What Would You Change About This System I Want To Build?

[ManBearPig]

Hey guys, i want to build this system. So far i have ordered the case, speakers, and monitor. Can i get a critique on it? This is one of my final critiques before i build

http://secure.newegg.com/app/W...mit=VIEW&ID=973751

 

[yankeesfan]

nothing

 

[MDE]

Just to nitpick, I'd take something other than the MSI board, but otherwise, it's fine.

 

[IanE]

I'd say you have quite the awesome rig there, sir. I wouldn't change anything, except maybe the eVGA 6800 to a BFG, but those are way hard to find... Fry's has plenty though if there's one nearby.

Looks great, good luck with it!

 

[ManBearPig]

Yeah, i was thinking about getting a leadtek or xfx or BFG instead of the evga, and the new lanparty DFI 754 mobo Thanks guys!

 

[Demonicon]

I haven't been reading anything good about the MSI lately. I'd go with the ASUS nF3 board personally.

EDIT: or the DFI Lanparty board, but it's really hard/impossible to get ahold of right now. Probably gonna be a couple weeks until those are available again.

 

[oldfart]

Same. MSI :disgust:

 

[ts3433]

PSU looks like overkill (380W-420W should be more than enough), but if you need the lights, get it.
Nothing else I'd change.

 

[Mik3y]

its excellent.

 

[Algere]

Also nitpickin'

Keyboard & Mouse
Seperate Logitech keyboard and Logitech MX1000 mouse

Memory
Mushkin Basic (cheaper than Corsair, $148)

 

[ManBearPig]

Well, newegg is really wacky, the corsair just raised a few bucks in price, itll eventually go back to 75 bucks a pop. The mx1000 doesnt work with any other wireless keyboards right now either And i wasnt sure about the PSU, i just wanted to be safe lol. Err...and the DFI UT, well, since i wont be building it extremely soon, its cool.

Ive heard MSI is just sucking really badly right now, even with upgrades heh.

 

[IanE]

My MSI is running perfectly fine, all the utilities work perfectly and all the drivers and updates install and work like a charm... maybe I got lucky? Hate me now.

 

[Quasmo]

I LOVE those kind of cases because you can mout the hard drives backwards and have a "cableless environment" by routing the wires behind the window.

 

[chadr6]

very nice looking system, I wouldn't change anything besides the MSI board.

 

[ManBearPig]

bump Thanks

 

[Adn4n]

I got a good deal on a Thermaltake case and Antec psu locally. Those prices seem way to high for me. I'm sure you could lower costs to 1800 with more research.

 

[daveshel]

Looks good, but how much more would you have to spend to get more cache on the processor?

 

[User5]

That hard drive is a ripoff. You can get a 200GB Seagate for a hundred bucks cheaper, but thats up to you if you really for some reason need 300GB of storage...

I'd change the motherboard as well. While some people arent having any problems, there are just far too many people that do have problems for one to reccomend getting it, so just dont take the risk.

 

[ManBearPig]

1) I will not order all my parts from newegg, in fact, i havent. So it WILL be cheaper.
2)Im NOT getting that mobo, im gonna get the new DFI board
3)I can get a 3400 with 1mb l2 cache for the same price, but the thing is that id have to OC, and i dont know how much more it'd cost for decent-good OCing RAM (besides the EB pc3700...which runs 200 more. Plus i dont know if i need a new hsf if i wanna OC).
3)That Maxline3 is getting really good reviews, and beating the raptors in some benchmarks.

Anyone else? Can anyone help with the above or have opinions on it?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Excellent build ... Personally, I'd go with a 36GB 15K U160 or U320 drive .. and a seagate 200GB IDE drive ... that way you will get the best performance on your windows drive ... and still have plenty of cheap storage space .... however, I think it would cost a bit more than the maxtor you have chosen since you would need to purchase a SCSI card and cable too ...

 

[ManBearPig]

Thanks...i wish i had that kind of money. How is that maxtor maxline? Every review says its awesome, but individuals say its not (maybe they havent seen, but i dont know. Theres no basis to their answers).

 

[carni]

The power supply you have is very ice, but tyhis one is quite a deal. It will look nice iwth that side panel, and it has gotten great reviews. The most common statement on it is that it is way under priced. I run one and it is very stable.

http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=17-148-005&DEPA=1

 

[LanFear]

Great system, I'd get rid of the DVD-Rom drive as your DVD-RW already supports 16x DVD Rom reading. Can't imagine you'd really be burning much while watching a dvd anyway. Drop that 3400+ to a 3200+ Newcastle @ 2.2ghz for $207. You already found the DFI board which would have been my next reccomendation. Take your savings, get rid of the Maxtor maxline and get 2 200 or 250 gig Western Digital special edition SATA's and put them in a raid 0. Just my opinion, still going to be a sweet system either way.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Heen05
Hey guys, i want to build this system. So far i have ordered the case, speakers, and monitor. Can i get a critique on it? This is one of my final critiques before i build

http://secure.newegg.com/app/W...mit=VIEW&ID=973751

Not a bad setup, but here's what I'd change. For starters drop the s754 CPU and mobo, a s939 CPU and mobo is a much more powerful setup. MSI isn't my favority mobo maker either. Also, I'd probably trade the Corsair Value RAM for some Geil Ultra or Corsair XMS. And lastly, Maxtor hdds have given me the worst luck every time I've bought one. Western Digitals, on the other hand, haven't given me a lick of trouble.

Granted, everything I've said here, except the s939/s754 comment is my opinion.

 

[sandorski]

Samsung FD? What a peice of crap, get a Matsonic instead!!! j/k

looks good to me.