new build, help and comments.

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i'm building a new pc. i don't have a lot of experience(nooooobb) so i would like some opinions on this setup and anything else i would need.

ABIT AN8 SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
it was either an abit or an asus.

ATI 100-435427 Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
i play hl2 games, doom3, and others.


Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply
not positive on power supplies, heard good things about antec. enough power?

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail
also not sure on what specific processor to put in.

CORSAIR XMS 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - Retai
x2 on this.

Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
i'll be using this and probably on of the WD 40gb in my current pc or maybe another one of these eventually.

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SV - Retail
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner - OEM
i have lite-on drives now, i like them except they sometimes are loud? other good drives?

i'm going to put this all in either a lian-li similar to the one i have now or a coolermaster. opinions on that? anything else?


thanks for any help.
 
I think most people will tell you to ditch the X850XT in favor of a 7800GT for a few reasons:

1. Its cheaper
2. Its faster in most things
3. You got a SLI mobo, why not set yourself up for SLI in the future by getting an NVidia card?

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=1

Above is a link to an article with benchmarks that sow a 7800GT and an X850XT.
 
wow, sweet article. i'll might have to ditch the x850xt after reading that. who makes a good 7800GT?
 
eVGA or BFG are both the best GPU manufacturers period, though eVGA tends to be cheaper. Also, you're going to want more than 512 of RAM. Get at least a gig of this, but if you have the extra cash, get these.

Edit: Dump the Raptor. Way too much money for very little space and no noticable performance gain. Get a 250 gig Maxtor with 16MB of cache from ZZF instead.
 
i was buying two of those i have up there. i'll probably buy a single stick of 1gb and then add another at a later time. i didn't mention it earlier, but i plan on spending around $1300, but i might spend more.
 
sc00ter said:
eVGA or BFG are both the best GPU manufacturers period, though eVGA tends to be cheaper. Also, you're going to want more than 512 of RAM. Get at least a gig of this, but if you have the extra cash, get these.

Edit: Dump the Raptor. Way too much money for very little space and no noticable performance gain. Get a 250 gig Maxtor with 16MB of cache from ZZF instead.
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QFT.

Your list looks good.

-J.
 
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