help spec a few components

[jacito]

My brother and I are building 2 new machines. So far I've got an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.6GHz Black Edition and an ECS A780GM-A ATX MB.

He has an Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2.0GHz 1MB 800MHz and a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L ATX MB.

We need some help picking out cases, RAM, and cooling equipment. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

cheers,
Jacito

 

[jacito]

any one?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

sorry, this goes in general hardware.

Right away, I would tell you guys to get more RAM, good 2x2GB DDR2-800 kits.

Your machines aren't that hot, so you can get away with something like the arctic freezer pro 7 (brother) and 64 (you)

Cases is a matter of preference.

 

[ther00kie16]

Looks like you want to overclock, then don't choose ECS cuz they suck at overclocking. And if you are eyeing 780g, choose one of the brands that will support 125W Phenom 9850 because then you can be assured of plenty of power from the board for overclocking and potential future upgrades.