newbie at building a pc...help?

[aspire]

amd is more efficient that 2.2ghz will cream that 3.0 intel in benchmarks. intel likes to wow people with the high ghz rating but amd's work better plus youll be able to oc that amd chip to hell.


heres my idea

cpu: $267
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103514

mobo: $150
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127197

gfx card: $180
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130214

power supply: $55
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103906

ram: $115
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145479 x2

cpu fan: $52
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118115

case: 6 80mm cooling fans $57
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144002

hard drive: $60
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148019

sound card: you probably dont need it $48
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102179

total system cost is $1024
any have a issues with this setup let me know

 

[c4sTr0]

holy shit u guys thx so much
i would have never found any of that out on my own

yea athlon is lookin pretty sweet right now

 

[c4sTr0]

omg this is so awesome
i think im gonna start building in the upcomming week!
joy

 

[c4sTr0]

o but about the eVGA Geforce video card.
i heard that the radeon is just uncomparable and is a must for gaming.
is it smarter to go with the eVGA Geforce?

 

[diabloII]

aspire, do you really think that computer would even power up with that shitty psu?

and plus, the price difference between the 3200 and 3500 is too much, u can just OC the 3200 to 3500 speeds and upgrade the gfx to x800xl

 

[aspire]

its an antec, heres a customer review

I've had one of these babies for over two years now, and it runs just fine, despite all the stuff I hook up to it. I have an AXP1700+, a Radeon9800Pro (and sometimes a TNT1 in a PCI slot when I'm feeling saucy and have 3 screens available), 3 PCI cards, two HDD's, two CD/DVD writers, four case fans, some CCFL's, and a couple USB devices. I've had no problems with it, and it's very quiet. The only "maintenance" I've done to it was opening it up a few times to blow the dust out. (Disclaimer: Don't ever touch the capacitors, and don't let your kids try to eat it!)

But seriously, though. It's a great product, and it's amazing that this 330W PSU can handle what some cheap-o 500W monsters can't.

 

[c4sTr0]

whats a psu?

 

[aspire]

power supply you plug everything in your computer to it its like a silver box with a bunch or cable running out of it that you plug into your mobo, your fans, your hard drive, your graphics card, your cd drives. it may not sound like its important but if you dont have a good one it could fry your system

*edit* ya but you can overclock the 3500+ to 4000+ speeds

 

[c4sTr0]

alright makes sense

but again, whats better for gaming.
the eVGA Geforce or radeon?

 

[diabloII]

What you want is what dale suggested, but here's the links

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (winchester) $190
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-502&depa=1

DFI Lanparty ultra-d UT nf4 ultra mobo $140
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=13-136-152&DEPA=1

ATI X800 XL $299
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-509&depa=1

NEC 3520A (black) dvd-rw drive $52
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=27-152-035&DEPA=1

WD SATA 80 gig $59AR
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-135-106&depa=1

OCZ Modstream 450W $73AR
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-104-154&depa=0

MAXTOP Case $37
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811150017

COrsair XMS $162 (is this good or not? i dunno)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=20-145-450&DEPA=1

and maybe a cpu cooler or something..meh?

edit: an AXP is NOT a 64, a 64 requires at least 22a@12v (or was it 20 or 24), and a 9800pro is NOT an x800xl