Mobo works with Case

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diamondwood

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Building my first computer in ten years.
so my question are Elementary.
I was looking at this Mobo for it's Ability for upgrades.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647&Tpk=m4a87td evo
I saw an Antec Nine Hundred Two for 64.99 after rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129058

My question is the case says it fits a Standard ATX
While the Mobo is a ATX. I am guessing this is the same.
I have seen some cases that just say ATX.

I know I will have to get a PSU that has 4-pin 5 1/4 connectors for the
fans. but it looks like a good case for the price. What do you think?

Thanks for your time.
 
You can get any case that supports ATX motherboards. Just make sure you get a decent power supply, don't buy a cheap one. Get Thermaltake, Corsair, Antec, Xclio, Enermax. Spend no less then $50 bucks. If you have a budget, let us know what it is.
 
Money is tight but this is what I was looking at getting.


CPU: AMD Athlon II $57.99 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103687
I went with this because of price and it will run all the games I have and is ease to upgrade.

Mobo: ASUS M487TD EVO $100.99 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647&Tpk=m4a87td evo
I went with this because it will do all the upgrades I want to do.

PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W $79.99 + 1.99 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015
I think this will give me what I need. and it should be a good match with the case.

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two $64.99 after rebate Free shipping
Price and function.

Ram: CORSAIR XMS3 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 $49.99 +2.99 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102873
Not willing to give up my XP yet allot of my old game don't like window 7
Went with 2 x 1GB for dual Channel

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 1GB $124.99 after rebate Free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102873
Not sure on this but read good things on the 5770. Might be able to save some money on this for a bigger CPU.

HHD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD1600AAJS 160GB 38.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075
Lived with a 40 GB for 10 years and I can turn this into a boot drive and get
a 1TB drive latter.

CD burner $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334

OS: XP home I bought for my last computer. Free

This come out to about $545
and I still need a Monitor. so i am looking at a budget of about $700.
My old Computer was an AMD 2500 so anything else is an improvement.

Thank you for your time
 
Good catch. johnb35. its an upgrade. I did not think to look.
I guess I need a Windows 7 builders version? I can't get XP Home full version anymore. Thank you. What do you think of the system? Thank you for your time.
 
Yeah, basically you would need a new OS. Also you would need to get more memory as well. You would need anywhere between 3 and 4 gigabyte of memory if you are gonna run windows 7 efficiently.
 
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