Building a PC

[Out4Bl00d1]

I'm building a new pc and I need some input from you guys. Haven't bought a pc in 3 years so bare with me. Here's what I'm thinking of buying.

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119023

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539

Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450

Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822140166

Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150100

Don't need a monitor, speakers, or a sound card. But I would like to get a nice DVD burner.

[P0ldy]

Everything there looks good and compatible.

I'd grab the latest NEC dvd burner and you're all set.

[Flying PJ]

Make sure you use a reliable power supply from a good company like Antec. I suggest at the minimum a 500 watt power supply for your system.

[pop311]

Sick sale on the RAM!!! It used to be $106, but now it is drumroll...... $100. No flippin' way. How do they come up with all these insane price!!!!!!!1

Aside from that, everything looks good IMO.

995

[Kayden]

I dont see any big issues with your setup, but theres a few things I'd like to point out.
Your motherboard is great for over clocking, but if you're not going to over clock, get something cheaper. Avoid SLI. You spend twice as much money for a possible 10% increase in performance. I don't know how big a gamer you are, but if you play a lot of newer games with high end graphics or MMORPGs, you're going to want a very nice GPU and maybe even bump the ram to 2GB. I'm happy with my 7800GT.

I'm just going to copy and paste this strait out of another thread I replied to.

Heres the system I just built.
MB ASUS A8N-E NF4 ULTRA Seems to be a pretty solid board, lots of options. Booted right up
PSU ROSEWILL RP550-2 Really sexy PSU, giant cooling fan and it glows blue.
VGA EVGA|GF 7800GT 256-P2-N516 Chews up Fable at maxed settings. Only game I've played with it yet.
PSU ENERMAX 535W|EG565P-VE FMA(24P) Avoid. I RMA'd this because it wouldn't power my optical drives and my pc would shut down after booting- if it booted at all.
MEM 1Gx2|OCZ D400 OCZ4002048V3DC-K No probs here, $200. It would have been cheaper to get two single sticks, but they're matched for dual channel.
CASE EMAX|CS-5688AL-DR BK ATX RTL Its pretty... but dont get it if you're travelling with it. Very flimsy.
CPU AMD 64 |4200+ ATHLON X2 939P RT

Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 "Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

First off, get a better GPU. 7800gt/gto or X800/x850. Its better to spend more now and get better performance for longer than to scrape the bottom of the barrel every other year. Additionally, get the best CPU you can afford. You don't need to go dual core, but money you spend now is money you dont have to spend later. Additionally, you'll get more enjoyment out of it immediately. You're going to be more content paying 300 dollars for a CPU that'll last 4 years with better performance than 150 that'll yeild less performance for less time.

DO NOT build your PC in the case right away. Get all your components tested out before you assemble and screw down everything. Try out your motherboard, CPU, PSU, ram and GPU on a table or something- take anti-static precautions.

If those work, add on your HDDs and optical drives.

If all that works, THEN you can put it all in your case.

Then you update your bios, check the mobo manual, that'll tell you how. Then install windows. If you're using 1 sata drive, make sure you turn off raid in the bios.

After you get windows installed, then hunt down all the updates you can. When you first load windows, you may not be able to get online. Your motherboard should have a CD with NIC drivers. Sound too. Dont even bother installing the driver that came with your GPU, just get the latest one as soon as you get online.

Thats more or less all you need.
(Not that I approve or anything, but if you're version of XP isnt... official... get all the windows updates before you "unlock" it)