My Final Setup Feedback please?

lunchboxx

lunchboxx

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PCU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor - Retail
266.00
free

PSU
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL - Retail
79.99
free

MOBO
ASUS CROSSHAIR Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
249.99
7.32

HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
104.99
5.64
$10 mail in rebate

VIDEO
SAPPHIRE 100154 Radeon X1800XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM
199.99
6.13

CASE
APEVIA (ASPIRE) ATXA7AW-AL/420 Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply - Retail
102.99
15.37
$10 mail in rebate

CD DVD
SAMSUNG Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE Combo Drive - OEM
22.99
5.64

FLOPPY
SAMSUNG Beige Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LEB - OEM
5.21
5.64

SCREEN
JW-199DPO Silver 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers 0.283mm x 0.238mm Pixel Pitch - Retail
189.99
11.82

MEMORY
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
219.00
Free
$40 mail in rebate

Keyboard
Logitech G15 2-Tone 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard - Retail
64.99
6.13

Mouse
Logitech MX518 931352-0403 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse - Retail
36.99
free

Upgraded CPU fan
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail
23.99
Free

GPU PCI fan cooling
Titan TTC-SC03TB 60mm PCI Slot VGA Card Cooling Fan - Retail
7.99
4.99

Total
1648.37
-$60 rebate

Thanks,
Lunch

And if you see any problems plz tell me and or if u could suggest a change i cant go any more higher.
 
1st: Go with intel core 2 duo.
2nd: Go with the 7900gt. The hgt will perform better in most situations then the xt.
 
i switched the CPU to Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe
with a Combo of the CPU and MOBO so yeah ill prolly OC it since Conroe temps are low anyways and i got a better Heatsink and fan. one review said they OCed it to 3.0 ghz with stock cooling which idk if he lieing or sumtin.
 
I would definitely lose the HDD. Western Digital SEs are unreliable pieces of junk (and I was an authorized WD retailer. Emphasis on was). I hate them. They have an absurd failure rate and they don't perform well under pressure.

As an alternative may I suggest a Maxtor Maxline III. They're hard to find for some reason but they are enterprise level harddrives. They are designed for heavy duty use and have a high duty cycle, so you can beat the crap out of it and it'll take it. It also has a very good warranty.

Everything else seems ok though for sure.
 
SirKenin said:
I would definitely lose the HDD. Western Digital SEs are unreliable pieces of junk (and I was an authorized WD retailer. Emphasis on was). I hate them. They have an absurd failure rate and they don't perform well under pressure.

As an alternative may I suggest a Maxtor Maxline III. They're hard to find for some reason but they are enterprise level harddrives. They are designed for heavy duty use and have a high duty cycle, so you can beat the crap out of it and it'll take it. It also has a very good warranty.

Everything else seems ok though for sure.
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IMO, Maxtor hard drive are junk, but thats me. Not all hard drives are bad, and from what I've read about WD SE's they are nice. I just ordered one myself yesterday.
 
When you have RMA'd as many dead WD HDDs as I have you will think differently, believe me.

Maxtor made three bad lines of drives several years ago which gave me nothing but grief. The Fireball 3, DiamondMax 8 and 541DX I think they were. The first two for sure. I am reasonably certain about the last one. After that I had very few problems with them. I recently lost a D740X, but I had had it for more than five years and used it in a file server. That poor thing took a real beating. I still have the other three though and they still work.
 
Stick with the X1800XT, that's a great price.

How much are you paying for your motherboard?

You might get a bad hard drive, but probably not. I have both a Maxtor and Western Digital hard drives, both work flawlessly.
 
Jet said:
Stick with the X1800XT, that's a great price.

How much are you paying for your motherboard?

You might get a bad hard drive, but probably not. I have both a Maxtor and Western Digital hard drives, both work flawlessly.
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its 249.99 (the one i changed it to) would getting a seagate hdd be better? cuz its only like $10 more

Lunch
 
Ku-sama said:
my Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS hasnt messed up once
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So what? I have dealt with WD since 1999. I have had a sample size of several hundred units, if not more. Over 1/3 of them malfunctioned within the first year.

Of course you are going to get the people that are satisfied with WD, but in the grand scheme of things that's meaningless.
 
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