• Welcome to Overclockers Forums! Join us to reply in threads, receive reduced ads, and to customize your site experience!

switching from a mac... need advice on new pc

Overclockers is supported by our readers. When you click a link to make a purchase, we may earn a commission. Learn More.

blonde

Registered
Joined
Jan 10, 2007
hey guys,


so i have decided to make the switch and sell my mac and build a pc instead. now i am a complete pc noob but i have done a LOT of reading on this forum and i think that i have managed to design a pretty decent computer. now, i really do need some feedback from you guys as far as the quality of teh products, compatabillity issues or anything else that i should know. a few notes:

1) the video card is just something to hold me over till the 8800 are cheaper.
2) i need the 4gb of ram because i do alot of PS work and i do it with many other apps open in the background.
3) i already have Vista
4) i have no sound card because from what i understand, the integrated one should be good enough..

here is what i plan on ordering tonight:

LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-16A7S-06 - Retail

Antec Performance One P180 Silver cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

XFX PVT73GUGD3 GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail

LINKSKEY LKA-CR15B 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Card Reader/Writer - Retail

2x CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400 - Retail
 
Nice setup for such a transition, but switch the Intel to AMD and you'll be good :p. No, don't its a nice setup though nonetheless.

I wish i would of went out and got 2gig of RAM but money is well you know. :p
 
Back