First build, some help w/ my decisions?

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Scherdy

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Ok, this is my first build. It'd be mainly used for gaming, music and very basic digital photography. I don't have any interest in OC-ing (for now anyway). I'm not a graphics man-whore so I don't have to have everything turned up all the way... but it'd be nice ;) We have about 1200-1400 to spend.

First question, the 3500 is about 90 bucks cheaper. Is it still worth getting the 3800?
2) This I know the least about. I want reliability/efficiency w/ my CPU. Prob don't need SLI for that 2nd video card really. Any other suggested products and explanation would be great.
3)The 6800GT 512MB flavor is $50 more...and the 7800 GT is 60 more after rebate. Should I just do myself a favor and get the 7800?

PSU- Antec Smartpower2.0 500W sufficient and reliable I think.​
4) The 240 pin version is about $50 less. The 184 pin is what I need though right? Just making sure here.
NEC DVD burner my best guess going by the sales and what others have chosen here.​

Thanks ahead of time. I really only know what I've read on here so all feedback is appreciated.
 
3 suggestions:

go with the 3700+ San Diego.. 1mb cache

go with the ASUS mobo

and do ur self a favor, and u'll be thxking ur self, get the 78GT
 
Asian Dub Foundation said:
3 suggestions:

go with the 3700+ San Diego.. 1mb cache

go with the ASUS mobo

and do ur self a favor, and u'll be thxking ur self, get the 78GT
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agreed, and get crucial value ram......id go with 2x1 gig sticks since you seem to be future proofing your rig....and yes 184 pin is what you need , 240 pin is DDR2 ram for intel rigs.....

and get the "True" power series of Antec's psu's.......not smart power

soulsaver_8229
 
soulsaver_8229 said:
agreed, and get crucial value ram......id go with 2x1 gig sticks since you seem to be future proofing your rig....and yes 184 pin is what you need , 240 pin is DDR2 ram for intel rigs.....

and get the "True" power series of Antec's psu's.......not smart power

soulsaver_8229
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Thanks, I appreciate it. Is crucial just more reliable? Or is it just a personal preferance?

The "true" power vs smart power...do I need the same wattage for the True? And just wondering what the true series has/does over the one I had. Noise? More efficient? Saves energy etc? I have no problem spending 20 dollars more on a psu, but definitely need some details as to the differences.
 
crucial 1 gig sticks are about the cheapest available. good reliablility. good warrantee. where's eclipse?
 
Scherdy said:
Thanks, I appreciate it. Is crucial just more reliable? Or is it just a personal preferance?

The "true" power vs smart power...do I need the same wattage for the True? And just wondering what the true series has/does over the one I had. Noise? More efficient? Saves energy etc? I have no problem spending 20 dollars more on a psu, but definitely need some details as to the differences.
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the diffrence is, i dont think you know enough about computers to use a smart power as you can bump up the 5volt rail i believe? not intirly sure........

and speaking from experince i have a truepower 550, not the 2.0 verion, just single rail....

its great antec psu;s are solid as a rock, i think youll like the truepower better

and yes cruical will yeild better stability, and typiacaly longer life span.....plus lifetime warentee

soulsaver
 
soulsaver_8229 said:
and yes cruical will yeild better stability, and typiacaly longer life span.....plus lifetime warentee

soulsaver
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are there any memory manufacturers who don't offer RAM that carries a lifetime warrantee? crucial, schmucial. if you can spring for corsair sticks, do that as they seem to be pretty SNAFU-proof, elsewise just make a list of 1gb sticks that fall within your budget and throw a dart at it.
 
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