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I want to build my first computer in an Antec Aria, which comes with a 300W power supply.
I'd like to get an Athlon 64, but I hear they run hot, and I don't know if the Aria's 120mm fan can take care of it. If I use an AMD, here's what I'd get:
AOpen "MK89-L" nForce3 150 Chipset Motherboard Socket 754
AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 512k L2 Cache
OCZ Performance Series Dual Channel 2GB (1GBx2) DDR PC-3200
Here's the Intel setup:
AOpen "MK89-L" nForce3 150 Chipset Motherboard Socket 754
Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, HT Technology
OCZ Enhanced Latency Series Dual Channel Kits 2GB(512MBx4) DDR PC-3200
Either way, I'm going to use an ASUS nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3.
So, will the AMD be too hot in there? Are there any redundancies, bottlenecks, incompatibilities with these setups? I'm a noob and am not very interested in overclocking .. yet. Also, is 2GB of RAM overkill? I was thinking no because I'd like this computer to stay competitive for more than two years unlike this one (below).
Thanks!
I'd like to get an Athlon 64, but I hear they run hot, and I don't know if the Aria's 120mm fan can take care of it. If I use an AMD, here's what I'd get:
AOpen "MK89-L" nForce3 150 Chipset Motherboard Socket 754
AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 512k L2 Cache
OCZ Performance Series Dual Channel 2GB (1GBx2) DDR PC-3200
Here's the Intel setup:
AOpen "MK89-L" nForce3 150 Chipset Motherboard Socket 754
Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, HT Technology
OCZ Enhanced Latency Series Dual Channel Kits 2GB(512MBx4) DDR PC-3200
Either way, I'm going to use an ASUS nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3.
So, will the AMD be too hot in there? Are there any redundancies, bottlenecks, incompatibilities with these setups? I'm a noob and am not very interested in overclocking .. yet. Also, is 2GB of RAM overkill? I was thinking no because I'd like this computer to stay competitive for more than two years unlike this one (below).
Thanks!