Building my first computer

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surferdude375

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hi. Im building my first computer and it will be used for gaming. I do a lot of gaming as well as surfing the webetc. Anyway, i have been researching what parts to get and this is a list of them. I would like to know if you would suggest different parts or whatever like if they go together well. My budget is around 1,300usd but i can go a little higher. thanx:)
Motherboard:
DFI LanParty UT RDX200 Cross-Fire Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire AMD Motherboard
Memory:
2x1 gb corsair ram (what would be a good brand?)
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 3700
Hard Drive:
WESTERN DIGITAL WD740GDRTL WD 74GB Raptor Enterprise Serial ATA Hard Drive Kit
Video Card:
eVGA 256-P2-N515-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16
Sound Card:
SB Audigy2 sound card
Anything else i need?
im building it from scratch
i have the fans and case though(Aspire X-Dreamer II)
Thank you
 
surferdude375 said:
hi. Im building my first computer and it will be used for gaming. I do a lot of gaming as well as surfing the webetc. Anyway, i have been researching what parts to get and this is a list of them. I would like to know if you would suggest different parts or whatever like if they go together well. My budget is around 1,300usd but i can go a little higher. thanx:)
Motherboard:
DFI LanParty UT RDX200 Cross-Fire Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire AMD Motherboard
Memory:
2x1 gb corsair ram (what would be a good brand?)
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 3700
Hard Drive:
WESTERN DIGITAL WD740GDRTL WD 74GB Raptor Enterprise Serial ATA Hard Drive Kit
Video Card:
eVGA 256-P2-N515-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16
Sound Card:
SB Audigy2 sound card
Anything else i need?
im building it from scratch
i have the fans and case though(Aspire X-Dreamer II)
Thank you
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Ok first off thats a pretty buggy motherboard, I would just go with the SLI-DR, not the eXpert because its fried like 5 CPU's over at XS already.
For RAM I like OCZ and Mushkin but thats just me, if you want to overclock I would get 1 gigabyte of faster RAM.
CPU nothing wrong there, optionaly you could get an opty 148 but thats not suported by motherboards so the company wont help you if you have a problem.
Raptors are way overrated, I would just get a maxtor 250 gig 16 mb cache drive for almost half the price.
Video cards good, you may want to drop the sound card and go for the GTX though.
And you need a better PSU the one that comes with the case is bad, look for something with at least 30 A on the 12+ V line.
 
thanx
thats very helpful
no i think ill go with
HD:
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300R0 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive
Power Supply:
APEX AL-B500E ATX 500W Aluminum Power Supply Select 90-132VAC
Ram:
OCZ 1 gb
 
If i were you i would go with a SATA or SATA II hard drive, there much faster.

And i like corsair ram, i was able to oc from 1.6Ghz to 2.14ghz with it and no problems.

Excellent video card and cpu choice by the way, but if i recall, then the 3700+ is a huge price jump from a 3500+, if theres a huge difference in price i would just go with the 3500+, then maybe get the 7800GTX with the extra money.
 
The GTX is over $100 more than thee gt. Is it worth the extra money?
and now i think i will go with a:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
thanx
 
If your going to build your first gaming rig, it should be done on a Shuttle XPC SN26P Barebone.
 
geoff5093 said:
If i were you i would go with a SATA or SATA II hard drive, there much faster.

And i like corsair ram, i was able to oc from 1.6Ghz to 2.14ghz with it and no problems.

Excellent video card and cpu choice by the way, but if i recall, then the 3700+ is a huge price jump from a 3500+, if theres a huge difference in price i would just go with the 3500+, then maybe get the 7800GTX with the extra money.
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agreed, especially about the SATA for gaming
 
My budget is around 1,300usd but i can go a little higher
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- Maxtor DiamondMax10 250GB [16MB, 7200, $100]
- pQI Turbo 2x512MB [CL2.5, $70 after $25MIR]
- pQI Turbo 2x512MB [CL2.5, $70 after $25MIR]
- DFI Lanparty UT NF4Ultra-D [$125]
- AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 [S939, Manchester, ADA4200DAA5BV, $400]
- eVGA 780GT [$310 after $10MIR]
- XClio 450W [12V@32, $50]
- NEC 3540A [$40]
- Arctic Cooling Freezer64 [$30]
- Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS [$70]
Subtotal = $1285

Ok first off thats a pretty buggy motherboard, I would just go with the SLI-DR, not the eXpert because its fried like 5 CPU's over at XS already.
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1. The Expert kicks ass
2. The mobo listed is a RX200, not a NF4 based one

Is there any reason why you still want the Radeon Xpress Motherboard?
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Cuz its arguably a better board?

If you're going to get a Nvidia Gpu Card, I'd Stick with An SLi board, not a crossfire.
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Assuming of course he wants a multiGPU config to start with....

If your going to build your first gaming rig, it should be done on a Shuttle XPC SN26P Barebone.
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Uh why?

agreed, especially about the SATA for gaming
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Because there's just so much of a difference :rolleyes:

Its not hard.
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Just because something isnt hard doesnt make it a good idea....
 
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