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This is my first attempt at a build. Im trying to do it on a budget. Im not a complete idiot but its my first one, so i dont know what to look out for. Any advice would be appreciated.

Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Linkworld 3210-04-C2628 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model ND-3550A
Thermaltake Big Typhoon CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan with Heatsink
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 300 MB/s Hard Drive
Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model PDC2G3200LLK
RAIDMAX AURORA RX-580F ATX 580Watts Power Supply
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500CGBOX
ASUS EN7600GS SILENT/HTD/512M Geforce 7600GS 512MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card
 
I'm not sure if you're really into gaming or not, but I think that this would be a better video card. With the rebate (if you ever get it back, I'm still waiting on a $15 one from 2 months ago), this card will be in a similar price range as what you were looking at and would be superior: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130017.

Raidmax is on the list of psus to avoid here on [H], maybe look into one from here http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1000883. I understand that price is an issue, but the psu is the single most important component in the computer because it is the only one that can overvolt/blow your components.
If I were you, I would get something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937.

Do you have thermal paste for your cpu cooler?

Also, if you need to shave off cost on anything, I would say drop to 1 GB of memory. Although, 2GB of memory is starting to become more commonplace, so if you want, it might be a good idea to stick with the 2 GB. I'm just saying that if necessary, that would be the first thing to cut costs on.

Other than that, looks like a nice build :)
 
yea.... ok. well it wouldnt of been a bad idea a few months ago. but i would recomend AM2. S939 is doomed. its still supported yes, but everyone buying a new system is urged to go with Socket AM2.

It allows for DDR2 800, Nforce 500, and of couse the massive architectural change of adding.... one (1) pin.

i was about to add a whole bunch of information, but it really would require a lot of writting. so you should instead read up on it somwhere else.... like anand's review or Firingsquad's artical on Nforce 500. Look at some of the benifits the ram Bandwith gets.

you should shop around a little more. go with an AM2 system, with DDR2 800, and Nforce5.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
i was about to add a whole bunch of information, but it really would require a lot of writting. so you should instead read up on it somwhere else.... like anand's review or Firingsquad's artical on Nforce 500. Look at some of the benifits the ram Bandwith gets.
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From your own AnandTech link:
We would say the NVIDIA nForce 500 is more or less nForce4 with a thick layer of pretty icing.
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That said, I too recommend going with AM2 after the price is cut on whatever AM2 CPU you want. Right now, only the prices on the single-core CPUs have dropped, IIRC.
 
I would prob still add a X2 to a personal computer
 
AM2 is probably a wise choice for a new build I think.
 
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