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[Tempest000]

Hey guys decided to save up some cash and I increased my budget to about $800-$900, can you guys check out this build and tell me what ya think, much appreciated ;p Reusing monitor, keyboard, mouse, and will be using XP Professional for OS. Planning to play games, and just do school work.

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115029

Video Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130318

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...pk=antec%2b900

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128059

Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106057

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139004

HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148262

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211066

[shadowpr]

Looks good.

You did your homework.

[erucader]

For only a few bucks more you can get a 500Gb HD.
Also the Antec 900 is a nice case, but if you want it to be quieter consider the Sonata III.
Otherwise yeah it does look good; solid build should last you for a while.

[alex530]

I'm not too familiar with A-Data. I'd maybe go for a more reputable brand, probably not much of a price difference if you check out corsair, crucial, mushkin, etc.

[shadowpr]

I haven't heard a lot about them, but what I have heard about A-Data has been good.

[Dave21]

A-Data is a good brand. But go for a more reliable brand, corsair xms2 ddr2-800 2 gb

[Tempest000]

hmm so should i switch the RAM or no? thanks for help so far btw ;p

[Katreat]

Right now ram is cheap so I would recommned getting something from a more "name brand" company. Like others I have just recently started seeing A-data mentioned more and more. Have not heard of anyting bad, so if it is a very good price it might be worth the risk, but if there is not a big savings I would tend to stick with Corsair. Crucial, Muskin, and OCZ have also been around for quite a while with pretty good ratings.

Kat

[Tempest000]

Alrighty will switch it out then, which one of these should i get though?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146565

Also, should I wait to buy parts for any upcoming sales or should i just buy them now? Cause I would hate to buy it today and then have the price drop next week.

[shadowpr]

I like the first one. The Corsair.

As for upcoming sales, you just never know. It's all a gamble with prices.

[Tempest000]

Alrighty, will go with The Corsair, anymore suggestions or am I all good?

[Tempest000]

Hmm so am I all set to start buying?

[flanzig1]

Break out the credit card, your good to buy.

[Tempest000]

Hey guys decided to make a few changes

I switched the case out for

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129024

And I had not even reach my budget yet so I switched the processor to

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115017

I also changed the HDD to the 32mb cache version

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148309

The total cost is 883$ with shipping =) Will the changes I've made still work well or is there something I need to change?

[Katreat]

that is a good case, but it does come with a very nice 500 w PSU, so you could probably do without the corsair. the corsair is really nice, but t he antec has good rating also and you dont need two.

the cpu is fine. quads are a bit more future proof and more software will start using them in the year to come.

the HD you picked I think is for a server. the standard home PC 32 mb HD is the 7200.11. I am personally not sure why they are different, but in test I have seen I think they run a bit slower and can handle higher temperatures. I think it will still be compatable, just not sure if it will operate as fast. You might wait for others to post who know more about it.

Kat