My new Computer, Advice needed please.

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BlueElite06

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Hi all, I'm new to the forums and, well, I thought this would be the best place to post this question.

I am desprate about this build because I want it to be perfect (At least perfect for my budget) So, I thought the pros (You guys) Could lend some advice.

Here are the parts I have listed thus far, note I havent ordered anything yet.

Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568
VideoCard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130247
I am going for SLI but I think at first I can only afford one.
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103932

To avoid links this is all of it:
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe ATX AMD Motherboard
EVGA Geforce 7800GT 256-P2-N515-AX 445/1070
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V 550W Power Supply

Now, things I dont have a clue on:
Ram, Case, And Hard Drive (Well i have one, its a 80 gig Sata 7200 I forget the brand =() I just need advice on what i should do now, or anything I should change. what you see now is what I can afford as of now, I plan on SLIng the 7800 GT in about 2 months.

As for a Case, I would like one under 70$ With great air flow and a decent look.



Thanks
~BlueElite
 
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BlueElite06

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Im pretty sure ill need a 500 watt + for SLI, And i thought only certain PSU's worked...Like they had certain plugs on them. Can anyone clear that up?
 
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Welcome to AT.

Looks like you have some nice stuff picked out.
Have you thought about going dual core for the CPU?

You have a nice monitor to take advantage of the resolutions that 7800gt SLI is going to be good for, right?

For the case, it's a lot of personal preference. I'm partial for Antec and Lian-Li.

There's a 400gig WD out that looks pretty appealing
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2628
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200510/WD4000YR_1.html

For the ram, budget ram will actually work fine, but depending on if you're overclocking and such, you might want to look into some more expensive stuff.
 
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hurtstotalktoyou

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What you have so far is nice, but it's pretty expensive. For example, just get an Opteron 146 and overclock it. It should reach the same speed as the 3700+ can, but it's a little cheaper. Also, that ASUS board is very much overpriced. Just get an Epox 9NPA+ SLI. You could save money on the PSU by going with a Fortron Source.

If you already have a SATA drive, just get another and run them in RAID 0. I'm not sure if it has to be the same make/model, so you might want to check that out.

Corsair's and OCZ's value lines are good RAM choices for a build of this budget. They're very reliable.

A case is a case. Get whatever's cheap.

 
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BlueElite06

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My monitor should be fine. I did think about Dual CPU but its quite expensive, and I don't know how much better it would suit me than the 3700. I only game, thus very rarely run more than one game at a time.
 
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BlueElite06

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The mobo may be a problem, its so hard to get ><. But I want it to take full advantage of SLI. I have only heard good things about it. But thats still something i may change. I was also looking at the SLI A8N-Premium Board.
 
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Originally posted by: BlueElite06
The mobo may be a problem, its so hard to get ><. But I want it to take full advantage of SLI. I have only heard good things about it. But thats still something i may change. I was also looking at the SLI A8N-Premium Board.
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If you want to take full advantage of SLI then you'll want the latest nVidia drviers which support dual-core. Which means you'll also want a dual-core chip.

I say SLI the cheapest quality 24 pipeline 7800.. which happens to be the $470 eVGA

As for case.. quality is only $51 shipped

Get the Seasonic S12-500 if you're going to have $600+ worth of video cards in your system.
 
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Originally posted by: BlueElite06
The mobo may be a problem, its so hard to get ><. But I want it to take full advantage of SLI. I have only heard good things about it. But thats still something i may change. I was also looking at the SLI A8N-Premium Board.
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Yeah, the board seems to be very good, but in general, SLI is not a really great way to go imo.

If you have a really big budget though, I guess go ahead with SLI.

Seems to make more sense to me to get a single good card and then wait for the next gen of cards to come out and upgrade rather than buying two cards from the same generation.
 
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BlueElite06

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My thought was by going SLI i should be set not to have to upgrade for a while (As 2 of these cards should be able to power games for at elast 2 years, i hope?) because I'm going into college soon, and I don't think i can afford many upgrades after this one.
 
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ShadowBlade

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Welcome to AT.

That motherboard is probably the best SLi board on the market.

Video card(s) is/are great. eVGA has the best warranty of any manufacturer of any computer part.

If you strictly game when gaming, thats a great CPU. But if you do other things like instant message or use a web browser while gaming, then you would probably want to go with a dual core 3800+ for about $100 more.

As for the PSU, I reccomend the Fortron AX500-A. (or to save a few dollars, go with the unsleeved version. IIRC the model number for that is AX500.)

For RAM, youre gonna want to go with a minimum of 1GB, preferably in one stick. Corsair ValueSelect for the lower end (but still great quality) and OCZ Platinum for the high end.

For the hard drive, I reccomend the WD 400GB drive with 16MB cache. Performance difference between that and a 74GB raptor is less than 1%

The case, any Antec, Lian-Li or Chenming. My personal favorite being the Antec P180 or the Antec Super Lanboy. Not 100% sure on the Lanboy, but I think both are over $70 :(
 
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unfalliblekrutch

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Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
But if you do other things like instant message or use a web browser while gaming, then you would probably want to go with a dual core 3800+ for about $100 more.
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I don't know that instant messaging and web browsing require a dual core ;-)
 
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BlueElite06

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Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
Welcome to AT.

That motherboard is probably the best SLi board on the market.

Video card(s) is/are great. eVGA has the best warranty of any manufacturer of any computer part.

If you strictly game when gaming, thats a great CPU. But if you do other things like instant message or use a web browser while gaming, then you would probably want to go with a dual core 3800+ for about $100 more.

As for the PSU, I reccomend the Fortron AX500-A. (or to save a few dollars, go with the unsleeved version. IIRC the model number for that is AX500.)

For RAM, youre gonna want to go with a minimum of 1GB, preferably in one stick. Corsair ValueSelect for the lower end (but still great quality) and OCZ Platinum for the high end.

For the hard drive, I reccomend the WD 400GB drive with 16MB cache. Performance difference between that and a 74GB raptor is less than 1%

The case, any Antec, Lian-Li or Chenming. My personal favorite being the Antec P180 or the Antec Super Lanboy. Not 100% sure on the Lanboy, but I think both are over $70 :(
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Well, would it be best to stick with what i got, Or get an 8x8 bandwith board with a Dual CPU. . .
 
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ShadowBlade

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Originally posted by: BlueElite06
Ok, what if I did this:
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562
Now mobo becomes a problem, because...well its getting expensive ><. now im looking for a decent board that is not the A8N32...
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Well for your motherboard then look at the cheaper A8N-SLI (still Asus). I think the only difference between that and the A8N32 is it doesnt have the heatpipe northbridge cooler thing. $122 IIRC.

And that was the CPU I was talking about :)
 
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ShadowBlade

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Originally posted by: unfalliblekrutch
Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
But if you do other things like instant message or use a web browser while gaming, then you would probably want to go with a dual core 3800+ for about $100 more.
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I don't know that instant messaging and web browsing require a dual core ;-)
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Essentially one core for the game and one core for the other stuff. It doesnt always divide out that way, but its double the raw processing power.
 
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BlueElite06

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ok, I'll go with x2 CPU 3800. and the A8N32 Mobo. That should more or less take full advantage of the system.

 
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