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need a little help with first time build

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1457

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I plan on building my pc for the first time, but that's the next step. I have around $1200 to spend. I already have an idea of what i want to get, i just don't know which particular one's i need. Here's what i came up with:

-AMD 64 Athlon 3500 90nm (Winchester)
-a mother board with pci-e (not SLI, just one slot)
-10,000 rpm 74GB hard drive
-1 GB corsair ram (i dont know which one in particular i should get)
-480 Watt PSU
-6800GT pci-e.
-a case that will have room for these (i would like a coolermaster but i dont know.

can you guys recommend me parts and rate my build?
Thanks in advance
 
Originally posted by: 1457
I plan on building my pc for the first time, but that's the next step. I have around $1200 to spend. I already have an idea of what i want to get, i just don't know which particular one's i need. Here's what i came up with:

-AMD 64 Athlon 3500 90nm (Winchester)
-a mother board with pci-e (not SLI, just one slot)
-10,000 rpm 74GB hard drive
-1 GB corsair ram (i dont know which one in particular i should get)
-480 Watt PSU
-6800GT pci-e.
-a case that will have room for these (i would like a coolermaster but i dont know.

can you guys recommend me parts and rate my build?
Thanks in advance
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Hi 1457;

Same here. Getting ready to build. Same processor. Probably gonna go with:
- DFI Ultra MoBo.
- Western digital 10k SATA Raptor.
- Leadtek 6600GT.
- Power supply will probably be a Seasonic or the new Antec Phantom (if it comes out soon), to go with the new Antec P180 case (again, if it comes out soon).
Good luck.
😀
 
I'd drop down to an Athlon 64 3200+ or 3000+. You'll lose 200MHz (or 400 with the 3000+) but you'll gain a nice wad of cash that you can put towards something else, plus if you overclock the "lost" speed is easily gained back. Also, a lower powered PSU will get the job done so look for quality over pure wattage.
 
thanks for the responses. Good luck to you to Jerry and MDE, i'm not planning on doing much overclocking. But i could always overclock 3500 to say 3800?
should the corsair ram be xtra low latency (2-2-2-5)? would i notice any difference?
if i build the same system AGP based, would it be cheaper? if so, would i recognize performance difference?
 
Originally posted by: 1457
I plan on building my pc for the first time, but that's the next step. I have around $1200 to spend. I already have an idea of what i want to get, i just don't know which particular one's i need. Here's what i came up with:

-AMD 64 Athlon 3500 90nm (Winchester)
-a mother board with pci-e (not SLI, just one slot)
-10,000 rpm 74GB hard drive
-1 GB corsair ram (i dont know which one in particular i should get)
-480 Watt PSU
-6800GT pci-e.
-a case that will have room for these (i would like a coolermaster but i dont know.

can you guys recommend me parts and rate my build?
Thanks in advance
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Well one question is "are you overclocking?"

Definately drop down to a 3200+ Winchester Core. Save lots of money and OCs just as far
For the motherboard get the A8N-E Premium, which is The A8N-SLI without the SLI.
Do not get the Raptor. They do not have a large enough speed increase to justify the cost. Since you are getting an Nforce 4 with SATA II and NCQ, get one of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 with NCQ and SATAII, much better bang for your buck, and larger drive too.
For the RAM, well if you are OCing get some RAM with the TCCD chips. If you are not OCing or only doing mild OCing than i would highly recommend Corsair Value RAM.
The PSU, i would definately get one of these: Seasonic Super Tornado 400Watt, OCZ Powerstream, Enermax Noisetaker, i find it hard to recommend the TRUEpowers any more. Dont get me wrong they are legendary PSU's however they are outdated so if you want Antec wait until the TruePower2.0 comes out.
I personally like the Cooler Master Stacker. You dont get any better. However Lian-Li produces probably the highest quality cases out there. Also check out the Chieftec Imitation cases. Normally i wouldn't recommend Tt but there Tsunami is arguably better than the Coolermaster Wave Master due to the use of 120mm fans and some other features (just rip out the cheap Tt fans and get some high quality Nexus, or Panaflo).

-Kevin
 
wow thanks a lot. i don't plan on overclocking, but maybe in future i will. i think i will change raptor 10,000 with i cheaper seagate 80GB 7200 rpm and also switch 3500 with 3200 like you said and maybe overclock it later. ram will be corsair value or low latency, i don't know which yet.
 
Originally posted by: 1457
wow thanks a lot. i don't plan on overclocking, but maybe in future i will. i think i will change raptor 10,000 with i cheaper seagate 80GB 7200 rpm and also switch 3500 with 3200 like you said and maybe overclock it later. ram will be corsair value or low latency, i don't know which yet.
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Go for the value RAM, the difference isn't noticeable at all.
 
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