quick build critique

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feel free to throw your $.02 my way or a couple hundred if you feel so inclined.

$250 ASUS A8N-E
Athlon 64 3200+ Venice (Tech Tour)
Stock cooler
$295 Sapphire x800XL $295
$190 OCZ Plat. Rev. 2 or OCZ EL PC4000 VX Gold, (same price) either way 2x512
$ 50 NEC 3520a
$141 WD 300GB SATA @ newegg (3yr.)
$ 75 Antec Super LanBoy

the tech tour stuff is certain, as is the video card. need suggestions one way or the other about the RAM. what PSU? i looked around, but couldn't find one under $100 (prefer ~80) with 25+amps on 12V line. ideas there? and last but not least, sugestions on a case would be nice. i like the lanboy because it's aluminum and has 2x120mm fans. the build is for a high school senior, headed to college, so "small" (not full-tower, like me) and "light" are good. both terms are relative, i know.

so, do your worst!

 
Spectre said:
But there are others that will work. What do you want from it? Quiet? Looks? Modular cables? etc.
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performance first, quiet second, looks third

and why has no one else said anything? c'mon people!?!

 
im just preaching for my own stuff here, but i really like the ocz modstream's

im happily running my system on mine, no problems at all - looks good and its nice and quiet
 
Ok so for those criteria look at the following:

ATX12v1.3

TTGI/SuperFlower 550W, 14cm Fan (30amps on 12v, 14cm fan is dead silent, and looks good. I have this PSU....actually the review at SLCentral is my unit)
http://www.directron.com/tt550k14.html

OCZ ModStream 450W (26A on 12v, 12cm fan, fairly quiet, looks good. Warning though the main ATX is short in some cases)
http://www.directron.com/ocz45012u.html


ATX12v2.0

ENERMAX EG425P-VE SFMA 2.0 ATX12V 420W (Strong for the price with 18amps on each 12v not additive, not so quiet, nicely finished)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103459

Fortron Blue Storm AX500-A ATX12V 460W (Strong 15amps on each 12v not additive, fairly quiet 12cm fan, some like the color, can be found cheaper by shopping around)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104934

The ANtec I listed earlier, and for quiet the Seasonic's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151023
 
i have the ocz rev. 2 ram and the same dvd drive as u and have had no problems as of yet with them...i believe the ocz VX ram needs high voltages to get high speeds and low timings...while the rev. 2 is TCCD and requires less voltage but will have a bit looser timings...i dont think the asus board can give high voltages like the DFI board...are u gonna be overclockin?
 
lcboyee1123 said:
i have the ocz rev. 2 ram and the same dvd drive as u and have had no problems as of yet with them...i believe the ocz VX ram needs high voltages to get high speeds and low timings...while the rev. 2 is TCCD and requires less voltage but will have a bit looser timings...i dont think the asus board can give high voltages like the DFI board...are u gonna be overclockin?
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i have the NEC myself, no questions on that one, it stays.

i personally have the TCCD OCZ Plat. Rev. 2, but the Plat. Rev. 2 being sold now is TCC5. supposedly same quality/performance as the TCCD though. i can't seem to find the max voltage the A8N-E will output for the RAM... i know the DFI does an insane 4.0V.

probably no OC'ing for a year? (unsure), as this will be quite a performance upgrade for the user, no need to void warranty's yet.
 
I would ditch the stock cooler and spring for a Zalman CNPS-7000B ALCU or CU. Much quieter and effective than stock. Will cost a few $$ more, but IMHO, it's worth it.
 
Have to say how surprised I was at how quiet my stock cooler is. It's pretty efficient too.

I'm in no hurry to upgrade it, like I normally would.

As for PSU's I love my Enermax Noisetaker 485W. Out of all the kit that arrived for my new build a few months ago, that was the item that really impressed me. Powerful, quiet and fantastically finished. :)
 
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