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Building my first computer

no need for that sound card or any for that matter for the speakers youre getting, also that power supply is a POS only 15a on the 12volt rail get somethign from antec like a smartpower 500w or a true power 480 they are around $75 but they are worth it.
 
ya, the recommendation list was slightly old and said nforce 3, ill look into that, ill get a lower end sound card.
But, why not the faster processor? i noticed it was very cheap is there something wrong with it?
 
Originally posted by: PotatoSandWitch
sorry if wrong, dont know much (yet), but it says the mobo is a socket 754 too.
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that's not what's wrong, 754 is outdated. You should get 939 for much more future proofing.
 
Get Socket 939, and nForce4.

-Coolermaster Cavalier 3 ($55)
-Antec Smartpower 400W ($55)
-EPOX 9NPA+Ultra ($105)
-X800XL ($250)
-2x512MB Corsair ValueSelect ($80)
-3000+ Venice OEM ($117, I saw an excellent deal somewhere)
-XP-90 + Panaflo L1A 92mm ($50)
-Seagate 120GB ($85)
-BenQ DVD Burner ($45)
-Floppy ($5)
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$847

You've got about $500 left. Spend about $300 on the monitor. $60 on keyboard/mouse. The other $140 on sound card + speakers.

-The Pentium Guy


 
no you need a real PSU a good one for you'd probably be a xclio 450w $53 @ newegg. or check out some of fortron or enermax's offerings.
 
i gotta go, thanks everyone, will resume my quest to get a good pc tomorrow 🙂
still looking for a case and PSU, THANKS FOR ADVICE
i love this site already
 
Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
You still haven't typed up your parts next to the link. We here at anandtech are lazy 😉.
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sigh....

ATRIX 4in1 Combo CSCI-L8003-C43 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 480W Prescott Version Power Supply

EPoX EP-9NPAJ Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard

Thermaltake Silent Boost K8

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice

SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP1213C 120GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150

eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16

CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB)

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM

ALTEC LANSING VS2220 5 Watts RMS

AG Neovo F-419 (R12) Black 19" 12ms LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 500:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch
 
Potato... case + PSU + keyboard + mouse + speakers for $45 is scary. All are going to be crappy at that price.

You can skim some cash off from the ram. You can get corsair valueram or something like it for $80.

I know you're already looking, but I think the major thing is to get a better PSU/case.

Look at Antec for combos otherwise get a name brand PSU and whatever case you want.
Seasonic, OCZ, Fortron, Sparkle, Antec, Enermax, etc. for PSU.

For $30-ish speakers, I think x-230s would be a better option.

 
Thanks for typing that up 😀.

Here we go:
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB)
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Read the first thread on the CPUs, Processors and Overclocking forum and you'll want Corsair ValueSelect.

AG Neovo F-419 (R12) Black 19" 12ms LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 500:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch
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Haven't heard of this company. I generally buy Viewsonic products.

ALTEC LANSING VS2220 5 Watts RMS
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You sure you want 5W speakers? ..... Try the Logitech X530's 😉.

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM
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Yo.... get a BenQ DVD Burner as opposed to a DVD ROM.



 
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