New Rig

[Rottenagenda]

CASE
COOLER MASTER Centurion 532

MOBO
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D

VIDEO CARD
eVGA 256-P2-N517-AX Geforce 7800GT

PSU
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester

KEYBOARD
Microsoft N86-00009 Black PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard

OPTICL BAY
NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model

MEMORY (UNDECIDED)
mushkin eXtreme Performance 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000)

OR

Crucial Ballistix 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000)

i like the crucial its a little bit more but it can run at 2-2-2-5@200MHz if i dont wanna overclock and it can handle overclocking too but the mushkin cant get those timings at 200MHz so im leaning twords the crucial more and more

and i have a monitor, hdd and mouse tell me what you think of this rig

 

[jpzc04]

Looks good. If you are buying all those nice parts have you thought of going with 2gb of memory? If you can afford it there is really no reason not to go with 2gb.

 

[terry107]

If you're going to be gaming, I'd bump the RAM up to 2gb. Also, are you going to use on-board sound? How about speakers?

 

[Rottenagenda]

edit i have speakers and headset and also a upgrade in a month or two ill get another gig of memory to make 2gb and onboard and stock cooling until i get money to get a soundcard and zalmon heatsink w/fan

 

[AliasX]

Is that PSU good for running lots of things?
Like, would it run
7800gt,
1 HD,
2 optical drives,
1 floppy drive,
AMD X2 4400+,
3 case fans,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569

?

 

[Rottenagenda]

pretty shure is a nice one

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: AliasX
Is that PSU good for running lots of things?
Like, would it run
7800gt,
1 HD,
2 optical drives,
1 floppy drive,
AMD X2 4400+,
3 case fans,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569

?

well im the one that recommended that PSU to rottenagenda, and if that PSU is anything like my Antec 550w, it will handle just about anything you can throw at it.
the box i have the antec 550w in:

athlon xp mobile 2500+, overclocked (1.675v)
512mb ddr333
nvidia 5900se (fx were power hogs)
3 hard disks of varied size (was 4 at one point)
2 optical drives
various fans
cold cathode light

say thats a good measurement of the systems ability. 12v is 11.9v, awefully accurate if you ask me, and perfectly stable

 

[imported_fx]

look good. ;-]

 

[Rottenagenda]

rgr that dest

 

[bravacentauri83]

Looks fine to me.

I know the Mushkin is a recommended brand according to DFI-Street.com. Same with Crucial.

 

[Ramax57]

baa... throw that RAM in the garbage can. Get this stuff:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231047

this RAM will work very good, IMO. a very good company, a dual channel set, 2 GB, and low timings with a good price make this deal unbeatable.

 

[seanp789]

I think there is no sound card and if you are planning on using onboard sound it will be a shame.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Ramax57
baa... throw that RAM in the garbage can. Get this stuff:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231047

this RAM will work very good, IMO. a very good company, a dual channel set, 2 GB, and low timings with a good price make this deal unbeatable.

lol
g.skill?
and 2.5-3-3-6 at DDR400?
either of two DDR500 sticks the OP posted can easily hit faster speeds at DDR400 speeds. That g.skill memory couldn't even attain the 3-4-4-8 timings the DDR500 sticks can hit at DDR500 speeds.

 

[Rottenagenda]

desk is right 1gb of quality ram will do me good then later ill buy another stick and also ill be usin the onboard sounds desk has that board and the sound if fine untill i get more cash