rate my rig

[ingenue007]

ok so it's been 7 years since my last upgrade. I am stuck in the days of of pc133 RAM and athlon 1 ghz.

my new computer is as follows. all parts are ordered except video. i don't play games much. i just want to play spore and run vista.

e6300 which i hope i can o/c to 3.3 ghz+
asus pb5 deluxe
xinfinity 500W PS
arctic freezer 7 HSF
antec p180 case
ocz ddr2 800 mhz 2 gb ram
WD raptor 10k rpm drive (this is for OS). i will add another sata drive for storage.
18x samsung litescribe DVD-R
video will either be ati x19000 gt or 7900 GT (suggestions?) if all my parts come before hand i have a 4 mb matrox PCI video card. OH YEAH

let me know!

 

[Manticorps]

Looks good to me, though I would have probably chosen a different power supply. I personally use and like Seasonic; but the Corsair looks good to me as well. Go check out jonnyguru for Powe Supply reviews.

 

[Ricemarine]

The Enhance 5150 500w PSU from Ewiz would be a good power supply for its price, highly recommended by johnnyguru and Baked... ... (IIRC)...

Ultra, although lifetime warranty, is really crappy.

 

[OAKside24]

YAPSUR (Yet Another PSU Recommendation) :

Antec TruePower II 550
NewEgg for 79 USD

 

[Juno]

x19000, i didn't know...

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: ingenue007
ok so it's been 7 years since my last upgrade. I am stuck in the days of of pc133 RAM and athlon 1 ghz.

my new computer is as follows. all parts are ordered except video. i don't play games much. i just want to play spore and run vista.

e6300 which i hope i can o/c to 3.3 ghz+
asus pb5 deluxe
xinfinity 500W PS
arctic freezer 7 HSF
antec p180 case
ocz ddr2 800 mhz 2 gb ram
WD raptor 10k rpm drive (this is for OS). i will add another sata drive for storage.
18x samsung litescribe DVD-R
video will either be ati x19000 gt or 7900 GT (suggestions?) if all my parts come before hand i have a 4 mb matrox PCI video card. OH YEAH

let me know!

If you don't game much, i'd maybe just suggest a 7600GT or sumthin' for light games till Spore actually comes out.

Arctic Freezer 7 ain't great.
Good sure, but if you want a high OC like that, i'm not sure it's the ideal HSF.
PSU is very questionable.
Enhance is good, as mentioned, or maybe Seasonic.

 

[acegazda]

I would get the 7600gt as well. It is still a very powerful card. Get evga and if you feel you need for umph in 3 months, upgrade thru their step up program.
As for the gsf, the scythe mine is $35 at newegg, a great deal on the 2nd or 3rd best hsf in performance, but you won't get 3.3+ on air. Not with a e6300.
you don't need 500w, get the enhance 5140gh. It's the best value out right now. If you want really quiet, you could also get a seasonic 430w though its like $20 more.

 

[Maximilian]

Get a Seasonic 500w S12 and if you want a good deal get a 7900GTO and upgrade with that EVGA program later. If you plan to upgrade to the next gen graphics card you WILL need that 500watt quality psu Im skipping them due to their beyond high power requirements.

7900GTO beats a GT in most things, and can be overclocked to a GTX if needed. Its pretty much on par with the x1900xt 256, the 512 mb version beats it but not by a huge margin. Ive owned both cards and can say im much happier with the 7900GTO.