Building a computer?
1. Power Supply, Ultra X-Finity ULT31848 600-Watt Power Supply Unit
2. RAM, Kingston 2GB KIT 400MHZ DDR PC3200 ( KVR400X64C3AK2/2G )
3. Hard Drive, 250GB SATA-300 Internal
4. Motherboard, Asus Lifestyle A8N32-SLI Deluxe AI Gaming Edition ATX Motherboard (Socket 939)
5. graphics card, eVGA e-GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB PCI-Express 256-P2-N761-AR Graphics Card
6. sound card, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Se
7. processor, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5200+ 2.6 GHz Processor
8. computer case, ULTRA PRODUCTS ULT31586 Ultra UV Wizard Clear Steel Case
Total cost = $802.86
Answers:
I would recommend a different setup based on an Intel CPU. This system uses DDR2 memory and in general uses newer technologies. I have priced it out on Newegg and it the total came to $754 after rebates.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $67.99
XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card $184.99
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate
$65.99
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail
-$20.00 Instant
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate
$129.99
$109.99
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit -$40.00 Instant
$128.99
$88.99
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard -$10.00 Instant
$119.99
$109.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 Allendale 2.0GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E4400 - Retail
$126.99
This system uses parts that are known as being great for overclocking, which you can take advantage of if you are comfortable doing it. I believe that this would give you a much better value for your money, and is a more future proof system, since AMD have already retired the 939 socket.
Did you do deep research and prices on all these parts. If you do then you have no problem. But you should what you would like do with your computer. That what you should ask your self frist beside buy the parts and build it then go around that computer use not the user.
Well I am more than sure no one here has the time to actually SHOP for you... but in any case here is one piece of advice...
Wherever you buy those parts from... get them from newegg, it is the cheapest source for individual computer components...
http://www.newegg.com
I'm not sure but do you really need a 600watt PSU?
Also, you forgot the mouse, keyboard, and monitor unless you have them already.
DVD drive?
Impressive system you are going to build there.
My thoughts are to make sure the RAM is the right type for the board, I am guessing it might use something faster than 3200. Some form of CD/DVD drive? Finally, whatever HD you get, don't buy a Maxtor drive.
Good job spec'ing it out. Looks like a pretty good gaming system. What OS are you going to use?
for a gaming system, i suggest you spend a little more for the 8800gts
as a caution note: Ultra PSU's used to have a bad ring to it (i dont' know if they have higher build quality now) but they used to have problems with "blowing up" and critically damaging all of the computer compoenets connected to it.
otherwise, everything looks good for an $800 system.
That is cheap. Probably you could have payed like 1200 if you bought the assembled one. Nice job. But I am not sure about the compatiblity...but I know one thing...you forgot the screw. Buy the right one. and also where the hell is hte CD rom.
You forgot to get an optical Drive.
Choose one from Plextor (BEST) or Lite-ON (GOOD)
and try to get a floppy drive. I know there ancient and people don't want to get them but just in case.
Everything else looks fine
Alright, first of all this is not bad but there are some simple change that can save you some money and give you better performance
Processor- Go with socket AM2, 939 is getting out phased and the ram for it is cheaper, DDR2 Ram
Motherboard - Stick with ASUS I own one, their great reliable boards not to mention the have easy overclocking features, on the other hand, go with socket AM2, its newer and the RAM is cheaper, a friend of mine bought 2 gigs of DDR2 for almost the same price as my 1 gig of PC3200
Hard drive - Fine, its a hard drive the never fail
Power Supply - Don't screw around here, this is the life of your system, go with a popular brand name like thermaltake coolmax or raidmax
Sound Card - If you've only got a pair of speakers its not worth, ASUS have pretty good onboard anyway
GRAPHICS CARD - This is a very brooad department, you picked a good card, actually its a great card, but im an ATI user, take a look at the X1900GT by conect 3D it's pretty much the same one as you picked out but cheaper, actually 40 bucks cheaper than when I bought it, it runs everything maxxed even FEAR and i can just about max Oblivion
Oh and one more thing, you might want to pick up a dvd burner or some sort of cd drive
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