My Build

[HomicidalWookie]

This is a build I'm thinking of doing in a few months, of course it will probably change by then.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail-$180
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103747

I'm a little iffy on this mobo, does anyone have any reccomendations for a good AM2 mobo?
Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail-$94.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128321

eVGA 512-P2-N568-AR Geforce 7900GT KO 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail-$299.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130034

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail-$218.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145590

Do I need a floppy for BIOS and such? I figured it's so cheap I might as well just get one.
SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM-$5.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16821103203

2X Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3120813AS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM-$119.98 Total

NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM-$29.25
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827152058

SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM-$19.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827101131

Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[Syrillian]

Yeah...that's nice.

I don't know that you need a floppy as most BIOS backups can now be done on CD. Besides, there might be some other mod that you could use that space for (fan controller for OC'ing).

At any rate that looks like it will put a s**t-eating grin on yer face.

 

[bmxfreakrider]

sounds pretty good, if u want it to last and have something that can literaly do everything, try this if its in ur price range, if not, then the one u chose is ok also, mobo ok, vid ok, ram ok, floppy...i aint got nothin against them, but ur gonna have some cable clutter caused by that cable, so if ur a case neatfreak get a usb one like this so its outta the way, dvd burner good, dvd rom ? o well i guess, and what u gonna put it in?

EDIT: yes...the way it is it would put a **** eating grin on yer face

 

[aliasaid]

At any rate that looks like it will put a s**t-eating grin on yer face.

hahaha good 1.



oh and bmx, the cpu you recommended is for socket 939, and i don't believe that that chip is available for socket AM2.

 

[HomicidalWookie]

I already have this case and PSU
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2215103&Tab=0&NoMapp=0

 

[bmxfreakrider]

oops, haha, shoulda caught that, lol, guess i hit the wrong thing on newegg advanced search, o well AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4600+
lol bout the same, but its the 512 * 2 l2 chache version, and its a lil slower than the 1mb *2, but its still hungrey enough to eat nething u feed it and still be hungrey...^_^(but with the revolution of ddr2 and gddr3, ram speeds are getting closer than ever to the *not worthy*bow*not worthy* l2 cache.lol., but i guess that one meg can make a diff, cause i got an old p2 slot 1 with 512kb l2 and 64kb l1, and a celeron with 128kb l1 &l2, and it is a heck of alot slower, even tho the mhz are about 200 higher than the p2, tho i guess you could down(??maybe even up)grade to a 939 board, but to be safe for the future(and extinction) id go with am2(tho it still could die out like that one ram that dell came out with, what was it again?) gotta love that case, now i might consider getting that case after seeing it!!

 

[HomicidalWookie]

I like the case, has plenty of room and a removable mobo tray.