Building A Computer

onggie

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This computer is a multi purpose computer used for music recording, gaming, office apps, dvd aurthoring, etc.

I have always been an Intel user, but after a lot of convincing I have decided to try out the AMD chips.

Just to mention, I am on a strict budget and I say this all the time, but people still say "why not put a 7800GTX or something like that? It's only an extra $100!"

CPU:
AMD® Athlon? 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ SOCKET 939 64-bit with HyperTransport Technology, 1MB cache - BOXED

Motherboard:
A8N-SLI PREMIUM - S939,NFORCE4 SLI,2PCIE

Graphics
InnoVISION GF 6800GS 256MB 256bit DDR3, PCI-Express X16 interface, DVI, HDTV out, 425MHz Core Clock, 1000MHz Memory Clock, supports Direct X9c Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 1.5; NVIDIA technologies: SLI Ready, CineFX 3.0, Intellisample 3.0, UltraShadow, PureVideo, ForceWare, nView, Digital Vibrance Control 3.0, High-Precision Dynamic-Range (HPDR) technology; Package Include: Colin Mcrae rally 04, WinDVD Creator2, WinDVD5, S-video to Composit video cable.

Ram:
Corsair TWINX2048-3200 2GB (2x XMS1GB) PC-3200 Dual Ch. DDR RAM, 2x128Mx64non-ECC, 184-pin DIMMs, Unbuffered, 3-3-3-8, 64Mx8 DRAMs, Heat Spreader, Lifetime warranty, Designed in USA

Hard Drive:x3
Seagate ST3250823AS SATA NCQ 250G 8MB 7200.8

The sound card is for recording, so don't worry about the sucky speakers
Sound Card:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum with I/O Drive & IR Remote

Case:
Cooler Master? Centurion 5 Silver - 5 x 5.25" Bays, 6x 3.5" Bays, Supoorts 1x 80mm Front & 1x 120mm Blue LED Fan

PSU:
500W "Antec" (USA) Neo Highly Efficient v2.2 ATX and EPS12V Power Supply

DVD ROM:
LG DVD Rom Black 16X Drive OEM

DVD Burner:
Asus DRW-1608P

Monitor:
Samsung 940B 19" LCD Monitor, Black Colour, 1280x1024 Max. Resolution, 8ms Response Time, 0.294mm Pixel Pitch, Brightness: 270cd/m2, 700:1 Contrast Ratio, 160/160 Viewing Angle, MagicColor, MagicBright2, MagicZone, MagicTune with Asset Management, Safe Mode(Down Scaling in UXGA), Connectors: 15pin D-Sub & DVI-D

Note once again since some people seem to skip over this point the first time :p The sound card is for recording, so don't worry about the sucky speakers
Speakers:
ACSP2500 Inspire 2500 2.1 speakers

Floppy Driver:
Sony 3.5" 1.44Mb Black Floppy Drive, MPF920Z121

Heat Sink:
Thermaltake CL-P0114 Big Typhoon - 4 in 1 Cooler

Mouse:
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer With Tilt Wheel, Five Programmable Buttons, Accelerated Scrolling

Keyboard:
Multimedia Keyboard with Hot keys, Enhanced F keys, Zoom slider; and Optical Wheel Mouse; Interface: USB with a PS/2 adapter)

Any comments are welcome! Thank you
 

wetcat007

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Looks like a good setup to me. Good choice on AMD X2, much better than the Pentium D. Please no flames lol.
 

Wentelteefje

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Looks fine... What shop is that? Newegg?

EDIT: If you're only going to stick with one graphics card, take yourself a nForce4 Ultra, it will make it cheaper, while performing (and overclocking) just as good... With the extra bucks you gain, you could indeed look out for a faster video card...
 

onggie

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Jul 15, 2005
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Thanks for the comments!

No I'm Aussie so I can't buy off Newegg, I'm also missing out of the middle, middle man :). Which means I get all my PC parts at distributor prices :) So I save around $600 to $1000

Also I have never heard about InnoVISION (Inno3d) but this leadtek card just came avalible!

But think i'll but that instead.

Leadtek WinFast PX6800GS SLi 256MB PCI Express Graphics card
 

onggie

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Jul 15, 2005
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I think I will go with Leadtek....

EDIT: I have decided to change my motherboard to a

ABIT AN8 motherboard, nVidia nForce4 single chipset for 939-pin Socket for AMD Athlon 64/64FX, HT2000 (HyperTransport System Bus 2000 MT/s), 4 x 184-pin DIMM sockets (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM), Dual channel DDR 400/333/266 (Max 4GB), 1 x PCI Express X16 slot, 2 x PCI Express X1, 3 x PCI slots, 4 x SATA 150 RAID 0/1/0+1/JBOD, ATA 133/100/66/33, Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) LAN, Native nVidia Firewall, 2 x IEEE1394, up to 10 x USB2.0, 5.1-Channel Audio, S/PDIF In/Out, ABIT technologies include: AMD CPU Cool 'n' Quiet Technology, µGuru (ABIT OC Guru/ABIT EQ/ABIT Flash Menu/ABIT Black Box), CPU ThermalGuard, OTES, AudioMAX; ATX form factor