Looking for help on first build.

[Loshee]

Nothing too groundbreaking, only can spend around 600$ and it would be great if it was less. I'm a bit of a gamer, but nothing extreme, just need something better then my current laptop.

If you could fit Vista into the budget it would really be helpful. I have no preferance between Intel or AMD, I'd like a decent gfx card, and I really don't give a crap how the case looks, as long as it works. 2GB of ram preferred.

Thanks a bunch!

 

[Loshee]

bump =(

 

[wizle]

http://www.computerforum.com/16363-building-computers-101-a.html

Look here, great set ups and preator KNOWS

 

[Loshee]

This is what I have so far:

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106057

APEVIA X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-AL/420 Black Body/Silver Front Panel Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811144108

ASUS M2V Socket AM2 VIA K8T890 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131024

EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130062

A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVE1A16K - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820211066

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4600CUBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103751

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822136073

Withmail in rebates and the combo deal with the processor/HD + shipping it will be $583

 

[Loshee]

Sorry to bump again, I'm just not sure everything I grabbed was the best I could get for its price.

 

[chupacabra]

Mostly everything seems fine, but if i were you i would get a separate psu from the one in the case

 

[Loshee]

Could you suggest a good case and seperate psu then?

 

[oscaryu1]

Just get the case you want, but get another PSU. Also, the RAM, A Data isnt that good of a manufacturer... corsair or kingston is better...

 

[Loshee]

Would getting this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811117086
with a PSU like this
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w-sli-certified-modular-atx-power-supply/q/loc/101/203270716.html

be fine?

 

[chupacabra]

Yea looks good

 

[bigbird]

Heck I didn't even know corsair even made Power supplies! Oh well!
Here is the good and bad list again:
Good:
Antec(except Smart Power models) - Astec - AOpen - Channel Well - Coolermaster - Enermax(except Liberty models)
- Enlight - Fortron Source (Sparkle) - HEC - OCZ Technology - PC Power & Cooling - PowerMan
- Seasonic - SilverStone - Sunbeam - Tagan(older models) - TTGI/SuperFlower - Vantec - Zippy / Emacs - Verax - XCLIO - Zalman
- Corsair - Ultra

Bad:
Allied - Antec Smart Power models seem to lack(recommend True Power or NeoHE) - Aspire - CoolMax - DEER - Enermax Liberty models - ePower - EYE-T
- KingStar - L&C - Linkworld - Logisys - PowerMagic - PowerUp - Powmax - Q-Tec - Raidmax - Skyhawk - Star
- Turbolink - ThermalTake(complaints heard some good some ???) - Rosewill - SilenX ??? ToPower(newer models)---copy and pasted from this site!

 

[Loshee]

Went over budget with that PSU, so my options are:


1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811144108
APEVIA X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-AL/420 Black Body/Silver Front Panel Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply

2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811117086 (case)
w/ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817189005 (psu)

3) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129150
Antec Solution SLK1650B

Sorry for all the questions, this is my last sticking point =D

 

[holdenssx]

Went over budget with that PSU, so my options are:



2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811117086 (case)
w/ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817189005 (psu)

I think this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119104
would be better then the one you listed because it has two 120mm fans and you could get that with the PSU that you listed. See what others think first though

 

[Loshee]

I think this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119104
would be better then the one you listed because it has two 120mm fans and you could get that with the PSU that you listed. See what others think first though

Don't really have an extra 50$ to spend, the case I chose has a 50$ mail in rebate

 

[holdenssx]

Ohh my bad, didn't notice that, I'm not very observant today I wouldn't depend on that mail in rebate though, I don't know about anyone else, but I've had terrible luck with MIR.