New PC Build

Sparhawk

I'm gonna be building a new computer and this is what I'm thinking of getting while still staying near my $500 budget:

MSI K9N4 Ultra-F Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4600CUBOX - Retail

Transcend JETRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model JM2GDDR2-8K - Retail

SAPPHIRE 100199L Radeon X1950GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

LITE-ON Combo Drive Black SATA Model SHC-52S7K-05 - OEM

Rosewill R218-P-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

ePOWER ZU-550W ATX12V Version 2.0 / EPS12V 550W Power Supply - Retail

ALTEC LANSING ACS22BW 5 watts 2.0 Tower Speaker - OEM

Please let me know if anyone has any changes to suggest or if anyone wants to make fun of me for this system ;P

Apreche

Don't get ATi, you will regret it. I personally only buy Seagate drives, so I always suggest that instead of Western Digital. Ald while that case might seem cheap, there's a reason for that. Be prepared to cut your hands up something fierce.

Sparhawk

Don't get ATi, you will regret it. I personally only buy Seagate drives, so I always suggest that instead of Western Digital. Ald while that case might seem cheap, there's a reason for that. Be prepared to cut your hands up something fierce.

What would you recommend, brand-wise at least, instead of ATi. I know this may sound dumb but I've honestly never built a PC before so I'm trying to learn as I go.

Apreche

Don't get ATi, you will regret it. I personally only buy Seagate drives, so I always suggest that instead of Western Digital. Ald while that case might seem cheap, there's a reason for that. Be prepared to cut your hands up something fierce.

What would you recommend, brand-wise at least, instead of ATi. I know this may sound dumb but I've honestly never built a PC before so I'm trying to learn as I go.

Um, there really is only one other choice. NVidia for the win.

Sparhawk

Would this be a good substitute:
EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail

Apreche

Would this be a good substitute:
EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail

Sure, why not.

Sparhawk

Haha thanks for the super sincere sounding advice. No, but seriously thanks for the help.

Andrew

If you're not in a rush and are planning on playing a lot of the new PC games, wait until the next generation of DX10 cards come out. Then you can get the current ones dirt cheap and be able to play all the new DX10 games. Of course, this would require Vista so it's up to you.

Zeehat

this would require Vista so it's up to you.

*Shiver*

Sparhawk

I'm gonna be running XP Pro and Ubuntu on it.

Zeehat

I also recommend Seagate over WD (HD's).

Zeehat

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4600CUBOX - Retail

Don't take off the CPU fan while running this. lol.

RichLather

Heh heh heh.