I need some advice on building my own pc. First off, this pc is basically going to be a
backup pc used for surfing, a great deal of word processing, music, movies and tv. I seldom play any type of games. I’m planning on using a plextor dvd burner (px 760A) that I took out of another pc, I also have a 300 Gb hard drive, and a cd burner, a 400W cool max psu from again another pc, so those are items I don’t need. I’d like to stay in a budget of under six hundred, if that’s possible, as this unit is basically a backup, however I want to be able to update/expand it in the future.
I am looking at the following items, and would appreciate any and all input, as I’ve never built a pc.
Motherboard:
Asus A8N-SLI SE NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI Ready / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / RAID
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] .asp?EdpNo =2949323&CatId=13
ok, I did some more looking around and have changed everything. This is now what I am looking at:
Motherboard: Asus M2N-E SLI NVIDIA Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.80GHz OEM and 1GB DDR2 PC4200 Memory
CASE
Cooler Master Centurion 5 - Silver ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports
PSU
Power Up / 600-Watt / ATX / Dual 80mm Fan / SATA-Ready / SLI Ready / Blue / Power Supply
Do you think I need a heatsink for the cpu. I am staying with my original case.
Thanks for any and all help. I'm such a n00b at this. Not sure why my links don't work. Sorry that you have to copy/paste.
Message edited by raven on 08-04-2007 at 02:50:08 AM
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