How's this for my first build?

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General Crespin

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This is a computer for my sisters and brother. Oblivion will be played on it, but doesn't need to be at uber-high settings (unlike my computer ;)). Also probably going to be used for school and the like.

This will be the first computer I'll have built, so I'm looking forward to it. :)

Lian-Li PC-6077B

Enermax Noisetaker 485W, only thing I'm not really sure about.

Asus A8N-E, will not be going SLI so this should suffice?

AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+, I have my 4400+ HSF that I'll put on it. After experiencing dual-core there's no way I can go back.

Corsair XMS TwinX1024-3200C2

WD Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB

eVGA GeForce 7600GT @ 600/1560

NEC 16x DVD±R ND-3550A

$10 floppy drive

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'm open. Thanks!
 
Wow, pretty nice build for for siblings. I would have gone cheaper with a single core 3500+ and some value ram, but that is because I'm cheap. ;)
 
What a good brother you are.

Anyway the CPU and Graphics card a bit much. Unless your siblings play lots of games that need to be on high settings, just like you, then the CPU and graphics card are overkill. Downgrade to a 3500+ and maybe a 6600GT. Save you some money
 
im surprised no one would build a computer like that for their siblings :( wheres the love? :)

yeh its all good apart from to future proof get 2 gigs of ram
 
nice build, that should last them a pretty long time. Only thing i would do different is downgrade the video card abit. Now if only i can get my bro to buy me a dual core....
 
Mayhs said:
any 7600 reviews i havent bothered to look at them...
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There are lots. You should look for them.

Getting back on topic... if you have the money to spend - go for it. There is nothing wrong with your build. I'm just jealous because your siblings will have a better computer than I have.
 
dual core for the siblings... sweet. What baout your personal computer, whats the specs for that?
 
I'm going dual-core and 7600GT for two reasons: longer before upgrading, and because they all play Morrowind (and now Oblivion). ;) I could go 3500+ or something, but like I said, I've tasted dual-core goodness.

My own personal specs are, in a Lian-Li PC-71:
X2 4400+
2GB
XFX 7800 GTX OC
X-Fi XM

Forgot to say, I'll be putting my old Santa Cruz Turtle Beach in, that should more than suffice.

Back to Oblivion now. :)
 
Just finished building my sister's computer, it's formatting the hard drive right now. :D

Lian-Li PC-6077B
Enermax 500W modular
ASUS A8N-E
AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+
1GB Mushkin
eVGA GeForce 7600 GT
WD 250GB Caviar SE16
Lite-On DVD±RW

So far, the only problem was that the first time we tried to install Windows it said that dmboot.sys was corrupted, but moving the IDE cable to the other port on the mobo solved that.

This is the first time I've built a computer from the ground up, so go me. Only thing I'm concerned about is the thermal grease on the CPU. Using the HSF from my X2 4400+ and AS Ceramique. BIOS reported CPU at 33°C so so far so good.
 
i bet your sister is over the moon :)

is 33 your idle temp? maybe youve applied too much/not good contact between hsf and chip? or it might just be hot where you live :p
 
General Crespin said:
Mayhs, it is warm here, yeah. What's a good CPU temp to try to aim for?
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thats fine for idle then....but for load try and keep it under 50
 
Been running a copy of Prime95, one on each core, for the last 45 minutes, topping at out 45°C.. not too shabby. ;) I'll see how it does in a few days after the thermal grease has had time to settle in, or whatever.
 
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