Hi everyone. I am about to build my first PC and I am very confused and have many questions. First I will post all of the parts I am about to purchase.
Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX All Solid Capacitor AMD Motherboard - Retail
Processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
Power Supply:SeaSonic M12 SS-600HM ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC - Retail
Memory:OCZ Vista Upgrade 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Graphics Card:EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Hard Drive:Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA-300 Hard Drive - OEM
DVD Burner:LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
Monitor:Acer AL1916WAbd Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 - Retail
total cost on newegg before rebates today=1205.92 I will probably have about 150 more to use when I end up purchasing later this week...
now on to my questions...
I have an older antec (sorry do not know the model type there isn't one on newegg like it?...)case that is a good bit larger than my current eMachines case...would any of you all be willing to guess that everything I am getting will fit in there...
Is my motherboard appropriate for my experience level (which is to say none) and will it "scale" into later when I end up wanting/needing/knowing how to overclock my stuff?
Is it worth it to go with 2 gbs of ddr3 1066 ram and getting an e8400 intel processor if all the computer is going to do is play games and perhaps a little bit of music stuff down the road?
Do I need a sound card to play games/will my onboard sound be sufficient or acceptable?
Will my Memory work with my motherboard, I think that motherboard uses 1.8v ram but I am not quite sure. I also don't understand the timings and latencies part of it either, is this memory good? if not please recomend some.
Should I wait for the 9x00 series nvidia card that costs <350 or just stay with what I'm getting?
What is the deal with the black series of processors? should I just stay away?
Am I missing anything...will I need to get any other stuff (case fans, a fan controller [and are they necessary/what do they do] anything really)
and finally My monitor runs at 1440x900. under xp pro will I be able to play the following games at the highest settings Oblivion, Sins of a Solar Empire, medieval 2 and some sort of first person murder that looks all slick (for the ooh and ahh factor for my wife.) and will it run Crysis on high?
Thanks in advance for any and all answers and insights provided...
Mike
--first post by the way
And Edited for greater ease
Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX All Solid Capacitor AMD Motherboard - Retail
Processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
Power Supply:SeaSonic M12 SS-600HM ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC - Retail
Memory:OCZ Vista Upgrade 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Graphics Card:EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Hard Drive:Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA-300 Hard Drive - OEM
DVD Burner:LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
Monitor:Acer AL1916WAbd Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 - Retail
total cost on newegg before rebates today=1205.92 I will probably have about 150 more to use when I end up purchasing later this week...
now on to my questions...
I have an older antec (sorry do not know the model type there isn't one on newegg like it?...)case that is a good bit larger than my current eMachines case...would any of you all be willing to guess that everything I am getting will fit in there...
Is my motherboard appropriate for my experience level (which is to say none) and will it "scale" into later when I end up wanting/needing/knowing how to overclock my stuff?
Is it worth it to go with 2 gbs of ddr3 1066 ram and getting an e8400 intel processor if all the computer is going to do is play games and perhaps a little bit of music stuff down the road?
Do I need a sound card to play games/will my onboard sound be sufficient or acceptable?
Will my Memory work with my motherboard, I think that motherboard uses 1.8v ram but I am not quite sure. I also don't understand the timings and latencies part of it either, is this memory good? if not please recomend some.
Should I wait for the 9x00 series nvidia card that costs <350 or just stay with what I'm getting?
What is the deal with the black series of processors? should I just stay away?
Am I missing anything...will I need to get any other stuff (case fans, a fan controller [and are they necessary/what do they do] anything really)
and finally My monitor runs at 1440x900. under xp pro will I be able to play the following games at the highest settings Oblivion, Sins of a Solar Empire, medieval 2 and some sort of first person murder that looks all slick (for the ooh and ahh factor for my wife.) and will it run Crysis on high?
Thanks in advance for any and all answers and insights provided...
Mike
--first post by the way
And Edited for greater ease