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epidemik · 03-24-2008, 02:40 AM

Probably not going to build for a month or two but I applied for a job and decided I was gonna figure out how I was going to spend the money I will hopefully make

I was looking for something to do gaming (CSS, TF2, COD4 and some future games), photoshop/video edit, and of course websurf + music.

I quit paying attention to what parts were hot a couple months ago but I was planning on going for Intel + ATI. I was aiming for 600, realized that wasnt enough and said, "Fine 700

" and to no surprise ended up at $800

Heres what I came up with:

Intel E6550 2.33 GHz (Just picked what appeared the best CPU in price range. Wild mildly overclock.)

VisionTek ATI 3850 (Sorta sketchy here, is it a good card?)

Asus P5N-D (Complete sketch here. Didnt know what to pick. Needs PCI 2.0 for GPU right? Will nVidia chipset work with ati (dumb question?)

Thermaltake Purepower 550w (Again, I never was very good at picking PSU...help please?)

DVD/CD, Case, and HDD were just picked by what looked cheap and appealing.

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...asp?ID=4720189

So...how did i do? I definately need suggestions on MOBO, PSU and maybe GPU and CPU (lol...alot).

Thanks in advance.
You guys are awesome.

03-24-2008, 02:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
epidemik Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ashland Oregon Age: 16 Posts: 2,543	New Build (Please Critique) $700-800 Probably not going to build for a month or two but I applied for a job and decided I was gonna figure out how I was going to spend the money I will hopefully make I was looking for something to do gaming (CSS, TF2, COD4 and some future games), photoshop/video edit, and of course websurf + music. I quit paying attention to what parts were hot a couple months ago but I was planning on going for Intel + ATI. I was aiming for 600, realized that wasnt enough and said, "Fine 700 " and to no surprise ended up at $800 Heres what I came up with: Intel E6550 2.33 GHz (Just picked what appeared the best CPU in price range. Wild mildly overclock.) VisionTek ATI 3850 (Sorta sketchy here, is it a good card?) Asus P5N-D (Complete sketch here. Didnt know what to pick. Needs PCI 2.0 for GPU right? Will nVidia chipset work with ati (dumb question?) Thermaltake Purepower 550w (Again, I never was very good at picking PSU...help please?) DVD/CD, Case, and HDD were just picked by what looked cheap and appealing. https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...asp?ID=4720189 So...how did i do? I definately need suggestions on MOBO, PSU and maybe GPU and CPU (lol...alot). Thanks in advance. You guys are awesome.