new gaming rig!! Your thoughts please!!!

[deathshead]

I will be using it to play BF2 and also download and burn dvd's ,so tell me if I should change anything. This is my first build. MY computer now is a :AMD Athlon 1.19 GHz w/512 RAM and I'm using a all in wonder ATI 8500. Battlefield runs with all the settings down low. Also I'm alittle confused with the hard drive selection. There is two :Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
and Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300R0 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive which do I get???????


NEW RIG:
CASE: Thermaltake XASER, Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case ($139) PSU: PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI-PFC ATX12V 510W Power Supply ($219)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Model ADA3800BVBOX) ($353)
Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD ($172.00)
RAM: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory
OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K ($257) Hard Drive :Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L600S0 300GB Serial ATA Optical :NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A ($45)
PLEXTOR Black IDE DVD Burner Model PX-716AL/SW ($144)
Video: BFG Tech BFGR78256GTXOC Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
Audio: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000013 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound
($121)
OS: Windows XP Pro OEM Floppy:SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM

Total as Spec?d (+ tax and shipping) $1962 hard drive is on back order another ($130)

 

[SonicIce]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: don't forget nice speakers or phones with a setup like that

 

[suicidalpigeon]

do not need to spend that much on psu nor do you need that much power, save a little money by getting a tagan 480w u22 or something comparable. sli is silly, so you wont be needing an sli board, msi neo4 if you're not overclocking, epox 9npa if you are, dfi ultra-d if you're really overclocking. get a seagate 300gb at outpost.com comes with rebates. replace the plextor with a benq dw1640, best burner for only $40. for the price you're paying for the sound card, get the bluegears x-mystique. unless you know the differences from xp pro and xp home, stick with xp home.

 

[Corporate Thug]

that PSU, although a beast, its worth the money IMO. just get a nice enermax

Also, DFi > Asus

 

[phaxmohdem]

Bah don't listen to these chumps. Keep the PSU. If nothing else, you'll still have it when you do your next build, or decide to overclock the shiznat out of that rig. Good setup though for under 2K. As for HDD's The general feeling I've gotten is that Maxtor is now down at the bottom of the heap as far as satisfaction goes. Maybe consider a Seagate or Hitachi drive?

 

[stevty2889]

Very nice system overall.

I'd just get the SATA hard drive, there is no major differance in speed, but the smaller cable is nice.

Do you really need 2 DVD burners?? Especialy since that plextor is so pricey, doesn't really seem worth it.

As was already mentioned, SLI is really a waste, I have the DFI lanparty NF4 Ultra-D,
and it works great for me, so you could save yourself about $40 there.

PC P&P power supplies are top of the line, but it's really overpriced, and you can get a solid quality PSU for a lot less. I have always been happy with enermax, and Antec, fortron, and seasonic are all good as well. I have an Antec 450w powering my X2 rig with my 7800GT.

 

[deathshead]

how about my choice for the sound should i get the x-fi ,if so which one ? i see two diff ones on newegg.com one is for $399 the other is $115?