Please Critique my new Build

[pirred908]

I'm building myself a new system. It's going to be used for mostly gaming. I'll be useing some parts from my current system aswell. Please let me know if anything isn't compatable or if I made any bad decisions on components. Thank you.

The new pieces:
Case and power supply
Motherboard
Video card
Processor
Mouse
CPU Cooler

The old pieces I will be useing aswell:
Seagate SATA HDD 120Gb
1Gb (2x512) Mushkin Level one PC3500
Sony DVD-ROM and CD-RW

I still need help picking an LCD Display. Try to keep it as close to $300 as possible. Thanks again.

 

[kitkat22]

Everything looks fine for the computer stuff. You could add-on a DVD-RW for about $45-50. As for displays this one is good.

 

[pirred908]

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[Twsmit]

Thats an overpriced motherboard. Drop down to the DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra, or the Asus regular SLI board. Upgrade to 2GB of ram, and get a beefer video card if possible. Also if your going to OC, get a 3800+ its a waste getting a 4200+ since it has the same amount of cache.

 

[fierydemise]

Why such an expensive MB, you'd do just as well with the an NF4 Epox or DFI board? Also for the CPU cooler I suggest the sythe ninja, with a nice good fan depending on whether you'll be overclocking or not.

 

[Elfear]

If you plan on ocing than do like the others have suggested and get the DFI Ultra-D and I'd also go for the Opteron 165 and use the money you saved on the proc to get a nicer video card. Monarch has a combo deal right now for the Opteron 165 and DFI board for ~$400 and it comes with HL2.

The 7800GT is a good card but, again, if you plan on ocing than the X1800XL is a better card.

 

[mwmorph]

asus sli regular
opteron 165

oc the hell out of it.

 

[pirred908]

First off, Thank you for your comments and suggestions.

Between these two processors, which is better? I don't have a problem with OC'ing, but I probably won't do it right away. I might wait a few months, when I need to catch up to next best thing.

Opteron 165
or
X2 3800+

As for the motherboard, I'm stumped. I plan on running only one video card, not two. Which ASUS board or DFI board do I want? There's alot of choices and I'm not sure which I need.

Which DFI?
or
Which ASUS?

And lastly, will this CPU cooler with no fan, keep either of those processors at a reasonable temp? I'm willing to run a fan, but if the cooler can keep the CPU at 40C or less without a fan, I like the sound of that.

NINJA BABY!

 

[i1o0i]

I'll go with AMD X2 3800+ (cheaper and higher frequency than that opty) and ASUS A8N-E Motherboard or DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D.

 

[pirred908]

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[pirred908]

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[spc hink]

You will definitly need a fan for for any of the cpu's mentioned.

 

[pirred908]

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[acole1]

get a 4400+... it is a 4800+ - 200mhz .

and get the zalman for goodness sakes! anything w\o a fan will get way too hott.

Here is a good DFI non-SLI board that would do you well for overclocking.

IMO it would be a waist for you to get an opteron because if you dont really know what your doing then your just waisting all that potential.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: acole1
get a 4400+... it is a 4800+ - 200mhz

Wow! Yeah, there's no way that 200MHz is worth an extra $300.

Here is a good DFI non-SLI board that would do you well for overclocking.

I second this board.

 

[pirred908]

Originally posted by: acole1
get a 4400+... it is a 4800+ - 200mhz .

and get the zalman for goodness sakes! anything w\o a fan will get way too hott.

Here is a good DFI non-SLI board that would do you well for overclocking.

IMO it would be a waist for you to get an opteron because if you dont really know what your doing then your just waisting all that potential.

Did I ever say anything about getting a 4800+? That was never in the equation.