How Good is This Setup?

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Tiburon

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Ok I'm about to pull the trigger on this new rig. Thanks to everyone in the forums for helping me with my research I have learned ALOT. I started out puter retarded and I've graduated to semi-retarded. Lemme know what you think of this setup. Are there any conflictions? Anything I'm missing?

edit: I'll just post each individual link

Casse Antec Solution SLK3000-B
Power Supply XCLIO
Processor AMD Athlon 64 3700+

MotherBoard MSI K8N NEO4-F
Memory 1 gb Crucial DDR PC3200
Video Card AOpen PX6800GTt
Hard Drive Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200S0
Optical Drive LITE-ON
Monitor SAMSUNG 990DF-Black 19"
 
Word of wisdom: you can't post links of your shopping cart where other people can see it lol. Make a wishlist and we can see it I think.
 
1. That is an incredibley ugly looking case if you ask me. For a dollar less, you could get something so much easier on the eyes. Link

2. I never heard of that psu manufacturer so I wouldnt recommend it. But I do however, recommend the S12-430 as it is made by SeaSonic (the only psu manufacturer with a whopping 80% efficiency) and are supposedly very quiet.

3. I noticed you have parts selected from different stores. If you ask me, its much less of a hassle to order all from one store rather than multiple ones. Its worth the extra price (if there is any). But dont get me wrong, some items can be bought for ALOT cheaper, and that is when I would suggest it. Such as ordering HTPC cases from newegg, you can buy the same cases roughly 50 bucks less from pcalchemy. But still, you should keep multiple orders at a 2 store maximum.

4. You didnt correctly link to some of the parts, so we have no idea what the exact model is. The ram and cd-drive.

5. I believe it was someone from this forum that suggested me a NEC dvd burner. NEC supposedly is the king of optical drives, and if youre going to want a dvd burner, this one here has nero software included.

(stay tuned... I edit alot :D)
 
the psu is made from the same manufacturers that make Antec...on the PSU buying guide thread in this forum it was the PSU of the month or something. I'm pretty boring when it comes to cases, I don't go to lan parties and I don't really plan on staring at it much so I'm just more interested in how it performs.

I appreciate the comments...does anyone see any possible conflicts?
 
hmmm...on second thought that case is pretty nice looking and seems to perform pretty well...thank you.
 
Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with that case, I've thought about buying it as well a few times. Looks good so far.
 
are you going to be using the onboard audio or did you forget an audio card? the alc850 audio sounds good, but i'd get a dedicated sound card.
 
Onboard audio is probably good enough for me. I have a soundblaster card in my other computer I can steal from if I need to :p.
 
The first case you listed looks fine to me. the biggest thing being the fan in front where you'd put your HD's. and the 3 1/2" bays all the way down.

as far as optical drives, I've picked up the NEC 3540A for around 50 bucks and I can't honestly recommend anything else. I almost picked up two.
 
What about the harddrive? I'm very nervous about this part and have changed my mind about a hundred times and this is really the only part of my new rig I'm nervous about.
 
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