Compatibility

[robin13]

Hey guys,

I am going to build my own computer for the first time. I'm going to use this for some fairly serious gaming, but don't have a huge budget. I have picked out all the parts, but I just want to make sure there aren't any possible compatibility issues that I haven't noticed, and if there is anything else that I might need (note: I am using the dvd drive from my old pc). Thanks for your time, and here is the list:

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Ultimate Gamer Case

Seagate Barracuda (ST380815AS) 7200 SATA NCQ 3.0Gb/s 80GB 8MB Cache (OEM)

Mushkin EM2-6400 DDR2-800 2x1GB EM Series (996527) (2x1024MB)

Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 nVidia nForce 570 SLI Chipset Chipset 2 x PCI Express x16 Slot Full x16 Speed SLI Ready Dual-Ch DDR2/800/667/533 Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Dual GB Lan 8-Ch High Definition Audio Support DTS IEEE 1394a Heat-pipe Thermal

Corsair HX Series CMPSU-520HX 520W ATX Triple Power Supply 120MM Fan 12V 50A Continuous 24PIN ATX Modular

eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320 Meg Superclocked PCI-E 320-P2-N815-AR

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (65W) Dual Core Socket AM2 Windsor 2.6GHZ 2000FSB 2X512KB 90NM Retail Box

[LeftyAce]

That looks compatible, but a couple questions:

What's your budget?
Are you totally committed to AMD?

Right now the Intel Core2Duo processors are better bang for your buck. I'd get a C2D e6600 or e6750 and an ASUS P5B or P5K for a motherboard.

The superclocked video card probably isn't worth the extra expense. An 8800 of any sort will handle everything on the market just fine.

[robin13]

I am fairly set on AMD as far as processor/motherboard goes. I did check prices in my local area, and an Intel equivalent for that processor would cost me approx $70 more. And I picked the OC video card because it is only $15 more than the un-OC video card. I read somewhere that there could be an issue with the processor and the RAM because of odd numbers or something like that?

[Cricket]

You're only getting a 80GB hard drive? You sure that's all the storage space you'll need?

Cricket

[marine63]

have you accounted for the intel price drop? the intel cpu been price dropped 3 days ago. it will take some time till the stores drop their prices and intel cpu usually have better performance
yeah. for the hard drive if you want a gaming compute a seagate 320GB sata hard drive would be good

[robin13]

Sorry, I forgot to add that I have another 80gb HDD already, and nother 25gb external HDD.

[blue60007]

I think you can double your storage space for another $10. That 80 gig (and even the other one) will fill up real quick with some of the newest games. Just something to think about.

[robin13]

Ok, I'll consider the bigger hard drive. But besides that, do all the other components and whatnot look ok to work with each other?

[Katreat]

Your list looks compatible. I would agree with other and suggest you go with a larger HD and if you are using a 20in + monitor you might upgrade to a 640 mb memory video card. I have heard that the 320 might be a bit low for maximum settings on larger monitors. You also have a SLI MB so if you are thinking about SLI in the future you might want to check out power needs now and get a bit larger PSU. That PSU is great for any single card set up but SLI might require more.

Kat