New PC, everything look ok?

[dick_onion53]

Ok, so I'm building myself a semi-budget PC, I have everything plotted out and I just need a second... or third... or forth opinion, is everything compatible and whatnot? I'm pretty sure it everything is ok but I just can't afford any mistakes.

the number under the title is the item number on newegg.com (just put the number in the seach box and it'll bring it up)

DVD
- NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
N82E16827152058
$40
HDD
- Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
N82E16822144417
$94
Mobo
- ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard
N82E16813131569
$86
Memory
- Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR 400 (PC 3200)
N82E16820220037
$75
Case
- Antec Solution SLK1650B Black Steel ATX Mini Tower 350W PSU
N82E16811129150
$82
Processor
- AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939
N82E16819103539
$214
Video
- ASUS EAX550GE/TD/256M Radeon X550 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Express x16
N82E16814121544
$71

also, that video card is at least better than a Radeon 9600XT isn't it? (i know its a low end card, i just dont want to downgrade from what i have ya know)

aaand, I've never built a system with a SATA drive before... how does one go about using it? any jumpers? errr i don't even know where to start with that thing

thanks

[Toma]

Other than the video card, everything looks OK. I would have went with at least with a 6800 or an X800 chipset, both of which are pretty damn affordable at this point. I suppose if you're not doing any heavy gaming, the X550 should be enough.

SATAs are pretty much the same as IDE drives, except for the cabling (both power and data cables). Just set one to master and everything should be dandy.

[ahmadka2]

yeah go for the 6800GT...lol, i am in the works for a new system nowadays as well....:P...:

AMD Opteron 165 Denmark
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR
2x512MB Crucial Ballistix DDR400 (PC3200) BL2KIT6464Z402
eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB
OCZ PowerStream 520W OCZ520ADJSLI PSU
Raidmax RX-9 Casing

[ronetoneps2]

everything looks fine, might want to get a bigger psu like a 500w

[dick_onion53]

ok, i was looking at this for a card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127176

[Toma]

Better than the X550, but it's hurting in the RAM department. Not an issue if you don't play at resolutions above 1280x1024.

[dick_onion53]

I decided upon this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130263

[dick_onion53]

ok, so here is what i have:

DVD
- NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
N82E16827152058
$40
HDD
- Western Digital SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 16MB SATA 3.0Gb/s
N82E16822144701
$101
Mobo
- ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD
N82E16813131530
$96
Memory
- Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR 400 (PC 3200)
N82E16820220037
$75
Case
- Antec Solution SLK1650B Black Steel ATX Mini Tower 350W PSU
N82E16811129150
$82
Processor
- AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939
N82E16819103539
$214
Video
- eVGA 256-P2-N384 Geforce 6800 256MB 256-bit DDR PCI Express x16
N82E16814130263
$134

I changed the mobo because somebody was nice enough to point out that the other one doesnt support sata 3 gb/s, I changed the gfx card as well.. oh and the hdd, to one with a 16mb cache

[Daiceman9]

You might want to think about getting a dual core CPU if you do any multi tasking or video editing. AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail is just $80.

[dick_onion53]

Where? I see $295 on newegg....