First build... Will this work?

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Floyd

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Any opinions on the following combo? This would be my first build. Being a novice, I'm not sure this will even work in terms of compatibility. I'm building this as a digital audio workstation for recording and production. It won't be for gaming so I didn't think I needed a high-end video card. Incidentally, I already have a good sound/recording card. Anyway, thanks for everyone's input.

APEX PC-115 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811154017 ($24)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103546 ($497)
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro Cooling Fan with Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835185125 ($35)
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131568 ($249)
Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820220037 ($78)
Maxtor MaxLine III 7L300R0 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144237 ($135)
SAPPHIRE 100949L Radeon 7000 32MB DDR AGP 2X/4X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102437 ($35)

Total: $1043 USD
 
Praetor said:
1. Id drop the Toledo for theAMD Athlon64 X2 4200[Manchester(BH-E4), S939, ADA4200DAA5BV], the price-performance delta isnt worth it

2.PQI Turbo 2x512 [email protected] can be had for $83.74

3. You cam get anequivalent/slightly-superior harddrive for $15 less

4. Any reason for the unbalanced videocard?
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I think I screwed up with that choice of video card. Apparently it won't work with the mobo. I'm really not familiar with video card specs so that choice was kind of random. Thanks for your advice.
 
Correct, the AGP card there wont work with the PCIE connectors but regardkess that videocard is incredibly dated :)
 
that 4400+ wuld be a huge bottleneck with that videocard. but since ur not gaming i wuld go with maybe a 6600gt that wuld slightly even out ur system for cheap.
 
that 4400+ wuld be a huge bottleneck with that videocard.
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You mean the videocard would bottleneck the CPU right? :)

but since ur not gaming i wuld go with maybe a 6600gt
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Well if no gaming then the 7000 (were it to work in PCIE land of course) would be perfect as theres no need to spend money on a gaming card
 
Praetor said:
You mean the videocard would bottleneck the CPU right? :)
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well i was kinda intending that the entire pc wuld be a bottleneck with that videocard but i probably phrased it wrong.
 
Agreed however, as mentioned in post1, the box wont be used for gaming so there's not a whole lot of reason to push money into the videocard area :)
 
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