Help me with my new setup :)

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maxamillion

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Below is the listed items I intend to purchase from newegg in the upcoming week. Let me know what you guys think. This will mainly be a above average office pc.

Power Supply:
Thermaltake Pure Power W0073RU 520W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153025
*Note* Open to Suggestions!

Case
Lian Li V COOL PC-V1000B Black Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112072

MEMORY:
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145587

Motherboard:
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131540

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546

CPU Heatsink:
ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118223

Video Card:
POWERCOLOR Radeon X800XL R43C-TVD3D Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131299
*Note* Machine will be used mainly for development and web work but I'm still open to suggestions to other products within the same price range. I will be using both DVI connection for dual LCD setup.

HDD:
Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106

DVD-ROM:
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152047

Again, I appreciate your concern and hopefully you guys can generate some feedback from your experience.

Until Then,
Max
 
PSU: I have a TT and it's been fine, but this one would be a lot better for the price.
Case: Good choice, Lian-Li roxors
Memory: Too pricey for the quality. Get this instead.
Motherboard: Good, Asus also rocks.
Processor: With that gigantic HSF you may as well OC, in which case you should get this.
HSF: Good.
GPU: Eh, spend the extra cash and get this.
HDD: 80 gigs seems kind of small..I'd get at least 160.
DVD: Good.
 
*looks for flux capacitor*

above average office pc eh? everything is overkill.. except for the hard drive.. which looks like it has been overlooked. i would look into a 160gb seagate 7200.7 at the very least :) but preferably a wd raptor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034

i wish my web development machine at work was remotely close to as powerful as what youre going to build :eek:
 
I will have another 500 GB external hard drive with this system so the 80 GB shouldn't be a problem as it will only store my applications and windows :)

Again, thanks for all the great feedback and keep them coming!
 
That system isn't an overkill! Add a Phase-cooling system, Fx-57 OCed to 3.0 Ghz OR 2x Dual Core Opterans (275s?) + , 2x 7800GTXs and 2 GB of PC4800 OCZ Ram and then it will be an overkill :p
 
{NcsO}ReichstaG said:
That system isn't an overkill! Add a Phase-cooling system, Fx-57 OCed to 3.0 Ghz OR 2x Dual Core Opterans (275s?) + , 2x 7800GTXs and 2 GB of PC4800 OCZ Ram and then it will be an overkill :p
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theres still no flux capacitor :(
 
Max, this machine is a really big overkill if you're just going to be using it as an "above average office pc." Are you gaming on it occasionally as well? Plan on overclocking it?

Lord knows, if you wanna spend the money, then go for it. The only problem I see with the system (and i don't know why anyone else hasn't caught this yet) is that the Lian-Li case you have picked out installs the motherboard upside down. The Asus motherboard you have listed has a heatpipe cooling system for the chipset. When it's installed upside down like that, the heatpipe doesn't work correctly (due to the liquid pooling at the wrong end) and you're going to have some pretty bad temperature problems with that chipset.

I'd suggest either swapping out the motherboard for the A8N-SLI Deluxe (which has a fan for chipset cooling) or change to a case the installs the motherboard rightside up.
 
That's exactly my point. It was rhetorical. Why does he have all of these high-end parts when he's just going to be using it for office work 90% of the time and he's not going to be seeing that much of a performance increase unless he was gaming on it or overclocking. But, as I stated afterwards:

EmptyFlame said:
Lord knows, if you wanna spend the money, then go for it.
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I do intend to play wc3:frozen throne from time to time but we all know that doesn't require much power :)

In terms of the case issue. I might just use my current coolermaster case instead of purchasing a new one as it works fine.

To answer your questions about the demand I have for such a system in my profession. I just like preparing for the future and I rather purchase something that's quality instead of just using it for the time being.
 
maxamillion said:
To answer your questions about the demand I have for such a system in my profession. I just like preparing for the future and I rather purchase something that's quality instead of just using it for the time being.
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QFT - even though we like to joke about it being overkill :D
 
I'm also thinking of going with a koolance water cooled case. Have you guys had experience with such compnents and how is the installation?

Thanks!
 
Unless you're overclocking, there is no reason to get water cooling. It's not silent (because of fans on most reservoir/radiators), so if that's the motive, i think you'll be fine with that CNPS9500 from Zalman, or get a Thermaltake XP-120 or Zalman 7700 and put a 120mm Nexus or Panaflow fan on it.
 
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