buying new computer! (need your advise)

[zyklon b]

ok new to the form but im just wondering about what you guys think about this setup i am about to purchase i nnne advice so post all you want ty

-Raidmax X-1 ATX Mid-tower Case
-NZXT PF-500 500 Watt Power Supply
-AMD® Athlon-64 3500+ CPU
-Liquid CPU Cooling System Kit
-eVGA nForce-4 SLI Chipset Dual DDR w/7.1 Sound Motherboard
-1024 MB Corsair-Value RAM
-2x Nvidia Geforce 6600 256 mb Video cards running in sli
-160 GB western digital harddrive
-16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive
-600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System
-17" viewsonic monitor
-MS windows xp home sp2
-Kworld Xpert TV-PVR TV-Tuner w/Remote
linksys wireless router and network adaptor

grand total 1550
thats my budget if you got aythoing nicer let me know

 

[will h4x 4 food]

the mobo isnt too good. i would get a dfi ultra dr sli. especially if u are gonna be overclocking. Are those 6600gt or just plain 6600?

 

[Ridlyn]

DONT get the SLI, it's waste of money for the price of those two cards you can get a eVGA 6800GS which will destroy 2 6600 in any game out there.

Get a DFI Motherboard if you're going to oc.

If you're not ocing get this computer.

MSI K8N Neo-4
AMD Athlon 64 3700+/AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
2x1GB Corsair Value Select
Thermaltake Soprano
eVGA 6800GS/eVGA 7800GT

You can fill in the rest because the rest is personal preference.

 

[Ste]

Power supply you listed blows.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103929
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[TheGr8schlotzky]

my opinion: get a more powerful power supply and screw the sli and just get a 6800GT or something. you could use some of the money you saved there to go RAID 0 with another 160GB. :-D also, w/the system specs, i'd go with more ram

 

[Deimos]

yea defenitly more RAM, like 2 gigs total would be sweet

 

[wolfeyes89]

If your gonna get the 3500 get the venice core because i ahve the venice core and it cant overclock for ****. If your not gonna get vencie then get the 3400 now thta can overclock.

 

[tommy2006]

You spending money on some unneccary parts ... and you are getting cheap on the most important piece ... buy the AMD X2 dual core processor running at least 3800+ ... you won't regret it

 

[Gigabite]

Power supply you listed blows.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103929
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It has 5 star review. ???

I have antec Tru430 for about 5 months no problems. Running fine plus that's the older model. Antecs kick ***.

Threadstarter, u'll need more than 1 GB of ram. Get at least 2 gigs.