How do these choices look:
MB:
MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813130491
Video Card:
XFX PV-T73G-UDD3 Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150140
Power Supply:
SPARKLE ATX-400PN-B204 ATX 12V 2.0 400W Power Supply - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103013
Ram:G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231047
CPU:AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103539
My budget falls around 700 bucks. I have a nice case.. and I'm searching slickdeals for new SATA drives. I currently have a few basic ATA drives for it.
Any thoughts on the ram? I'm not to sure about ram..
But all opinions are welcome. Thanks in advance.
They're reliable though. Used to put them into dumb terminals for a client. Cheap and they never wore out.
The thing that will hold you back the most is going to be the video card. However it's really hard to get anything better to fit into your price range.
Personally, I'd consider waiting for the AM2 socket. They'll be pumping those out in the next couple months, and they'll have DDR2 support. That's about the biggest change, but because of the onchip memory controler AM2 won't be compatible with 939.
Antec 550w powersupply
7900GT for video card
This Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130015
Coolest thing is I bought everything of Hardforums(someone linked from here linked it a few days back)... and I stayed under my 700 dollar budger and ended up with a way better setup.
quote:You don't need that much. You could easily afford to drop closer to 450w and save a few extra bucks. Maybe some brand name RAM if you're paranoid about unknown companies. Or perhaps a bigger HDD.
Taldir.
Here's some changes I made..Antec 550w powersupply
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I bet Blackened's Mother is proud:
You don't need that much. You could easily afford to drop closer to 450w and save a few extra bucks. Maybe some brand name RAM if you're paranoid about unknown companies. Or perhaps a bigger HDD.
It's retarded to look at power supplies by their total output these days anyway.
Look for a power supply that has dual 12 volt rails at somewhere around 18-19 amps each and you will be able to run just about any video card out there.
quote:fo sho tru nuff
Blindy..
It's retarded to look at power supplies by their total output these days anyway.
