCIe x16 Memory = Crucial 1gb DDR 400 (a pair) Hard Drive = Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.0 Primary Optical = LITE-ON DVD Burner w/Lightscribe Power Supply = Antec TruePowerII 430w Case = Sunbeam Transformer ATX Tower Case Speakers = Logitech THX 5.1 Sound Card = M-Audio 24-bit 5.1 Monitor = Samsung 20.1" LCD OS is Windows XP Home for now, think I wanna wait a while before I get Vista. |
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02-09-2007, 06:58 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Everything looks okay but you may need to get a power supply with a little more power. For a gaming rig (especially one with a potent video card) I'd spec a 500 watt PSU minimum.
You may also want to go for 2GB of RAM since this is a gaming machine. And personally I'd get a Seagate SATA hard drive for the 5 year warranty.  Cricket
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02-09-2007, 07:29 PM
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you may want to go with AM2 instead if your going AMD 939 is phasing out
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02-09-2007, 07:34 PM
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A 939 system is fading away, but it is stable. If you switch to an AM2 system, I'd go for a M2N-E motherboard, Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 CL5 memory, and a dual core CPU (pretty wise idea nowadays).
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02-13-2007, 02:36 PM
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If you want high performance without spending alot of money on expensive Core2Duo go with an Opteron processor from AMD. They are the best processor on the market for the money IMO.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103598 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103586 Out of the box those processors will kick butt for you and if you want to OC you can't beat an opteron for overclocking. 
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02-13-2007, 04:01 PM
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Thanks for the tip! I'm still not sure which power supply to get though. What do you guys think of this one? Sunbeam 550w PSU
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02-13-2007, 04:23 PM
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I have never used Sunbeam products so I can't comment, if you want to have a headache free rig go with a Sparkle, FPS, Antec or Thermaltake. In that order actualy.
Check this out, how do you beat this at $39.95 after rebate? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103937 |
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