New computer 2!

[halion1]

Ok. Using the advice you gave me, I designed this.
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 108.00
MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail 99.99
Powercolor Radeon X800GTO 87.99
CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail 54.75
80 GB HD 42.99
Windows 89.99
XCLIO PSU 39.99
Combo Drive 21.99
FDD 5.00
FAN 1.49
ZALMAN CNPS 9500 AM2 2 Ball Green LED Light CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail 49.99

Buffalo Antistatic wrist straps - OEM 0.99

Comments, criticisms,ideas?
Oh, and I do have a case and 200 gb external HD.
-Ross

 

[lobbyone]

What will the system be used for?

 

[halion1]

OCing, driving an LCD, maybe light gaming. The gaming part is unlikely. I will be experimenting with benchmarks.

 

[Ayah]

You NEED 1GB of memory, for anything.

 

[Operandi]

You don't need 1GB of RAM, you can get by with 512MB but building a new system that way would not be a very good idea.

Since you have the CNPS-9500 on there I assume you will be aiming for a low noise system? If thats the case you will either want something other then the x800GTO or you will want to replace the stock HS/F to a Zalman VF-700 or VF-900. If noise is not a concern you might as well use the stock HS/F with the 3800+.

 

[halion1]

No. I chose the CNPS9500 for aesthetics. 1, it's the coolest looking cooler I've ever seen, and 2, it performs really well.

 

[halion1]

Maybe I should throw an Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5. I am on a budget.

 

[Frangelina]

Keep the stock fan for now and goodness, put more ram...unless you're out of the digital era...

 

[Ruptga]

What they've said, you definately want more memory, though if you're only getting a half gig as a stopgap until prices go down, I don't know that I can really hold that against you.

 

[Maximilian]

Not to sound like an Intel fanboi but why AM2? Why not C2D? If you are ocing a C2D will oc much better.