Building computer, help please

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Randomuser535

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Currently trying to build a decent computer for a reasonable price (below $450). I'm more or less clueless about what's good/no good, compatible/non compatible and just need someone to verify that I'm not making any mistakes here. Also suggestions are always welcome. Here's what I have so far, thanks.

SILVERSTONE Strider SST-ST40F ATX12V 400W Power Supply

Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

ASUS P5N-MX LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Kingston ValueRAM 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Desktop Memory

EVGA 256-P2-N445-LX GeForce 7300GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card

Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Sony NEC Optiarc Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s
 
Currently trying to build a decent computer for a reasonable price (below $450). I'm more or less clueless about what's good/no good, compatible/non compatible and just need someone to verify that I'm not making any mistakes here.
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It's very do-able to build a good one for that price. 'Good/no good' is all in the eye of the beholder, really. You don't need the newest or fastest components in order to have a working, functional system, though some others here would tend to lead you in that direction. The parts you listed will be fine for light-to-moderate tasks (email, web surfing, listening to music are light, watching a DVD while burning a CD and transferring files to other hard Drives at the same time are moderate), and *should* be compatible, but you didn't post links and I don't have time to research each one through product numbers (overall, they look like they'll be good though).

Just a random question - do you have some computer know-how just in case you need to do any trouble-shooting once your system is running (no power, unrecognized items, faulty parts, etc.)?
 
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Its hard to say whether somethings "good" or not. You can say if its good for gaming, good for video editing, good for sending emails. As for a low budget build, with some light gaming that is a decent build.

If that MB allows it, OC that allendale to at least 2.6, you can get 3.0 at stock voltage though, thats what makes those allendale 1.8's worth the money, when you OC them.
 
Randomuser535 said:
This isn't for me, but for someone else. All I know is that it won't be used for gaming. That's about it. I do have a little know-how after building my computer, but beyond basic construction, I'm pretty much useless haha.

Power Supply

Motherboard

RAM


Video Card

Hard Drive

Cd Drive
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Well, the first thing I noticed is that the video card you picked out will not fit in that Motherboard. Here's a price-comparable MoBo from a different company: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128078

Aside from that, things look good.

You don't need the newest or fastest components in order to have a working, functional system, though some others here would tend to lead you in that direction.
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See... "If that MB allows it, OC that allendale to at least 2.6":rolleyes: Every Thread like this will see at least one of those;)
 
Yes. If you look at your video card, you'll notice that it is a PCIe x16 interface. That means it will fit on any board, regardless of manufacturer, that has a PCIe x16 slot. The one you posted had PCI slots, but no PCIe x16 slot.
 
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