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Building New Computer (Need Advice)

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nancyboy

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Building a new computer and would appreciate some feedback.

These are things that I have picked out and will order unless you guys have
have any better suggestions.

Case - Aspire X-Dreamer 2 (Black) [ Link ]
Motherboard - CHAINTECH nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard [ Link ]
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ [ Link ]
Memory - Corsair Value Select 512MBx2 [ Link ]
Hard Drive - Western Digital Special Edition 80GB [ Link ]
CD Drive Lite-On Combo Drive (Black) [ Link ]

Things that I have currently. (Parts from my current Computer)
Antec 400 PSU
eVGA 6800NU
SBlive! value
Boston 2.1 Digital Speakers
19inch Diamondtron Monitor

I'm really trying to keep price below $600 and the setup above is around that price
range. If you guys could look over the MB, Mem, CPU etc. and let me know if those
are good choices or if I should change some stuff I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,
 
i have your kind of memory, works w/o a hitch

try looking for deals from bestbuy, CompUSSR, and Fry's(if u have one) on hard drives. I got a 120GB :D seagate from compusa for $60.00 (in fact it was a deal of the day thing here on [H]ardocp) :)
 
I'd keep on the lookout for those hard drive specials that the yangster had eluded to.

Score yourself two good drives at an economical price (I got a WD 160 gig HD for $60.00 after rebates) and run yourself a RAID 0 array. 140 bucks for 320 gigs is pretty good IMHO.

Good luck with the build!
 
Sorry I built a similar comp using that X-Dreamer case, it as not asthetically apeasing as some others for around a similar price. My opinion though (too small)
 
And good thing you picked up the new PS I tore the X-Dreamers up in a couple weeks. If your going to air cool it pick up 2 nice fans for the rear ports.
 
Thats a damn fine system. The only thing is the Hard Drive - I would get a bigger capacity dirve, and one with SATA - you will go through the space quickly, and you will apppreciate the speed increase when going to SATA.

Apart from that, good luck and enjoy!
 
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