- Nov 5, 2004
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okay im getting these parts tomorrow but i dont know what would work best with this stuff... could someone share in their rich knowledge please?
What i know i'm getting:
-Athlon 3500
-Radeon x800 Pro w/vivo (which im going to softmod to an x800xt... but i dont know which brand to buy, any suggestions?)
I'm thinking about buying the MSI Neo2 Platinum mobo, but am open to suggestions if anyone thinks i can build a better system with something else
I was also going to buy a second 160gb s-ata drive to run windows, programs and games from, and store all my music etc on the 160gb sata which i already have... BUT now im considering buying two 80gb satas and running them in Raid 0 instead... good idea guys?
I also don't know what to do about RAM... im gonna buy 1gb of it, but don't know if getting duel channel will make any performance difference (a friend told me that he doesnt think it will on an AMD system)... what do you guys think will work best with this setup, what brand should i get?
i'm not sure about the case either.. i was thinking of getting a thermaltake system.. maybe the tsunami dream (http://www.thermaltake.com/Xas...e/tsunami/bwa/bwa.htm) or another one of their cases.. but i don't know much about cases either so i'm open to any suggestions... i read jpeyton's system buyers guide and for high end systems he/she recommended a lian-li and also that i buy my own power supply.. if i did that i'd probably get the 68$ enermax noisetaker.. but it seems like that is much more expensive and i dont know if its worth it all.. i don't think i'll really want to overclock seeing as its all so fast anyway and i dont trust myself much to overclock with these pricey parts..
also.. should i just use the fan that comes with the athlon 3500 or buy something better?
i really want to end up with a solid system and im spending a lot of my money so i dont wanna screw up... any suggestions or opinions would be really appretiated..
What i know i'm getting:
-Athlon 3500
-Radeon x800 Pro w/vivo (which im going to softmod to an x800xt... but i dont know which brand to buy, any suggestions?)
I'm thinking about buying the MSI Neo2 Platinum mobo, but am open to suggestions if anyone thinks i can build a better system with something else
I was also going to buy a second 160gb s-ata drive to run windows, programs and games from, and store all my music etc on the 160gb sata which i already have... BUT now im considering buying two 80gb satas and running them in Raid 0 instead... good idea guys?
I also don't know what to do about RAM... im gonna buy 1gb of it, but don't know if getting duel channel will make any performance difference (a friend told me that he doesnt think it will on an AMD system)... what do you guys think will work best with this setup, what brand should i get?
i'm not sure about the case either.. i was thinking of getting a thermaltake system.. maybe the tsunami dream (http://www.thermaltake.com/Xas...e/tsunami/bwa/bwa.htm) or another one of their cases.. but i don't know much about cases either so i'm open to any suggestions... i read jpeyton's system buyers guide and for high end systems he/she recommended a lian-li and also that i buy my own power supply.. if i did that i'd probably get the 68$ enermax noisetaker.. but it seems like that is much more expensive and i dont know if its worth it all.. i don't think i'll really want to overclock seeing as its all so fast anyway and i dont trust myself much to overclock with these pricey parts..
also.. should i just use the fan that comes with the athlon 3500 or buy something better?
i really want to end up with a solid system and im spending a lot of my money so i dont wanna screw up... any suggestions or opinions would be really appretiated..