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[lookouthere]

please critique Thanks
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[Roguestar]

I'd say it seems decent but we have no idea what you're going to be using it for. Please provide more information! If it's for general browsing and office work, you've spent way too much. If it's for transcoding and rendering, good call but get 4GB of DDR2-800 (there's G.Skill for $90 on newegg). If it's for gaming, get the E8400 instead and get 4GB of RAM like I said.

 

[lookouthere]

Does Vista Ultimate or Home Premium support up-convert on dvd?

 

[lookouthere]

Well, some browsing and some light gaming.

 

[Roguestar]

If it's browsing or light gaming, the Q6600 will go to waste.

 

[MarcVenice]

No need to buy the arctic silver 5, because the ac 7 pro comes with mx-2 preapplied, which is in fact better thermal grease then as5 ...

PSU should be fine, consider this though: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...p?ProductCode=10006237 or this: http://www.buy.com/prod/corsai...loc/101/203270716.html

The first is way more power then you need, but it's a great deal, the second is modular, which is really nice to have as well.

And yeah, get 2x2gb of ram. 2x2gb of corsair ram can be had for 74$ AR.

 

[lookouthere]

I changed some of the parts. See if might be better for me?

 

[imported_wired247]

quite a bit more power if you can afford it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127332

What kind of monitor are you using? for large displays 24" and up, you cannot really get away with a weaksauce video card (IMO)


nice price after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820145184

 

[lookouthere]

Ya, I am using a 24" monitor

 

[imported_wired247]

in that case, I can't really recommend the 8600gt even for "light" gaming. that is pretty high resolution to be running a cheap video card

 

[MarcVenice]

This CPU offers better bang for buck: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115031 if you want to spend 190$ you might as well go the extra mile and spend 200$ish on a e8400, a 3.0ghz dualcore CPU.

This is the cheapest videocard I would buy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150275 It would probably be best to just buy this though: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127333

 

[engiNURD]

I agree with Marc. The 9600GT would be better than the 8800GS, of course, but especially with a 24" monitor. The Antec Designer 500 is overpriced, IMO, but hey, cases are personal preference.

 

[lookouthere]

Does Vista Home Premium support up-convert on dvd? How is the overclocking on E4300? I don't really need eye-candy graphic. As long as it's smooth, I am fine with it. How about this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127305

 

[lookouthere]

I went with
MB GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G RT - Retail
CASE CM|RC-330-KKN1-GP BK RT - Retail
PSU ANTEC|EA430 430W RT - Retail
GIFT AMD|PHENOM T-SHIRT % - OEM
CPU AMD|A64 X2 5000+ 2.6G AM2 2M R - Retail
MEM 2Gx2|OCZ DII800 OCZ2G8004GK R - Retail
DVD BURN PHILIPS|SPD2513BD SATA 20X - Retail
A64 COOLER |ARCTIC FREEZER 64 PRO R - Retail

 

[MarcVenice]

Let us know how your build works out

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: lookouthere
I went with
MB GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G RT - Retail
CASE CM|RC-330-KKN1-GP BK RT - Retail
PSU ANTEC|EA430 430W RT - Retail
GIFT AMD|PHENOM T-SHIRT % - OEM
CPU AMD|A64 X2 5000+ 2.6G AM2 2M R - Retail
MEM 2Gx2|OCZ DII800 OCZ2G8004GK R - Retail
DVD BURN PHILIPS|SPD2513BD SATA 20X - Retail
A64 COOLER |ARCTIC FREEZER 64 PRO R - Retail

Looks good - let us know how that 780g performs.

Simply increasing the cpu multi to 14x will get you 2.8GHz without an 'OC' and bring your memory speed up to 800MHz

 

[lookouthere]

For the Antec Earthwatt 430W, Up to which graphic card can it handle?

 

[engiNURD]

The EA430 has 30A on the +12V rail, so it will most likely handle many high end cards, including the 8800GTS 512MB or HD3870X2.

 

[Roguestar]

The 8800GTX is rated as requiring 28A on the 12V rail so the Earthwatts is pretty much good for everything.

 

[lytalbayre]

I like the case!! Good price on it too. Do you have the money to upgrade to the 9600GT?? If you have a 24" monitor, that may be appropriate, and its on ly a little more.

Overall, I think it's not bad, and an excellent price for all the components.

What OS are you going to use?

 

[lookouthere]

home premium 64

 

[lookouthere]

I just got my parts and waiting to get build. Hopefully it'll get good overclock