Buying parts for my first build.

[Zero Plasma]

Just post if you see any problems or if its good please.
Thanks, Smoke0

MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum"

Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Tsunami

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm

EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Antec 480 watt NeoPower

Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200

NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive

Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM

 

[Zero Plasma]

bump

 

[Zucarita9000]

Looks pretty solid. What kind of hard drive will you be using?. Will you be overclocking?

 

[Zero Plasma]

No ocing for now mabye the proc in the future.
For now i'm using a new in the box 60gb maxtor I got dirt cheap.
After I save some more money I might get the 300gb maxtor with 16mb buffer.
I'm also using windows xp pro-oem.

 

[Zero Plasma]

bump #2
Is it good?

 

[Xatrix]

Seems solid to me.

Very similar to mine... might want to reconsider the mobo depending on your tastes.. i hear the MSI board is "hit or miss"

 

[Zero Plasma]

what mobo would you say to get?

 

[NeuronBasher]

I've got the MSI board and I've been very happy with mine so far -- granted, it's only been for a week, but it's running well for now. I'm running a 3200+ at 2.4 GHz on the MSI board and I feel like I have some headroom still.

 

[Zero Plasma]

Cool,it was also in an anandtech burys guide.

 

[Goatie]

Looks very good.

If you are planning to overclock in the future, then better ram is in order. If not, then you seem good to go.

 

[Zero Plasma]

Thanks everybody now newegg just needs to get the gpu and mobo in stock and thats it.

 

[Nick5324]

Did you read this ? I don't know if this will change your mind or not, but i thought it was worth pointing out. I don't know what is different about the "Platinum" board, if anything, I'm not up on A64 boards.

 

[superlie]

Is it for gaming? Anyway, more RAM is better than faster RAM.
But getting faster RAM is good for future upgrade.

 

[Zero Plasma]

It' mainly going to be for gaming.

 

[tjaisv]

HSF - Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu

and u don't really need a dvd-rom drive, as the dvd-rw can play dvds just as well