my first build. thoughts/suggestions?

[primoid]

Xion Case with sweet blue lights and great cooling

mobo: Gigabyte S-series GA-MA69G-S3H AMD 690G chipset (supports AMD socket AM2)

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.5 GHz socket am2, L2 Cache

HD: Western Digital 160 gb

450w xion power supply

cd rom drive I took out of an older dell

video card: XFX GeForce 8600GT 512 MB ddr2

edit: forgot I have 2 sticks of ddr2 667mhz 1gb ram in it


any input is greatly appreciated!

 

[Luke]

what are you using the computer for?
what is your budget?
what xion case?

don't get that psu, get like a 550vx
get an 8800gs instead of that

 

[Redmo0n]

Intel are the new kings since 06. You probably want the best performance possible. From your previous build i am guessing your budget but heres a better build.

Motherboard- Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Cpu- Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors

HD- Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

PSU- Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 Power Supply 90 - 264 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Power Supplies

Video card- Newegg.com - XFX PVT88SFDD4 GeForce 8800GS XXX 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Ram- Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Thats a good computer and should beat what you posted with a big FPS stick.

 

[Luke]

if he has a bit extra he want to spend a 7200.11 hdd would be much faster then that.