Need advice on new PC

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Edeka

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Here is my newegg wishlist.
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...sition=HISTORY&ID=1485896&WishListTitle=My+PC

The only thing I have changed is I am going to buy the 3700+ at Zipzoomfly for $278.

Is there anything you guys think I need to change? Any cables I will need to purchase?

Somethings I am iffy on:
Whether the PSU has enough power for the system
If my Hard-drive comes with the needed SATA cable

P.S. I don't want to upgrade anything to make it quite a bit more expensive. I can't go much higher than it is now, as parents are paying for half of it.
 
newegg wants me to log in...if you can post it that'd be cool. Oh, and SATA cables come with the motherboard.
 
That's an interesting CPU heatsink/fan...I don't know anything about it personally though.
 
I heard it was awesome on the IGN hardware board.

Any more advice?
 
Bump for today. Can I please get some more opinions? People are helping everyone but me.... :(
 
Dispite what some may say, 420watts of QUALITY power is fine (its rare for an amd based system to draw more then 300watts... the one in my sig has a max of 205watts). 420watts of cheap (im talking -12V rail at -9.8V) power is somethign to avoid. Also, you need to find out how the OCZ "rates" their power supplies. does it have a max output of 420watts at 70ºF or at 95ºF? A psu rated at 420 watts at 70ºF and running at 95ºF will not be able to output its rated 420, could be more in the mid 350's. Temperature plays a role, and this is why the PC P&C are "rated" conservitively, as most others just put claims of the PSU at very cool temps. Have you checked out a 100$ PC P&C 510watt PSU that fits your motherboard? They are really nice!

Everything else seems ok. The heatsink I have no experience, but if your looking for an alternitive, the Thermalright XP90 with a Panasonic panaflo 92mm fan and some artic silver 5 will work wonders.

The hard drive most likely will NOT come with the SATA cables, same goes for the OEM NEC drive. Your motherboard "may" include these cables, but that's something to double check.

I say stick with that case, the Lian Li's are SWEET! I personally have their PC75 case. Its a beauity.

The only one thing that I did not notice was a sound card. Are you ok with onboard audio?

Other then that, it should be a very fast computer. Enjoy it!

~Hope this helps
 
I have the Zalman 7000B CU and to quote Peter Griffin "It's freaking sweet!" Quiet as a mouse on full spin and in my windowed case looks quite awesome. Oh yeah, it keeps the CPU pretty cool as well. I don't have the one with the LED's, but otherwise it's the same.

I'm no math major, but I did stay at a Holiday Express...but you're only saving $1.00 by buying the processor at ZipZoomFly. I'd just as well get it at Newegg, and be sure that everything is going to arrive at the same time and in a timely manner. You'll probably save on the shipping as well.

Otherwise, good luck with the install, everything looks good.
 
The case is great and is not really expensive, but if you want to cut costs you could get a cheaper one. There are even soem nice ones around $50 such as the Chieftec Dragons and the Cooler Master Centurion 5.

The OCZ Powerstream 520w is a great PSU. It will have no problem handling your rig. Some other options would be the Seasonic S12-600 or the Sparkle FSP550-60PLG. The Sparkle being the most capable and actually the cheapest. The OCZ is a more capable supply then the Seasonic because of its beefier single +12v rail, but any of these would work great for your rig and the Seasonic is extremely quiet. Even a Fortron AX500-A would be fine, but is not anywhere near as capable as the others listed.

I really think that RAM is a waste of money. Unless you are really looking to get the absolute best perfromance possible out of your RAM I would just suggest value RAM. The difference in real-world performance will be small and it will not limit your CPU overclock while using a divider.

Get the XP-90 w/ 92mm Panaflo for the heatsink.
 
KoolDrew said:
The case is great and is not really expensive, but if you want to cut costs you could get a cheaper one. There are even soem nice ones around $50 such as the Chieftec Dragons and the Cooler Master Centurion 5.
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Some people find the "pre mod" cases very ugly, and the OP might just be one of them, so for 40$... splurge.


kooldrew said:
I really think that RAM is a waste of money. Unless you are really looking to get the absolute best perfromance possible out of your RAM I would just suggest value RAM. The difference in real-world performance will be small and it will not limit your CPU overclock while using a divider.
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Yea, the diffrecen between ram is so insignificat at this point..... Heck, even the diffrecen between single channell and dual channell is mostly trivial to the mid budget computer.

kooldrew said:
Get the XP-90 w/ 92mm Panaflo for the heatsink.
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Some people find the "pre mod" cases very ugly, and the OP might just be one of them, so for 40$... splurge.
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Yes, but I was simply just giving him suggestions. If he doesn't want a different case it is fine by me. The Lian-Li is far from a bad purshase.
 
Wow... thanks for all the help. If it doesn't come with the cabels needed, I can always pick those up at Best Buy since I work there.

To the person who asked about the price difference on the CPU between NE and ZZF, Newegg just lowered their price yesterday, so I am going to get it at Newegg now.
 
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