Revised Gaming Build, Your Thoughts?

[Austin772]

Sup people. This comp will mostly be used for gaming (games like BF2, Half Life 2, and WOW). Anyways, just looking for input on it. This is my first build so if there is anything I can improve on, then plz let me know.


NZXT LEXA-NP Black/ Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard


Antec NeoHE 500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply


AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200



Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive



LITE-ON Black IDE DVD Burner Model SHW-160P6S



Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu LED 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan


BFG Tech BFGR78256GTOC Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card

All in all this build comes in at about $1300, which is good. I will also be buying a Dell 20.1 inch Widescreen monitor to round out the package.

 

[Maxiius]

Cant see wishlist from newegg. Post yer specs

 

[Austin772]

ok there, I added specs because the wishlist was not working.

 

[Maxiius]

Looks like a great build man, you'll be happy you went with 2 gigs of ram too

 

[Austin772]

anyone else have any ideas?

 

[baracuda73]

Skip the SLI chances are you'll upgrade the video card rather than add a second cause next gen video cards single card better than 2x7800

 

[Austin772]

ok so i will take the sli out then, that will save me some cash.

 

[Austin772]

anyone know of a rlly good, but not over priced, non SLI mobo?

 

[old_times]

I beleive I saw a graphics card-mobo combo at new egg for $350ish. The card was 7800GT I guess. Look it up.

 

[Austin772]

yeah i see the combo, but it is with an EVGA board, is it worth it?

Heres the link to the board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188002

I save $129 if i go with this deal

 

[virus5877]

Hey man, building an almost exact comp myself (even going with that Lexa case! veerrry sexy!) I was originally going to go with SLI and decided to scrap it after much forum reading and online research, the mobo I'm gonna use is the Asus K8N-E ultra, goes on newegg for about $110. Other than that love the build!


ps: WoW rox in 20 inch glory!

 

[Austin772]

yeah but i since im going with an evga 7800GT i could get a free EVGA SLI mobo, should I go with the deal or is the mobo I get in the deal crap?

Also if I go with the deal and get the free mobo than I being my purchase down from 1300 to around 1240, seems like a pretty good deal, I just need to know if the mobo is crap so if it is than I will know that saving 60 bucks isent worth it. If I dont get the EVGA board than I will prolly get a non SLI DFI board.

 

[parlee]

if u decide not to go with the 7800gt/mobo combo, id check to see if an x1800 fits ur budget (i duno what there priced at anymore...) but i think there faster than 7800gt's... and if u wanna squeeze all the perforamnce out of that machine... u know... other than that, thats a sick rig u got, i have a 3700 as well and love that beast

 

[old_times]

If you are tight on the budget do that. Certainly you'll get more value for what you are paying for.

 

[purelithium]

anyone know of a rlly good, but not over priced, non SLI mobo?

The Epox 9NPA+ Ultra that I have is an excellent motherboard. There is a review of a bunch of the nForce4 Ultra boards on Anand Tech and the EPoX and DFI boards tied for the lead.

It's stable, works perfectly and looks great, too!