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02-14-2009, 07:36 PM
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Revision of new build
Hello again. As some of you might have known, I came here about two months ago for some advice on a new build (actually it was my first one) here: new build advice. After some serious thinking I decided to change it to this:
Antec TruePowerTrio 550W Power Supply Thermaltake SopranoRS101 Computer Tower Case with 430W PSU PNY Verto GeForce 9600GT Video Card (512MB 256-bit GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, HDCP Ready SLI Supported) WESTERN DIGITAL 320GB SERIAL ATA/300 16MB BUFFER RETAIL BOXED HARD DRIVE Asus M3N78-VM AM2+ Motherboard LG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD?R 2GB DDR2 PC6400 MEMORY / PATRIOT AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black So what do you think? |
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02-14-2009, 08:46 PM
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Get a case without a power supply and I'd say you have a very nice budget gamer/home theater system.
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02-15-2009, 01:40 AM
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that's the case i really want to get
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02-15-2009, 09:10 AM
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I would suggest goint with 2 X 2GB sticks of RAM.
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02-15-2009, 10:57 AM
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That board has an Nvidia chipset, bad idea with a phenom II. I highly suggest something with an AMD chipset, particularly the 790 series. Fry's doesn't really have much in terms of the 790, but the 780 will do...
http://shop3.frys.com/product/552034...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG But even better from new egg is the 790... http://shop3.frys.com/product/552034...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG Hope that helps!
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02-15-2009, 11:39 AM
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02-15-2009, 07:28 PM
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02-15-2009, 08:32 PM
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I would stay away from the case with the included PSU. The particular PSU included is not specified, you may be getting a hunk of junk. If you really want that case i would suggest getting it separately from new egg and getting a high quality PSU... for example...
Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133046 PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005 This will set you back a few more clams, but definitely a nicer set up. I will let someoe else comment of the GPU, not my thing, but i can tell you better go AMD.... |
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02-15-2009, 10:42 PM
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I can't order online
 so I have to get it at retail stores. Frys is the only store I found that has the case. I'll just buy another power supply: Antec Basiq 350W Power Supply (the other one I originally isn't available anymore)
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02-16-2009, 08:23 AM
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A 350 watt power supply won't be adequate for you.
500 watts or more is what you should be looking for. |
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02-16-2009, 02:25 PM
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Oh ok. Like this one?: Antec Basiq 500W Power Supply
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02-16-2009, 08:13 PM
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Yes like that one.
For a gamer that's the basic entry level power supply . PCMech has a power supply guide you should read through : What Power Supply should I get? How many Watts? Who made it? Guide Inside |
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02-18-2009, 06:25 PM
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Finished reading it including the links (took me a few days). Now I more about power supplies.
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