PC Build Advice

[omegaeternity]

Hey, I am just about to build a PC from Scratch. Here are the components I selected. Check em out and give any advice. Known compatibility and hardware issues would be awesome, but any thoughts or comments are appreciated.

Here goes...

Motherboard: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6400CZBOX
Video Card: EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
RAM: A-DATA 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVE1B16K
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Power Supply: Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W SLI Ready-ATX12V V2.01 Power Supply
Monitor: Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
CD/DVD drive: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

[perkster]

Welcome to PC Mech!

see you have gone AMD route, you tend to get more bang for your buck on Intel at the moment, AMD are far behind, i would recommend switching to a Core2Duo or core2quad system, but up to you!

The videocard is good and youll have no problems with it.

A-data dont make the best RAM you are best to go for corsair or Crucial in that department on AMD like this stick with the 800mhz, but if on intel and not overclocking save money with the 667mhz. You have selected 4gb RAM so to utilise that you will need a 64 bit Operating System, since there are issues with XP64, you are really looking at VISTA 64 bit version, check your existing hardware like printers all have drivers for 64 bit and any software you use can work on a 64 bit operating system, if not you will only use about 3.2GB of it at best. Most users are fine with 2gb, so may want to save some money.

great choice on hard drive.

rosewill power supplies are the among the worst available, it is likely to blow your motherboard or damage your other hardware (expensive), go for a decent manufacturer in this area, its not a place to be tight. Go for corsair, Fultron Force, PC power or other well respected brands, there is a sticky thread in Build your own forum listing the good and the bad PSUs.

nice monitor.

good burner choice, pleased to see you picked out a SATA model, however i would go for a lite-opn over ACER, and get their retail one with nero software.

case looks fine.

[Katreat]

Switch video to an 8800 GT 512, it is cheaper and faster. The older 8800 GTS 320s do not use the newer G92 chip. If it is within budget and you want to stay with a GTS, go for the newer 512 which has the G92 chip.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/...ming_graphics/

Dump the Roswell PSU, they are junk. check out this list for quality makers.

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195

I will leave AMD to others, right now they are a step behind in performance, but do have a good upgrade path and can save you some $ in the lower to mid range systems. But I have not gone AMD for awhile so cant really recomend what is best.

I would also go for a more name brand ram. Ram is cheap right now so you can probably get Corsair XMS for about the same price. But I have not heard anything really bad about A-data so it might be fine for your use.

Kat