My new rig set up

[tvfreakazoid]

Ok here's my possible set up:

MOBO: Abit KN8 SLI nF4 or Abit KN8 Ultra- Good mobo in general and for OCing??? ($121.90): Monarch Computer

CPU: Opteron 170 or 175? : Monarch Computer

Memory: Unbuffered(whatever that means) 1GB ddr(400) pc-3200 OCZ? ($77.62): Monarch Computer

Heatsink Fan: Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu Silent CPU Cooling kit ($46)

PNY Verto GeForce 6800 GS Video Card or GigaByte GV-NX68G256D-B GeForce 6800 GS Video Card. ($242)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB Serial ATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer ($120): Website: http://www.computergiants.com/items/one_item.asp?part=115744&aff=1

PSU: Antec trueblue 480w
http://www.compusa.com/products/product...?cmid=topnav&N=200089+402145&Ne=400000

And here's a link to my current case that I have right now:
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/301t3s.html

Fellas let me know what you guys think on everything. Let me know if you think I can do better or better suggestions, better deals if possible, umm, what you guys think of my case. I dunno just give me honest answers. I do game but not hard core. :evil:

 

[stevty2889]

For a good overclocking motherboard, I recomend the DFI lanparty Ultra-D, it's what I am using.

For the PSU..don't get that cooler master, you can do much better. I recomend this Fortron. Fortron is a much higher quality brand than cooler master, and also a lot more reasonably priced. I am using one myself, solid, reliable, and a nicely priced.

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
For a good overclocking motherboard, I recomend the DFI lanparty Ultra-D, it's what I am using.

For the PSU..don't get that cooler master, you can do much better. I recomend this Fortron. Fortron is a much higher quality brand than cooler master, and also a lot more reasonably priced. I am using one myself, solid, reliable, and a nicely priced.

Yep I agree with everything you said here, if not the DFI board then go with something like the Epox 9npa+ Ultra.

 

[tvfreakazoid]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
For a good overclocking motherboard, I recomend the DFI lanparty Ultra-D, it's what I am using.

For the PSU..don't get that cooler master, you can do much better. I recomend this Fortron. Fortron is a much higher quality brand than cooler master, and also a lot more reasonably priced. I am using one myself, solid, reliable, and a nicely priced.

I c. But I do want to OC later, and I want a mobo that has sata2 and what not, but i'm not looking into spending a whole lot for a MOBO. DFI's are pretty expensive. I'm looking into the rang of $110 to $150. Can you guys suggest anything else? And for the PSU, that supports sata2, and IDE as well. 500w or more.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: imanub

Originally posted by: stevty2889
For a good overclocking motherboard, I recomend the DFI lanparty Ultra-D, it's what I am using.

For the PSU..don't get that cooler master, you can do much better. I recomend this Fortron. Fortron is a much higher quality brand than cooler master, and also a lot more reasonably priced. I am using one myself, solid, reliable, and a nicely priced.

I c. But I do want to OC later, and I want a mobo that has sata2 and what not, but i'm not looking into spending a whole lot for a MOBO. DFI's are pretty expensive. I'm looking into the rang of $110 to $150. Can you guys suggest anything else? And for the PSU, that supports sata2, and IDE as well. 500w or more.

My DFI was $135 on newegg..and it has SATA II...and not sure what you mean by a PSU supporting SATA II and IDE..any modern PSU will have a sata power connector(both SATA and SATA II drives use exactly the same connectors) and will of course have standard molex as well. If you want 500w or more on a PSU feel free, but it's really an overkill, unless you are planning to run SLI. Don't look at the wattage alone, a quality 400w is better than a generic 550w.