My First New Pc..Please Help Me

[sixpacgenius]

Hey guys, this is my first time posting here . Ok, hers my dilema, im planning to build my very first pc very soon. OK!

Case: Diablo ATX Mid-Tower Case with 450Watt Power Supply, Front Neon Lights, Front USB and Audio

Motherboard and CPU: Chaintech VNF3-250 Socket 754 ATX Motherboard and AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Processor

Hardrive: Seagate 160GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model ST3160021A, OEM Drive Only

Memory: Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - Retail

DVD and CD Drive: BenQ DW1620 / 16x4x16x DVD±RW / 2.4x DVD+R DL / 40x24x40x CD-RW / Black / Sonic

Sound Card: Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 PCI Sound Card

Floppy Drive: Sony 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive

Video Card: Please help me find a ATI Radeon PRO for the cheapest price

Operating System" Probablly Windows XP Home

Mouse and Keyboard: Ill Just buy them from my local Radio Shack

Cooling: Ill Buy fans, please help look for cheap fans.


Basically I want you guys to look over my parts and see if they are all compatiable, also if you can find the parts for cheaper please tell me.

Thanks in advance

 

[millerhighlife_]

Hmm.. Guess you are on a strict budget ? What is it ? I would highly recommend using socket 939 over 754. Better performance and you will be able to upgrade it in the future. A good card for a budget system would be a Radeon 9600XT. Check pricewatch.com if you really wanna save some dough. If you can though, use newegg or zipzoomfly. Both are great. Since this is a budget rig i'm guessing, drop the 160GB HDD. Get a 80GB for now and upgrade later if needed. Nice burner, never heard that name brand but sounds nice. Maybe it's just me but I would recommend getting a second drive that's not a burner. A rom drive for either dvd or cd or both. They tend to read faster than the all in one deals and you would be able to copy other cd/dvd's easier with 2 drives. Other than that looks good.

Edit: Oh yea ! I almost forgot, Welcome to the Forums !

 

[The Merlin]

I'd say a 9600 Pro or XT would be appropriate..... Pro's go for around $125 and XT's $150 or under on newegg

 

[sixpacgenius]

my budget is aruond 900 to 1000


i already have the moniroer

 

[persianxballer]

I'm pretty sure you can do better than that for $1000. Look at the thread I posted, "I finally made up my mind."
That's what my new computer is going to look like and I'm quite sure it'll perform better than the one you are trying to build.

 

[sixpacgenius]

bump

 

[Apokalipse]

I would get an Athlon 64 3200+ winchester CPU

with an Abit AV8 3rd eye

and for yer video card: a 6600 GT in AGP

 

[bigdawgjts2663]

for less than 1000--as follows:
AMD 64 3400+ 939 Socket Pro.
ABIT mobo socket 939 w/ via chipset
4 case fans w/ blue led's by powmax
200 gig seagate barracuda @ 7200.8 RPM
Arctic cooling heatsink
eVGA nVidia 5700LE 256 MB Graphics card
Combo CD R/RW Drive
Sony Floppy
500 Watt Power supply Ultra that came w/ case
Corsair XMS Series 1x512 MB 184 Pin RAM

 

[bigdawgjts2663]

I would go ahead and spend a little more now and get a AMD 64 3500+ for a little more money

 

[neosteve]

You cant get a 3400+ for socket 939 only the 3500+ which is the exact same thing but for socket 939.
Also i suggest you stay away from the nVidia 5700LE and get a bit more better card like a 9600XT or 9800Pro or even a 6600GT.

Neosteve