Putting together a new system, comments?

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WCES Ryan

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So I'm about to buy my first system in a long time (current PC is an xp 1800+, got it when I first started college well over 3 years ago), actually the first system that is going to be mine all mine (parents bought the previous systems in my life)... here's what I have picked out so far, what do you guys think?

Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Premium
CPU: AMD Opteron 170
RAM: Either Kingston HyperX or Corsair TwinX, still not 100% decided
GPU: BFG 7800GT OC
Hard drives: (2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA 250gb
PSU: OCZ Modstream 450w
HSF: Thermalright XP-100 w/120mm fan
Monitor: Dell 2005FPW (already on the way!!!!!!!!!!!)

Of course I will need optical drive(s), case, etc, but those are the least of my worries.
 
WCES Ryan said:
So I'm about to buy my first system in a long time (current PC is an xp 1800+, got it when I first started college well over 3 years ago), actually the first system that is going to be mine all mine (parents bought the previous systems in my life)... here's what I have picked out so far, what do you guys think?

Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Premium
CPU: AMD Opteron 170
RAM: Either Kingston HyperX or Corsair TwinX, still not 100% decided
GPU: BFG 7800GT OC
Hard drives: (2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA 250gb
PSU: OCZ Modstream 450w
HSF: Undecided
Monitor: Dell 2005FPW (already on the way!!!!!!!!!!!)

Of course I will need optical drive(s), case, etc, but those are the least of my worries.
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Looks pretty good to me. Howver you may want to get a beefer PSU just in case you decide to go SLI in the future. If you dont care for that then your current PSU will be fine
 
Looks pretty bitchin to me. I wouldn't change a thing, except possibly think about using some cheaper RAM and spending that money on something else, like a nice mouse or some nice case fans and cable management hardware.
 
Thought about that, I figure that kind of stuff is just as easy to buy down the road when I have a few extra dollars and want to do something creative :p
 
WCES Ryan said:
Thought about that, I figure that kind of stuff is just as easy to buy down the road when I have a few extra dollars and want to do something creative :p
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Well there you go. It was hard to come up with something to criticize there, so I had to try :D
 
Thermalright has a newer 120-model massive heatsink, the SI, I think it's called. Works better, a bit more forgiving mounting. But for that kind of gear, why don't you look into watercooling? I mean, that's some serious hardware, will a kit be so much more out of the question?
 
Maybe down the line ;)

The budget isn't unlimited to start with, I want to get what I need for now and there WILL be upgrades later... I make enough to spend a couple hundred here or there on this or that so it'll happen :)
 
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