Getting a new comp, have around 1,500... Is this nice?

Dr Studly

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Spi1lz said:
Ehhhh, don't I need a PCU fan or something?...

So, this is 100% what is needed for my comp? Nothing more, nothing less?
PSU fan? nah, it has a fan in it... and yes, this will be all you need (for fans, if you went with the case i showed you, that comes with 2 fans, then the processor comes with a fan and heatsing, and the video card and PSU have their own fan)
 

bigsaucybob

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If you mean:

PSU fan: The PSU has fans in it, then as said above you case comes with them

CPU fan: As said above you CPU does come with one, but if your interested in using it without a CPU fan. Not a good idea.
 

Spi1lz

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Yeh... hah... Meant CPU...

Hmmm... I got to check into this vid card stuff...

Not sure on how much I want to spend...
 

Dr Studly

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Spi1lz said:
Yeh... hah... Meant CPU...

Hmmm... I got to check into this vid card stuff...

Not sure on how much I want to spend...
yea, but i would def. get one of the ones i pointed out... just get w/e matches your budget the best
 

Spi1lz

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In another forum this guy mentioned this...

"the gskill ram is good for overclocking. the X2 4200+ is a peculiar choice.. maybe try to up that to a 4400+ and downgrade the ram to pc3200 with tighter timings.. this way no need to overclock."

should I do that?

EDIT: Doing this costs too much... Just checked... Can I be capable of clocking? And it is better to clock? or get something that times right?
 
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Dr Studly

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Spi1lz said:
In another forum this guy mentioned this...

"the gskill ram is good for overclocking. the X2 4200+ is a peculiar choice.. maybe try to up that to a 4400+ and downgrade the ram to pc3200 with tighter timings.. this way no need to overclock."

should I do that?
no... that guy really doesn't know what he is talking about. You can't overclock a 4200+ to a 4400+ because the have the same clock speed... the 4400+ just has a bigger cache which doesn't matter in gaming very much
 

34erd

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Like Encore4more said you cant OC a 4200+ to 4400+ speeds, because they run at the same frequesncys.

EDIT: Doing this costs too much... Just checked... Can I be capable of clocking? And it is better to clock? or get something that times right?
I assume your talking about RAM. Thats a tough question, but usualy higher frequencys win over lower latencys (timings). Normaly, your going to need to overclock to take full advantage of your RAM, but all revesion E CPUs (i.e. your CPU) have dividers capable of running DDR500 on a stock CPU if you wish to do so.
 

Spi1lz

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So this is the final computer you guys have helped me pick out...

If you disaprove with anything... SPEAK NOW or forever hold your peace... :)



NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM

ASPIRE X-CRUISE -BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Acer ET.L5209.005 Black 19" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

ASUS A8R-MVP Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard - Retail

SAPPHIRE 100149SR Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Rosewill RP550-2 ATX 2.01 550W Power Supply - Retail

Sunbeam Multimedia Green Illuminated EL-KB-09-BKGN Black PS/2 Keyboard - Retail

Sunbeam FireLine Optical Mouse MS-2011-BK-BL Black 3 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Optical Mouse w/Blue Light - Retail

G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail


That's it... And would anyone happen to know any Newegg coupon codes?
 

Spi1lz

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K guys, the order has been places last night...

Will prolly recieve it by Saturday considering we are talking about NEWEGG here... heh

So, I will be posting again with regards to building it... And overclocking...
 

Spi1lz

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My comp is coming on monday...

BUT...

At school some kid was saying that a 550W power supply wouldn't be capable of handling my computer... (the one mentioned in this thread)...

Is this true?
 

34erd

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If you decide to go crossfire, I would go for a PSU with more power (not necasarily watts), but for single card that should be fine.
 

34erd

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Should be fine for what you have now, but if you get another card for crossfire, I would get a better PSU.
 

Spi1lz

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O... I never thought ya needed 2 cards to do that. Wouldn't there be a way to like split a card? So it can send to 2 monitors without getting 2?
 
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