My New Comp Specs....

[Rof_lmao]

Aspire X-Dreamer II(Blue)ATX Mid-Tower Case w/ 350W
$50.00

Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5. 3.5-gram( 1 cc. ) tube.

Fans, Heatsinks (Case, CPU, Chipset)
CoolerMaster Model:TLF-R82 (TLF-R82-E1) Blue 80mm Neon LED Fan.
$8.99

Thermaltake SILENT BOOST Highest Performance Cooler for AMD AthlonXP up to 3400+ -RETAIL
$26.99

Power Supplies
Sparkle Power "Power Q" 350W Power Supply MODEL ATX-OEM$20.00

Processors
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Retail
FSB: 333MHz $90.00

Gigabyte RADEON 9200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "GV-R92128DH" -RETAIL

AMD LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST......The one, the only, THE DFI nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B" -RETAIL $158.00

total cost w/shipping $433.29!!

What u guys think? Please feel free to post as many comments as u like, i am still gettign the last few bucks ready, if any of these has had bad reviews for OCing tell me quick...

[Cricket]

Where's your RAM and drives? And which OS are you going to run?

Cricket

[Rof_lmao]

those are from my older system, i dont relaly need to get a new memory or hdd, but as soon as i haev enough money ill get some, and i have a SAMSUNG 24x 52x 16x dvd-rom cd-rw drive...

[bigandy]

Why the thermal paste and HS with the Retail CPU? The CPU will come with a HS, and it should be more than fine with that.

I would also get rid of that Samsung drive, they are notoriously bad.

[Rof_lmao]

oh yeah im not gonan get retail, weveryoen says it sucks...did i put retail?

[Rof_lmao]

opps no wonder it a lil more pricey then before...

[Evanin]

Originally posted by bigandy I would also get rid of that Samsung drive, they are notoriously bad.

I have a Samsung drive...just a regular 52X. Was like $10 I think. It works.

[bigandy]

Originally posted by Rof_lmao oh yeah im not gonan get retail, weveryoen says it sucks...did i put retail?

Who told you that Retail isn't good? Retail is probably a better way to go than OEM, for CPU's anyway. You get the chip and the HSF, rather than save maybe $5 going with OEM, and then spending $20+ on a seperate HSF.

Go with the retail rather than the OEM, ditch the Thermaltake HSF and the AS, you don't need them.

[oddjob]

Originally posted by bigandy Go with the retail rather than the OEM, ditch the Thermaltake HSF and the AS, you don't need them.

I agree, and don't forget that you get a 3 year warranty with the retail version. I think max. warranty on an OEM is 90 days. Also keep in mind that using an after-market HSF and thermal compound can void your warranty.

[Confused]

If you stay with the OEM, then I would go with the Speeze Falconrock. Avaialble from Newegg for $9.49.
Chas

[Jimmy White]

What are you using this computer for?

[Rof_lmao]

Im gonan overclock/game with this pc, so OEM is the betetr choice since i dont needt he ext warrenty and i needt h heatsink for betetr cooling...ive heard bad about the heat of the retail heatsink for the amd barton 2500+

[bigandy]

The retail HS (for the AMD's or Intels) are quite good, and should be fine for OC'ing. And why wouldn't you want the warranty, it's not like your paying a whole lot of money for it?

[Rof_lmao]

the warrenty is void if i overclock/ add a new heat sink/...