X2 Build ***FINAL THOUGHTS BEFOR ORDERING***

[eXx08]

Ok I've been doing lot's and lot's of research since begining of Febuary when I decided I was going to be building my first build. I'm in 8th grade and will be using this computer for basicaly everything. I do movie editing using Pinnacle Studio Edition 9 and use Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for school projects. I also play FPS games including CS:S and DOD:S. I also surf the web quit a bit and use Word for school. I need a computer to be stable and hold up through another 2 years. I already have purchased some Items.

Already Purchased:

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Case- Antec SOHO PlusView File Server Case $50
Fans- 5 Powmax Red LED fans $10
Fan Controller- Enermax 6 fan Controller /w Thermometer $23
CD Drive- CompUSA 16X DVD Drive 48X CD Drive $30
Monitor- CMV 17" CT-722A $200
Speakers- Logitech X-530's $55
Floppy Drive- CompUSA $15
PSU- Xclio 450BL $50
Motherboard- MSI K8N-Neo4/SLI $125

Price- $558
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My Thoughts:

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CPU- AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ $322
Memory- Corsair ValueSelect 1GB Single Stick (Upgrade to 2GB Later) $93
GPU- Sapphire X800GTO FireBlade Edition $186
HDD- Hitachi 250GB SATA2 $103
OS- Microsofft Windows XP Pro. SP2 $134

Price- $839
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Total Comes To $1,397


Any suggestions comments or anything in between would be really nice. Thanks in Advanced.

 

[Logical One]

get a better vid card...

7800 GT or GTX if you can afford it...

but you can get a GT for like 120$ more...worth it in the long run...

 

[eXx08]

I kinda am on a very tight budget my plan is near August of next year get the very top of the line video card out.

 

[Logical One]

good system then...

 

[Ike0069]

Looks nice. I don't see anything that needs changing. It looks like your research was time wll spent.

 

[nippyjun]

Maybe a better idea would be to get a non x2 processor to save money and use that savings to get a 7800gt.

 

[xylem]

I like the looks of that build, very nice. No cd or dvd burner?

 

[jdogg707]

Your like of Dual Channel Memory will result in a sizeable performance hit, I would try and eek out the extra cash to get 2GB now if you can.

 

[Corporate Thug]

7800 GT ans 3200+ is better than the 3800+ and x800GTO

 

[eXx08]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
7800 GT ans 3200+ is better than the 3800+ and x800GTO

I realize that but I'd rather get the X2 now because I am in school and will be using it better and then when I'm out of school I will be gaming and get top of the line Video Card and another gig of RAM.

 

[theMan]

get a x800gto2 and mod it.

 

[Ichigo]

Anyone else find it funny that he bought an SLI motherboard with a X800GTO and is complaining about budget problems...?

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: Ichigo
Anyone else find it funny that he bought an SLI motherboard with a X800GTO and is complaining about budget problems...?

Well, the MSI isn't really expensive. Him spending like $180 on an SLI motherboard would be dumb IMO, though.

 

[eXx08]

I just liked the motherboard I bought it for $125 and there was a $25 mail-in-rebate which should be coming in soon.

 

[Ichigo]

That's $50 that could have gone for a better video card in any case.

 

[Some1ne]

But the SLI board nets him an integrated SB Live! 24-bit audio chip, which presumably is good enough that he no longer has to drop $100+ on an X-Fi in order to get decent sound.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

why do you need xp pro? someone said xp home runs dual core fine in one of your other threads.

 

[Ichigo]

Originally posted by: Some1ne
But the SLI board nets him an integrated SB Live! 24-bit audio chip, which presumably is good enough that he no longer has to drop $100+ on an X-Fi in order to get decent sound.

Oh really? Then that's not too bad. I retract my previous statement.