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Bulding a pc and I need some advice with the parts I've chosen.

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  • NecroNecro
    I've chaged the CPU,Cooler,PSU and RAM. The new price is $930. Do I need to upgrade something that's on my list to something better? From the looks of it everything is fine.
  • AprecheApreche
    One more question: Is it better to use thermal paste or the adhesive pads?
    Thermal paste works well, but I find it to be messy. Personally, I always buy a retail CPU, because it comes with a retail heat sink. I put the CPU in the socket, then I mount the heat sink on top. It works just fine with no additional thermal anything.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    PSU:
    ThermalTake / PurePower W0100RU / 500-Watt / ATX 2.0 / 120mm Fan / 20/24-Pin / SATA-Ready / PCI-E Ready / Power Supply $59.99
    Not a bad PSU, but not a particularly good one either. The best thing about seeing this in your list is it means you aren't thinking about SLi anymore, since it doesn't even have the connectors for it.
    I'd recommend something like the Corsair 450VX. The spec is 450W and it's $10 more, but if you look into it the specification for current on the +12V rail(s) is 33A. The Thermaltake you were looking at only gets 29A. Current on the +12V rail is the most crucial spec as far as the supplied power is concerned. Also, the Corsair unit is quite simply higher quality.
    Cooler:
    Thermaltake / Ruby Orb / Socket 775/754/939/940/AM2 / Aluminum Core/Fins / CPU Cooler $34.99
    If you're going to buy a CPU cooler, buy something better. The performance improvement of this one over stock Intel cooling will be minimal.
    Motherboard:
    Socket 775 EPOX EP-5NVAJ 1066 NForce4+SLi, 4DDRII 667,8CH,2PCI-E 16x,LAN Gb,SATAII RAID ATX Rtl 130$
    I don't recommend the nForce4+SLi chispset at all. An Intel chipset would be a better idea.
  • NecroNecro
    Since I have over 300$ left I'll change the psu,cooler and motherboard to a better one.I'll update it now.Anything else that needs to be changed?
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited May 2008
    Well:-
    • the case is fine if you like it
    • the video card is great
    • the cpu is great
    • the memory is great
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  • NecroNecro
    edited May 2008
    I got two 500gb drives from my old pc.Oh and I changed the components.
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  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited May 2008
    Your current motherboard is fine, but I'd probably recommend the Gigabyte P35-DS3L, which is what I think Scott got. If you need some specific feature, there's probably a more expensive P35 board with it, but I doubt you need any.

    There's no point going with an expensive Nvidia SLi chipset if you've dropped SLi. If you still want to leave that avenue open, you'll need a PSU that supports it, and you'll need to check on specifications.
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  • NecroNecro
    But it deosn't have Sli even though it's a lot cheaper.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited May 2008
    But it deosn't have Sli even though it's a lot cheaper.
    The fact that it's cheaper is pretty much the main point isn't it? No point spending on something you won't use.

    Also, that heatsink is pretty damn cool.
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  • NecroNecro
    Then I'll change it.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    I think your system looks great now.
  • NecroNecro
    Well then I'll buy it as soon as the exams are finished.
  • AprecheApreche
    One thing to note about my motherboard, no firewires.
  • NecroNecro
    One thing to note about my motherboard, no firewires.
    I won't use it anyway.
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