Just what you wanted! Another newbie asking for build advice.

[Osteole]

Purpose for system
1. World of Warcraft - I play about 20+ hours a week
2. Photo editing and storage - When I do get out of the house (lol) I love to take pictures!
3. HTML Editing/Composing
4. Audiobook and Music ripping and storage.
4. Email and internet browsing.

Buying everything off newegg.com Won't be purchasing any optics, I have a newer DVD RW I bought not to long ago.


CASE
Thermaltake SHARK VA7000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$169

MOTHERBOARD
BIOSTAR TForce4SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
$104

PROCESSOR
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
$219

VIDEO CARD
eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR Geforce 7900GTO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
$245

PSU
Thermaltake W0057RU-01 PurePower TWV ATX 12V 2.0 500W Power Supply 115/230 V CB, CE, FCC, UL, CUL, TUV
$128

SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum 70SB035000003 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
$185

HARD DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
$68

MONITOR
BenQ FP93GX Black 19" 2ms LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch
$223

OS
Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
$89

MEMORY
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
$281

 

[kuqdew]

wtf is wrong wit u?

get c2d

lol

 

[Osteole]

Sorry, I only speak and understand English. All other slang, ebonics please refrain from posting.

THANKS

 

[acegazda]

Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

 

[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

ftw

 

[40sTheme]

Yeah, move to the Core 2 Duo and just overclock the life out of it. It's a much better value than the FX. Otherwise everything else looks fine.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: 40sTheme
Yeah, move to the Core 2 Duo and just overclock the life out of it. It's a much better value than the FX. Otherwise everything else looks fine.

Actually, the sound card that you have on your list is wayyy overpriced. Go with the X-FI XtemeMusic or Onboard. The Onboard will be cheaper...

 

[Kromis]

Ahh, so finally someone says something good about that Foxconn board!

Is it good or bad? Has anyone tried it?

 

[Osteole]

I should have stated before that I'm not interested in overclocking anything.

 

[Osteole]

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

I don't know by what basis you have recommended these items.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: 40sTheme
Yeah, move to the Core 2 Duo and just overclock the life out of it. It's a much better value than the FX. Otherwise everything else looks fine.

Actually, the sound card that you have on your list is wayyy overpriced. Go with the X-FI XtemeMusic or Onboard. The Onboard will be cheaper...

If he really wants that remote, $85AR isn't too bad. (I'm thinking the audiobooks?)

Otherwise yeah, X-Fi for ~$80 or less AR ftw (If he has speakers/headphones to justify it)

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Osteole

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

I don't know by what basis you have recommended these items.

Presumably that they are better is insufficent?

The FX-55 is a good CPU, but the 6300 is 95% as good in single threaded stuff and it's got a spare core to go with it.

Motherboard = Meh.

PSU = High grade PSU not thermaltake junk (as you'd picked out )

RAM= Bad choice, you'll want 533 if you're not overclocking. Even so value is a good thing.

HD = Seagate is a newer drive than yours, 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other really.

With most C2D (core 2 duo) motherboards there is onboard HD sound, which is pretty decent. Unless you've got a decent set of cans or speakers then it's not worth getting an XFI.

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

I like that. But maybe a SLi mobo and the 5150GH 80+ for upgradablility.

-dB

 

[cardiac]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

Originally posted by: Osteole

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

I don't know by what basis you have recommended these items.

Presumably that they are better is insufficent?

The FX-55 is a good CPU, but the 6300 is 95% as good in single threaded stuff and it's got a spare core to go with it.

Motherboard = Meh.

PSU = High grade PSU not thermaltake junk (as you'd picked out )

RAM= Bad choice, you'll want 533 if you're not overclocking. Even so value is a good thing.

HD = Seagate is a newer drive than yours, 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other really.

With most C2D (core 2 duo) motherboards there is onboard HD sound, which is pretty decent. Unless you've got a decent set of cans or speakers then it's not worth getting an XFI.

Right now the FX-55 is $139 AMD FX-55 - $139, and you only have to run DDR400 with it.

The 6300 can't touch the AMD for that price, and the gap really widens if you overclock the FX-55.

Bob

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: Osteole

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

I don't know by what basis you have recommended these items.

uhhh.... best bang for buck?
Ohhh.... if you wanted your components to break down in a year I would have suggested an aspire psu, an ecs board, a no name lcd and you know what, screw a case, just throw it all on a cardboard box and save some cash. Does that sound better?

EDIT: You can get an intel board for like $100 too if ocing is of no interest to you.

 

[ebeattie]

Your case looks identical on the inside to a thermaltake soprano/tsunami. soprano is about 100 shipped. and its not tacky like the shark. my .02

 

[Osteole]

Originally posted by: acegazda

Originally posted by: Osteole

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

I don't know by what basis you have recommended these items.

uhhh.... best bang for buck?
Ohhh.... if you wanted your components to break down in a year I would have suggested an aspire psu, an ecs board, a no name lcd and you know what, screw a case, just throw it all on a cardboard box and save some cash. Does that sound better?

EDIT: You can get an intel board for like $100 too if ocing is of no interest to you.

Is this your system? If I said I had 2k budget, would you recommend something else?

 

[Osteole]

I like the BenQ, Lian case, Mushkin memory, video, HD you suggested

Not sure about the mobo and what is Enhance 5140gh. I can't find that at all.

 

[acegazda]

Actually that is very similar to the rig I want to build, but I want an x1900xt 256mb, and maybe i'll slap a systrin kuformula vf1 on there to quiet it down and cool it better. I also need the optical drives and a mouse (I have a keyboard lying around)
Check this out. It's jonnyguru's review of the enhance 5140gh. In case you don't know jonny, he's the most knowledgable dude for psus. Basically if he says a psu is good, it's GOOD. This one is recommended by him.
The foxconn MoBo is fairly new. There was a review done here comparing it to the gigabyte 965p-dq6. It fared pretty well. This was the intel board I was talking about. It's no frill, just solid quality and it won't fail you.
Hope this helped a bit.

 

[Phlax]

Made a few changes. I'm not pleased with the newegg reviews of Foxconn mobo.

I noticed the Seagate had lower cache value than the one I have listed below. Any value to that?


CASE
LIAN LI PC-7B plus II Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$80!!!


MOTHERBOARD
????


PROCESSOR
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6700
$501


VIDEO CARD
eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR Geforce 7900GTO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
$245

or

?? x1900XT.....which manufacturer??


PSU
Corsair HX520w ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply - Retail
$129


SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
$121


HARD DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
$68


MONITOR
BenQ FP93GX Black 19" 2ms LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch
$223

OS
Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
$89

MEMORY

???

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: acegazda
Better idea
c2d e6300 $180
Foxconn 965pA577 $100
Lian Li pc7b +2 $100
Enhance 5140gh $70
mushkin High-Performance 2GB ddr2-667 $170 AR
7900gto $250
seagate 7200.10 250gb $80
Benq 20.1" ws $270
Onboard sound $0
XP home OEM $90

EDIT: total is ~$1250 All prices are shipped except the RAM

Very nice build.

The only thing I would change would be an Intel, Asus, or Gigabyte board, and a monitor from a better namufacture, NEC, Viewsonic, Acer, ect.