After a very long time since my last build, I have finally decided to take the plunge and go A64 .. Before I do, was looking for some comments/suggestions . . The rig will be used for general applications (word, excel, email.. etc.), gaming, and a little video editing. . Not really looking to overclock . . My current budget sits at around $1300 ..
Case: Thermaltake Tsunami Silver $120
PSU: ENERMAX Noisetaker Series 420W Power Supply $73
MB: ASUS K8N-E Deluxe $142
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache $214
Mem: Corsair Value Select 1gig (2x512MB) DDR PC-3200 $164
CDRW: Plextor Black 52x24x52 CD-RW Drive $46
DVD: Asus 16X DVD-ROM Drive $31
Mouse: MSIntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 $28
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard $16
VC: Leadtek ti4200 128mb . . waiting for the 6600 GT or the 6800 prices to come down..
SC: Audigy 2 .. already have
HD: 2x120gb WD 8mb cache HD .. already have
Monitor : Samsung 997DF $200
total: $1034
The only questions I really have is that is the PSU good enough ? I read that you need 20 A on the +12V rail for the Athlon 64.. Also, been debating the memory a bit, whether I should go with some better stuff or not . . I will probably be grabbing the motherboard, cpu, and memory from monarch to get the board tested (seems to be a fair amount of dead boards shipping) . . Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated . .
Case: Thermaltake Tsunami Silver $120
PSU: ENERMAX Noisetaker Series 420W Power Supply $73
MB: ASUS K8N-E Deluxe $142
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache $214
Mem: Corsair Value Select 1gig (2x512MB) DDR PC-3200 $164
CDRW: Plextor Black 52x24x52 CD-RW Drive $46
DVD: Asus 16X DVD-ROM Drive $31
Mouse: MSIntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 $28
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard $16
VC: Leadtek ti4200 128mb . . waiting for the 6600 GT or the 6800 prices to come down..
SC: Audigy 2 .. already have
HD: 2x120gb WD 8mb cache HD .. already have
Monitor : Samsung 997DF $200
total: $1034
The only questions I really have is that is the PSU good enough ? I read that you need 20 A on the +12V rail for the Athlon 64.. Also, been debating the memory a bit, whether I should go with some better stuff or not . . I will probably be grabbing the motherboard, cpu, and memory from monarch to get the board tested (seems to be a fair amount of dead boards shipping) . . Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated . .