Build Advice
I am trying to put together my first build; mostly for Maya and video editing as well as an excellent gaming machine. I don't really have a specific budget other then I want to get the most out of my money. I would like over clocking to be an option and as future proof as possible.
Case - Antec Performance I P180 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Mobo - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Graphic Card - XFX PVT70FUNDE Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
Monitor - Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor
PS - Antec TruePower 2.0 TRUECONTROL II-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply (unsure about this one, comments welcome)
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400CDBOX
Ram - CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model cmx1024-3200c2 (two of them)
HD1 - Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive (for windows and programs)
HD2 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (for videos, music, files, ect)
DVD - NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A (two of them)
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi 70SB046600002 PCI Interface SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
Wireless - LINKSYS WMP54G PCI Wireless-G Adapter
CPU Cooling - COOLER MASTER Hyper 6+ RR-UNH-P0U1 100 mm Rifle Bearing Cooling Fan/Heatsink
Speakers - Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker
OS - Microsoft Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2 -oem
Total: $3,879
I'm pretty happy with this build, but I wanted to get some feedback on this setup before I order it. Thanks!
I am trying to put together my first build; mostly for Maya and video editing as well as an excellent gaming machine. I don't really have a specific budget other then I want to get the most out of my money. I would like over clocking to be an option and as future proof as possible.
Case - Antec Performance I P180 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Mobo - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Graphic Card - XFX PVT70FUNDE Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
Monitor - Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor
PS - Antec TruePower 2.0 TRUECONTROL II-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply (unsure about this one, comments welcome)
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400CDBOX
Ram - CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model cmx1024-3200c2 (two of them)
HD1 - Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive (for windows and programs)
HD2 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (for videos, music, files, ect)
DVD - NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A (two of them)
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi 70SB046600002 PCI Interface SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
Wireless - LINKSYS WMP54G PCI Wireless-G Adapter
CPU Cooling - COOLER MASTER Hyper 6+ RR-UNH-P0U1 100 mm Rifle Bearing Cooling Fan/Heatsink
Speakers - Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker
OS - Microsoft Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2 -oem
Total: $3,879
I'm pretty happy with this build, but I wanted to get some feedback on this setup before I order it. Thanks!
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