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please help a noob out !

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Gadzookie

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ok i havent built a pc in 3 years and it time to build a new one
after 2 weeks of researching i kinda get a idea of what i want tell me what you guys think of my build my budget is 1000 bucks

Antec Solution Series Black ATX Mid Tower Case "SLK3000-B" 45.00
ENERMAX Noisetaker Series 420W Power Supply ATX12V Ver2.01 76.00

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 Processor 268.00
CHAINTECH NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Motherboard 95.00
Corsair Value Select 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200 Memory 86.67
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive 56.00
NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive 8.00
NEC 16X Black Double Layer DVD±RW Drive 51.99
ATI Radeon X800 XL Video Card 299.00

Total 985.66

now is the power supply i got good enough for my system and if i add a second hardrive down the road

is the graphics card good ?

and thank you all for your help !
 
Looks like a decent setup.

Great choice on the video card, since you asked.

If you'd like to OC the PC, then just get the 3200+ instead of the 3500+
 
Looks very nice. If you're looking to keep noise down (with that super quiet case, etc.) you might want to check out the Seasonic 430watt for your powersupply.

Maybe switch to a Seagate harddrive (quieter, better warranty)

Everything else looks really good. Nothing wrong with the powersupply or harddrive you picked out either. If you like those, it's going to work just fine.

Either powersupply should handle a couple harddrives no problem at all.
 
i dont over clock also how long do you guys think this computer will last for gaming ? and please note i dont run the game at rediculous resoultions i usally run it at 1024X768

btw my comp now is a 900 mhz duron with a geforce mx 2 ! so i cant wait ! woot woot !
 
Originally posted by: Gadzookie
well i cant afford the sea sonic im getting the enermax one
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Am I on candid camera or something?

Is there someone if the bushes laghing at me as I keep linking to this powersupply that is superior to the enermax and costs a whopping $2 more?

EDIT: $5 more shipped for me
 
Originally posted by: Xaekai
Not getting the Seasonic over less than an hours wages? Fools and thier money are soon parted.
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Maybe he works at the Napoleon Dynamite chicken farm and it's 5 hours work :Q
 
i seriously doubt that psu will make that much of a difference.

ignore the peanut gallery! get whatever you want. that system will last last a long time for gaming- youre set for quite a while.
 
Originally posted by: Gadzookie
shoul di get a 3200 instead of the 3500 ? ppl are saying its not worth it
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I don't think it's worth ~$70 for the speed increase. If you're overclocking, it's especially not worth it because you'll probably end up with just about the same overclock from either processor.

There are many pages of benchmarks starting with this one on Tom's Hardware comparing a boatload of processors.

I had a hard enough time talking myself into a 3200+ vs a 3000+.
 
can you give me a link to the twinmos ram please ? and if i do get a dfi mobo and that twinmos ram do i need a new HSF ?
 
i know it comes with a reguler HSF but if im getting a DFI mobo i wanna overclock !
then i would need a better heat sink fan cuase i cant afford water cooling

Antec Solution Series Black ATX Mid Tower Case "SLK3000-B" 45.00
Fortron Source Blue Storm 500W ATX12V V2.0 Power Supply 90.00

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939 Processor 190.00
DFI "LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D" NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Motherboard 133.00
TwinMOS Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB DDR PC-3200 Model TMII400/1GB 103.55
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive 56.00
NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive 8.00
NEC 16X Black Double Layer DVD±RW Drive 51.99
ATI Radeon X800 XL Video Card 299.00

Total 976.54

ok how about that build now ?

im kinda afriad of this build though i hear the dfi are picky and stuff
 
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