First Built Computer

[blacklightbulb]

I'm building my first computer and I have chosen all the parts (have not bought any yet) and I wanted to make sure all the parts are compatible.

Motherboard
ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 nVidia nForce4 ATX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131569

CPU
AMD Athlon 3800+ 2000MHz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103531

Case
Xion II Black SECC Steel ATX Mid-Tower 450W PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208008

Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 7200 RPM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148139

3.5" Floppy Drive
Sony Black Internal Floppy Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821103116

CD/DVD Drive
Sony 16x DVD-ROM 48x CD-ROM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101131

CD/DVD Burner
Sony 16x DVD+R DVD+RW 8x DVD-R 6x DVD-RW 48x CD-R 24x CD-RW

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131031

Memory
Corsair XMS 2 GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR 400

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145486

Graphics Card
XFX GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-e

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1931185&Tab=2&NoMapp=0

And as a replacement for the case's PSU

Ultra X-Finity 600W ATX

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1273341&Sku=ULT31848

Also, what kinds of fans/cooling parts should I have?

 

[tyr86]

What is it with you people? Did I miss the memo? You only need your burner, mate, no need for another optical drive unless you really need to do direct disk to disk cloning... :roll:

Alright, thats my only complaint, the rest I'll be patient and go over with you.

First off, stay away from socket 939 at this point in the game... AM2 is right here and AM2 prices will drop during the week of the 26th of July.

I personally would not buy that tower, but that is just me -- wasted PSU.

Hard drive is a sure fire winner, good choice.

RAM is good.

GPU, I'd go with x1800GT or a 7900GT.

And, uh... PSU you chose, I wouldn't get that brand, and I wouldn't order anything from Tigerdirect. I would Newegg it all. And what is with the 600 watter? You plan on SLI or 5 or 6 HDDs or water cooling in the future? Try Antec, Seasonic, OCZ, or Thermaltake.

 

[The_Prophecy]

Do yourself a favor...... change these parts:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+

RAM: OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR400

Two reasons why I'm suggesting making these swaps:

1. The 3500+ can be overclocked to the same speed as the 3800+

2. With the $30-35 you save from getting the 3500+, you can get the RAM I suggested. The OCZ set I picked out has much lower timings (2-3-2-5 vs. 3-3-3-8), and AMD systems LOVE ram with lower timings.

 

[firepyro555]

I would agree with most of it, but unless your comfortable with overclocking CPU's then i wouldn't suggest doing it. Also, if you really need to finish work over the summer, then try to stick with the DDR and the Skt 939, i know people are gonna call me crazy for telling you this, but there really isn't any visible benefit right now to switching over to DDR2, infact its slower than DDR400 because the timings are soo high

 

[mesarectifier]

AM2 is about upgrade path, not speed increase (at the moment)

 

[The_Prophecy]

I would agree with most of it, but unless your comfortable with overclocking CPU's then i wouldn't suggest doing it.

Despite what many people think, overclocking a cpu is actually in practice, very hard to screw up.

 

[yourmothersanastronaut]

Forget OCZ if you want an Asus board. They do not play well together - Corsair and Crucial are better with Asus motherboards.

And I second the AM2 notion - me gusta mi computadora con AM2...

 

[The_Prophecy]

The only problems i've heard of between OCZ and Asus are OCZ DDR2 sticks and Asus AM2 boards.

 

[shadowduck]

The only problems i've heard of between OCZ and Asus are OCZ DDR2 sticks and Asus AM2 boards.

Same here.. OCZ seems to work fine in S939 configurations.