new athlon 64 system

[concernedsophist]

I am putting together a new micro atx system. I am want a compact case for easy transport with more upgradeability than a SFF. I have had trouble finding a matx minitower that I like with strong enough psu to power a higher-end vga card. So far this is what I've come up with.

-MSI RS480M2-IL ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU

-POWMAX Silver Micro-ATX Case with 230W Power Supply, Model MATX3304-S

-AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail

-Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200

-Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD

-Lite-On 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, Model SOHW-1673S

The included power supply is a bit anemic, so I will be upgradeing it to:

-E-POWER "Xmicro" Series 350W Power Supply, Model EP-350FX

This is so I can support these future upgrades:

-Powercolor ATI Radeon X800 XL Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/HDTV, PCI-Express, Model R43C-TD3D

-Creative Labs Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value Sound Card, Model SB0400

I will not be overclocking. I found all these parts at newegg, any suggestions are welcome.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Everything looks great except for those powersupplies. I haven't heard of E-POWER... is that a good brand?

 

[concernedsophist]

 

[concernedsophist]

I haven't either, There just seems to be only a few m-atx powersupplies around. So, I chose this as its from newegg, where I will be buying everything else.

 

[wisdomtooth]

If you want a microATX tower case that can take a full-size ATX PSU, Newegg has several:<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/app/manufact.asp?catalog=7&DEPA=1">Go here and search for
"MicroATX" and "minitower" in the Advanced Search fields at Newegg</a>

You can then replace those generic stock PSUs with the most efficient, quietest, well-vented ATX PSU available: Seasonic Super Tornado 300W, recommended by Silent PC Review.

For a microATX system which will not have things like SLI, multiple hard disks or optical drives, you DO NOT need a PSU with more than 18amps on the 12V rail.

There are also many very nice-looking MicroATX horizontal-type HTPC cases available such as the Coolermaster ATC-620, Ahanix MCE301/302, and Silverstone LC02/04. I particularly like the Silverstone LC04 because it's even smaller and lighter than most microATX towers, but you have to give up two PCI slots.

HTH.

 

[Promethply]

Your system looks alright.

Just make sure that the PSU has at least a total of 25 amps on the 12V rail.

 

[ribbon13]

E-power is the american distributor for Tagan. But all of thier non-Tagan PSUs suck royal dingleberries.

Get an Xclio

 

[concernedsophist]

Thanks, I will at least change the psu then. I will also do some more shoping for matx cases, maybe I will find something i like better (I'm afraid I am picky).