New here, looking for build opinions

[philbar71]

that build looks good. nice.

 

[veg1992]

I ended up selling $250 worth of old computer junk on ebay, and got some cash for the holidays, so I ordered:

e8400

Biostar I45

ASUS HD4850

OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W

Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120mm "Core Contact Freezer" CPU Cooler

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

50' HDMI and 50' coax SPDIF (figured I'd have to use this for watching HD movies/possibly gaming???!!! on the CRT RPTV)

This will all be stuffed into the Raidmax Smilodon case, and go with the OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 memory I bought last month. Thanks for your insight -- I didn't go anywhere close to my original $300 plan, but I did learn a good bit from everything else.

You got AS5 why?!

The Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer comes with TX-2, which better than AS5

 

[James_78]

You got AS5 why?!

The Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer comes with TX-2, which better than AS5

Didn't know it came with good stuff -- I just cancelled the order for the PSU & Cooler, and then re-ordered w/out the AS5. Thanks

 

[Nagasama]

actually i think all p45 chipsets drop to 8x when you use crossfire. i may be wrong, there's a first time for everything