Well I'm attempting to build a new system for myself as a gaming/pvr/digital media editing pc. How's this build? It's just over $1,000 from newegg. I was thinking AMD, but I decided that I'd rather have the quieter technology such as fanless motherboard and the newer technology such as the ddr2 ram, so that when i upgrade down the line, i'll be able to use the ram in another system.
LMK how the build is and if there's anything else, I'm trying to budget around $1,000. Do you think the X-fi soundcard is worth it, if I can trim a little bit of the other stuff?
LITE-ON Black IDE DVD Burner Model SHW-160P6S - OEM
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -
Hauppauge 1062 PCI Interface WinTV-PVR-150 MCE Kit Tuner Card - Retail
GIGABYTE GV-RX80L256V Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video
COOLMAX CP-500T EPS12V 500W Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
mushkin 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered System M
Intel BOXD945PSNLK Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Pentium D 920 Presler 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core Processor Model
LMK how the build is and if there's anything else, I'm trying to budget around $1,000. Do you think the X-fi soundcard is worth it, if I can trim a little bit of the other stuff?
LITE-ON Black IDE DVD Burner Model SHW-160P6S - OEM
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -
Hauppauge 1062 PCI Interface WinTV-PVR-150 MCE Kit Tuner Card - Retail
GIGABYTE GV-RX80L256V Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video
COOLMAX CP-500T EPS12V 500W Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
mushkin 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered System M
Intel BOXD945PSNLK Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Pentium D 920 Presler 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core Processor Model
. I really suggest AMD at the moment. For most applications AMD is just much better. Also AMD's dual cores are much more efficient that intels. The X-FI sound card isn't worth it unless you have some decent speakers. If you only have a deecent set of 2.1's I'd take the onboard sound. It works well enough. The case is fine. THe drive is fine. If you do any gaming I would suggest a better video card. Also suggest dual channel ram and 2x1gb or 2x512. Of course you could always but 1gb and then buy another piece later when you need it. Still I would really suggest AMD
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