How does this build look?

[mooreswhat]

Hey,

My family will be upgrading from this crappy dell optiplex to a new computer, and I have decided that a custom pc could be very good for us. What do you guys think of this build:

Case LIAN-LI ALUMINUM PC-6089 18IN CASE BLUE 4X5.25 3X3.5 5X3.5INT WINDOW NO PS
$187.23


Processor AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ PROCESSOR S939 VENICE 1.8GHZ 512K L2 CACHE 90NM RETAIL BOX
$216.70


Motherboard ASUS A8N-E MOTHERBOARD ATX S939 NFORCE4 ULTRA DDR PCI-E16 PCI-E4 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA RAID GBLAN SOUND
$153.52

Memory CORSAIR VALUE SELECT DUAL CHANNEL 1024MB KIT PC3200 DDR CAS2.5 2X512MB
$138.22


IDE Hard Drives WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR SE 120GB HARD DRIVE SATA 7200RPM 8.9MS 8MB OEM 3YR WARRANTY
$123.5


Floppy PANASONIC SILVER 1.44MB 3.5IN FLOPPY DRIVE
$12.24


Video Card MSI NX6600GT-TD128E VIDEO CARD GEFORCE 6600 GT PCI-E 128MB DDR 128BIT VGA DVI TV-OUT
$242.82


Power Supply FORTRON FSP/SPI FSP400-60THN-R 400W ATX12V 2.0 24PIN BLUE STORM POWER SUPPLY W/ 120MM FAN RETAIL
$86.14


DVD Writer LG GSA-4163B DVD+RW 16X8X16X DVD-RW 16X6X16 CDRW 40X24X40 DUAL LAYER+R 4X INT IDE BEIGE OEM W/ SW
$73.68


Heat Sink ARCTIC COOLING SUPER SILENT 4 ULTRA S478 ALUMINUM 2300RPM 42CFM 12-23DBA
$19.35


Keyboard LOGITECH INTERNET PRO KEYBOARD BLACK PS/2 OEM
$15.87


Mouse MICROSOFT WHEEL MOUSE OPTICAL USB/PS2 OEM
$22.50


Operating System MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL OEM
$169.98


Inkjet Printer FREE! LEXMARK Z615 COLOUR INKJET PRINTER (after $40 CAD MIR)


TOTAL: 1,739.89

THIS IS IN CANADIAN CURRENCY

1,739.89 CAD = 1,413.74 USD


What do you guys think??? Some things I;m not sure about is the psu and the heatsink.

Thnx

 

[wdeep4]

If it were me, I'd go for more watts on the PSU. Something in the 500-550 range. But that's just me. I prefer to slightly overconfigure my PSU's. That way you avoid problems down the road if you decide to upgrade something or add another component or two. You also tend to get cleaner power that way too.

 

[jcw122]

Thats definately a ALOT of power for a family comp dude.

First off, whose gonna be using it? And how often?

Next, will alot of 3D gaming be done on it? if no, then I think you should reconsider the video card and processor and mabe even socket.

Last, I'm asking this because I think that system might be a little much for a "family computer"