Good morning, everyone:
First, let me apologize - I know there are 100's of threads of "help me build a PC" flavors, and I'm just adding to the problem .
That said, I am (for the first time in years) building a new gaming PC. I have a few components I've decided on, but would like to get some comments on whether any of you had good luck with these, feel they are worth the money, are stable / reliable, etc.
There is no set budget - "it's gonna cost what it's gonna cost".
Here it goes:
CPU: AMD Athlon FX-55 (I hear it beats Pentium Extreme Edition in most tests)
Mobo: ??? What supports the CPU above, and offers onboard RAID 0 capability?
RAM: 1GB PC3200 SDRAM of some sort (Kingston probably). Better to get 1 x 1GB stick or 2 x 512 MB sticks?
GPU: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum (my first ATI in a decade)
Sound / Speakers: Keeping what I got (Santa Cruz and ACS 55)
HDD: Two 7200 rpm 80-120 GB in RAID 0. Any specific HDD brand you'd recommend? I've had terrible luck with Maxtors and Western Digitals in the past, are they any better now?
Kbd: How good is game support for "programmable" macro buttons (such as M$ Programmable kbd offers?). Is a programmable kbd worth getting for gaming, or is it better to just use a "regular" kbd?
Heatsink / Fan unit: Any advice?
PSU: Would 300W be enough? Or better go straight to 480W?
I am not planning to overclock - just use all components "as specified" (I know, how lame of me ).
I would appreciate any advice, comments, etc. etc.
Regards,
AZeroni
First, let me apologize - I know there are 100's of threads of "help me build a PC" flavors, and I'm just adding to the problem .
That said, I am (for the first time in years) building a new gaming PC. I have a few components I've decided on, but would like to get some comments on whether any of you had good luck with these, feel they are worth the money, are stable / reliable, etc.
There is no set budget - "it's gonna cost what it's gonna cost".
Here it goes:
CPU: AMD Athlon FX-55 (I hear it beats Pentium Extreme Edition in most tests)
Mobo: ??? What supports the CPU above, and offers onboard RAID 0 capability?
RAM: 1GB PC3200 SDRAM of some sort (Kingston probably). Better to get 1 x 1GB stick or 2 x 512 MB sticks?
GPU: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum (my first ATI in a decade)
Sound / Speakers: Keeping what I got (Santa Cruz and ACS 55)
HDD: Two 7200 rpm 80-120 GB in RAID 0. Any specific HDD brand you'd recommend? I've had terrible luck with Maxtors and Western Digitals in the past, are they any better now?
Kbd: How good is game support for "programmable" macro buttons (such as M$ Programmable kbd offers?). Is a programmable kbd worth getting for gaming, or is it better to just use a "regular" kbd?
Heatsink / Fan unit: Any advice?
PSU: Would 300W be enough? Or better go straight to 480W?
I am not planning to overclock - just use all components "as specified" (I know, how lame of me ).
I would appreciate any advice, comments, etc. etc.
Regards,
AZeroni
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