First Build. Please Critique

CaptainAwesom · Oct 8, 2008

Beatem445 · Oct 8, 2008

Very, Very nice bravo, is this you first build? you picked out everything wonderfully, yes everything will work together (I think ima steal your design for myself

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bcoffee20 · Oct 8, 2008

might as well save a few bucks and buy one hard drive like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145215

Beatem445 · Oct 8, 2008

bcoffee20 said:
might as well save a few bucks and buy one hard drive like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145215

Hitachi FTL do not get those they are very bad and DOA often.

maroon1 · Oct 8, 2008

Why would someone buy a power hungry CPU like 6000+ when you can get less power hungry Intel E5200 for cheaper price, and will perform as good ?

I would change the processor and motherboard to these
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072

You can also spend a little more and get E7200

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138122

CaptainAwesom · Oct 8, 2008

i was thinking about getting one hard drive and saving a little but i haven't really decided yet. i might get one and if i do probably this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148335

as for the amd to intel switch i'm not really interested but i will look into it

EDIT:

i looked into it and everyone says vista is kind of a hog so i would rather stay with the same processor and i will do some gaming and extreme internet use on this.

CaptainAwesom · Oct 9, 2008

i decided to go with a single bigger hard drive since i can get a lot bigger one for cheaper. thanks for helping

Machin3 · Oct 9, 2008

I am not going to say anything about changing parts. It's your first pc so live with it good. I would say that it is pretty good. For first pc, thats not to bad.

chupacabra · Oct 9, 2008

crap, i'd expect something better for 1k

CaptainAwesom · Oct 9, 2008

chupacabra said:
crap, i'd expect something better for 1k

well what would you expect O, master computersmith

maroon1 · Oct 9, 2008

CaptainAwesom said:
i looked into it and everyone says vista is kind of a hog so i would rather stay with the same processor and i will do some gaming and extreme internet use on this.

Who said that E7200 is slower than 6000+ ?

Actually it is faster in most cases. It is even a little faster than 6400+

Check these benchmarks
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-x3-8750_6.html

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3293&p=8

StrangleHold · Oct 9, 2008

CaptainAwesom said:
Here's my stuff tell me if everything is compatible,good,etc. I will use for light gaming and web surfing.

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156078

Processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131320

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227298

Hard Drive 1:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075

Hard Drive 2:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075

Graphics Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500019

Operating System:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

Optical Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156

Power Supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152033

Speaker:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121014

Keyboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...c=OTC-Froogle-_-Keyboards-_-Saitek-_-23175001

Mouse:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105093

Thermal Paste:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

Cost:
$1007.99

(with mail in rebate) $892.99

Change to CPU and P/S to one of these

Both 89 watt models
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103233
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103272

Better P/S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009

CaptainAwesom · Oct 9, 2008

wow! thanks for the processor help StrangleHold i will definitely upgrade to the 3.1 processor but i don't really know if the losing of 1mb of L2 cache will greatly affect me.
as for the psu i would rather not upgrade because I am on a budget and I am on the tip of the iceberg as it is
EDIT:
as for the processor switch to INTEL like i just now said I can't really go up any higher on my budget

FatalityTech · Oct 10, 2008

Looks good to me. I would go for it it is your first build and all.Thats the best way to learn is to build and experiment yourself.

Machin3 · Oct 10, 2008

FatalityTech said:
Looks good to me. I would go for it it is your first build and all.Thats the best way to learn is to build and experiment yourself.

yes i agree.

CaptainAwesom · Oct 11, 2008

does someone mind telling me what does the L2 cache does. Please 0_0

Beatem445 · Oct 11, 2008

Cache in general saves program information or stuff of that sort so when you run the program it loads up faster next time, hope that was some help

CaptainAwesom · Oct 11, 2008

Beatem445 said:
Cache in general saves program information or stuff of that sort so when you run the program it loads up faster next time, hope that was some help

thanks man now i will definitely get another processor

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