my new comp--advice

[dispair]

CASE:X-Cruiser
CPU:AMD ATHLON64 3700+ San Diego
HDD: 2x80GB SATA150 - Seagate 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive-Raid MOTHERBOARD:ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe
MEMORY: 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz DDR (Corsair Value Select)
OS: WinXP Professional
POWERSUPPLY: Super Alien 500w
VIDEO: NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB

WEll this is it in a nut shell. I'm still planning on building me my retail edge machine which is the pentium d 820. I just want some feedback on if i wasted my money with the system above. I went with the CVS cuz i heard it overclocks easily to xms quality, and that xms is honestly not that great of an oc'r. if i'm wrong let me know, and i'll gladly make the easy fix next time around.

 

[suszterpatt]

AMD 64's are not very impressed by extra low timings. The Corsair value RAM will do just fine, even without OC'ing.

 

[love2skate824]

get a better brand psu from antec, seasonic, fortron, enermax, pc p&c, ocz..
also take a look at some differnet cases.

Other than that looks pretty decent, maybe get a dfi, msi, or epox board instead, but the asus is fine. the dfi and msi and epox oc better though.

 

[KoolDrew]

The case is ugly, IMO, but get whatever looks good to you. I like the Cooler Master Centurion 5.

I really would not even bother with a 3700+. I would just go with a 3000+ and overclock it or spend a little more on a dual-core.

If you were planning on running RAID-0, don't even bother. It offers no performance advantage in most things and it significantly reduces reliability. Both Anandtech and StorageReview did articles that show this.

Don't even bother with an SLI motherboard, it is a waste of money. I would suggest the Epox NF4 Ultra board.

Corsair VS is fine, but I would suggest Crucial value. It overclocks very well for a reasonable price.

Just drop down to Windows XP Home. I doubt you will need any of the extra feutures Pro includes.

Don't get a crappy PSU. I would suggest a Fortron AX450-PN.

 

[KoolDrew]

I'm still planning on building me my retail edge machine which is the pentium d 820

Why not just have one machine? An X2 would be a better choice then a Pentuim D anyway.

 

[dispair]

well as seeing that my idea for that perfect system didn't fly too well. I've done some rearranging. Mind you, I still am debating the 3700+ san diego(as it is better for gaming) vs the 3800x2. I've heard debates on both sides...but here is the revised machine. I need to order this within the next few hours..so yea.

CASE: Silverstone Temjin SST-TJ01 Workstation Aluminum Case 420 WATT
CPU: (939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 X2 3800 CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
FLOPPY: 1.44 MB FLOPPY DRIVE
HDD: 160GB Hard Drive (SATA150 - Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache)MOTHERBOARD: (Sckt939)MSI K8N NEO4-F
MEMORY: 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair Value Select)
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
POWERSUPPLY: Enermax EG565P 535 Watt Power Supply
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card

 

[KoolDrew]

I would still just get XP. Also, the case comes with a PSU, so you don't need the Enermax. For sound, depending on your speakers, you would probably be fine with onboard.