case ( [new!!!] RAIDmax x-1 ATX mid-tower case w/420w power supply silver ) case lighting ( neon light blue )
1. so a bling bling computer i see...
2. odds are the PSU sucks. have a look at
PSU 101.
Power Supply ( [$30 Mail-In-Rebate NOW !!!] Ultra X-Finity 500W ATX PS w/2 80mm Fans - Titanium Black(ULT31648) )
Much better ... 12V@32A
Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 3000+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Whats the core on this?
Motherboard ( MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum-SLI nForce4-SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 PCI-E MB )
Good motherboard yes but do you really need the SLI?
Hard Drive ( [Special !!!] 160 GB HARD DRIVES [S-ATA] Maxtor 160 GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive )
How much are these? Odds are you'll get much better value from their 16MB cache drives or to hunt down a WD 16MB drive
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( Sony DWQ-28A Dual Format/Double Layer 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Silver )
Nothing special at all about sony optical drives
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit 7.1 )
Hmmm... the motherboard features hardware onboard SBLive audio .... could this be it?
Network Card ( Intel Pro 10/100/1000 Network Card )
Heh you dont actually need this since it comes onboad with Gb ethernet
Will my bottleneck be the CPU?
Absolutely.
IU'm also thinking of getting the liquid CPU cooling option for only ~$100 more so that way I can OC my 3000 instead of spending another $250 on a better CPU.
1. If you're spending an additional 250 to upgrade the CPU you're either upgrading excessively or getting ripped off
2. You can OC on air fine too
EDIT: also will my PSU be good enough if I decide to SLI another 7800 later or should I try to make budget room for an SLI certified PSU?
Not necesary.
Smart move. I got pro. wiring, my case looks EMPTY and I have great airflow.
Which is also somehting you could have done all by yourself....
So I am going to get a good headset
The
Zalman 5.1s are nice
Good choice, because the temp display really does nothing except make people think your PC is 'advanced'
And other people think you've got a bling bling box .... (which may or may not be a good thing)
Ok, so nogo on the sound card if I'm just using a headset?
No go on the soundcard entirely since the same thing comes built into the mothebroard
hahaha, well, i have ALOT of media!
around 90-100 GB of music alone
and i also have around the same amount of video and also some movies........
Ok, I have 300 songs on my PC and that doesnt even take up a gig, so 100 gigs is like....... quick calculation 28,500 songs!?!?!?! Is that right???
Lets stay on topic
DVD/RW = EVERYTHING!!! lol, they will read anything and burn anything, espeically if they are a dual layer and dual format drive
Assuming its a good DVDRW of course
X24 you said I should go fro cheaper parts and the GTX, so is it better to lower the RAM and mobo quality and get the GTX? Because I'm planning to overclock my CPU so I want good parts, also I think the 7800GT will be powerfull enough.
The 7800GT will be plenty good enough for now
Which puts me a bit over budget but I'll see if I can do something about it because the reviews of puget systems were better than ibuypower and they seem less overly flashy.. I dunno, I might just be over obssessed of getting a perfect computer.
Thats ebcause its overcharged by a few hundred dollars at the very least.
Could you guys write up a post that will convince my mom...
A buch of random people on the internet.... lol
I believe he has the full capability to put it together, and trust me, building a PC is not as hard as it sounds. Also, if he runs into any problems, well, thats what we are here for.
Hehe a wonderful guarantee that is