Yet another new build post :)

[traveaso26]

So I just finish up my build over the weekend. It took me about a month to get the info for the best products vs the best performance ratio. I wanted to make sure I really did my research this time. This is my first post and hopefully not my last because I enjoy coming here day in and day out to get all my info in this field. There are so many talented computer builders here and I gladly will take all the advice I can get.

Case - APEVIA Full ATX Tower

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144050

Felt this case was still good enough for me so I stuck with it. If i do notice that the air flow is a problem I will consider getting the Antec 900 Series Case.

Motherboard - Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131013

Always had good luck with Asus

Processor - AMD Athlon X2 6400+

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103191

Stuck with AMD as I had for a good 6 years now. But as it is looking this might be the last AMD processor I get unless the B3 benchmarks are impressive.

Memory - CORSAIR XMS2 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145176

CPU Fan - ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835118020

Power Supply - OCZ GameXStream 700W

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817341002

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb X 2

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136074

Video Card - EVGA Geforce 8800GT 512MB SSC Edition

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130319

Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006

2 x Samsung DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151154

Monitor - Samsung 22in LCD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096

OS - Windows Vista 64bit

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16832116215

Thats pretty much it. Let me know what you all think. I know some of you will be like why did he go with AMD when Intel is so much better. Basically it was a personal preference there. But as I said I am starting to lean more towards Intel in my next build. This will do for now though.

The games I will be mostly playing are:

Call of Duty 4
Unreal Tournament 3
Crysis
Bioshock
TF2

 

[chuckm]

The case has been deactivated, the 900 is a steal, $80 after MIR.

 

[traveaso26]

Yeah thats what i felt. Just wanted to hear the input from someone. I will go ahead and purchase it. Thanks

 

[Shadow703793]

Unless going with a Phenom (B3) in the future I would recommend that you get a Intel CPU + P35 motherboard.

 

[traveaso26]

Unless going with a Phenom (B3) in the future I would recommend that you get a Intel CPU + P35 motherboard.

Thats what I am shooting for.