building new system opinions on current setup

[bertystubs]

OK So this is what I just bought tell me what you think!

Alright since nobody was willing to reply to my first thread when I was asking if these were good parts to buy, I did my own research, and they all seem pretty damn good. So I went and bought them last night Mostly from Newegg they seemed to have the best prices around. I will prolly be folding on this machine too, so hollar back and let me know if you think I made a wise decision by buying these parts. I know it was over my price budget of $1700.00 but hell thats what tax returns are for, although those wont me comming for a while lol.

Creative Audigy 2 zs platinum
$179.99 $50 MIR = $129.99

Powmaxs demon Case with 550W psu
$55

2 red cold cathodes, and 6 red led 80mm fans
$16

VANTEC ROUND, 18-Inch, ATA 66/100/133 IDE Cable, YELLOW COLOR
2X = $9.98

GALAXY ROUND, 10 inch, FLOPPY CABLE, 2-head, booted YELLOW COLOR $2.99

ASUS "A8V Deluxe" VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
$133.00

Gainward nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB DDR3, TV-Out/Dual DVI, 8X AGP, Model "V9999GT/2DT/256" -RETAIL
$429.00

AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512K, L2 Cache, Windows Compatible 64-bit Processor 939 Pin - Retail
$365.00


OCZ Gold Edition Rev2 Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-4000 - Retail
$299.00

Samsung Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model SFD321B/LBL1, OEM Drive Only
$9.00

Maxtor MaXLine III 300GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model 7B300S0, OEM Drive Only
$230.00

Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/ PS/2 104keys -RETAIL
$69.00

ViewSonic P95F+B 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor –RETAIL
$250.00

Lite-On 16X DVD Dual Drive, Model SOHW-1633S Black, OEM
$78.99

Lite-On Black 16X DVD-ROM, Model SOHD-167T, OEM
$28.50

Subtotal » $2,095.46

 

[bertystubs]

"bump"

 

[shard]

only thing i would change is the PSU, gotta replace it soon, that thing is a powmax, and it does exactly what its called. besides that, i think you got a great rig!

 

[Thanatos_2005]

yeah, just like shard said all you gotta do is maybe look at the PSU but other than that I'd give that rig an A+

it's gonna kick some major butt

 

[BioNiKaL]

:S the case and psu - the demon cases look good and all but arent too functional IMO

also why go for 1 300gb hard drive its probably better to go for like 3 120's more options with three also you can conisder raid and stuff....

only suggestions a great machine no matter what

-mark

 

[CordialSpam]

-Get a Thermaltake case or some kind of Antech without PSU and get a 480W Antec Turepower PSU
-Get 2x 160GB SATA and set them on raid 0 is better than 1 3000GB
-How about 2x Ballistix for memory?

Everything else are just look fine to me.

 

[BioNiKaL]

-Get 2x 160GB SATA and set them on raid 0 is better than 1 3000GB

umm i'd prefer the 3000gb lol i know you meant 300 but hey its still funny

 

[bertystubs]

The PSU is not a Powmax, the case is and it came with a 550W Chiefmax PSU. I hope that it works alright

 

[Super Nade]

What about the Heatsink and CPU fan?
I got the Thermalright SKL948 and a Vantec Tornado 92 x 38 mm CPU fan. The stock AMD Fan/CPU doesn't quite cut it if you plan on OC'ing. Also I got a Fortron 530W PSU (see my sig).You may want to check out this thread if you have N00b questions like I did.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=326351

Pay particular attention to application of AS-5.

Good Luck dude!

 

[bertystubs]

right now I am just going to run the heat sink and fan that come with the cpu, I ran out of $ to buy anythying else

 

[BioNiKaL]

i have the same problem