Im going to build my first pc soon and i need some oppinions. Whats do you think about it? On a $900 budget btw. Not a serious gamer.
[#63ff00]SPECS: CASE: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 mid tower
MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
VIDEO CARD: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB OR..9600gt PSU: Rosewill RP550-2 ATX12V v2.01 550W Power Supply
MEMORY4gb)CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
HARD DRIVE: (2)Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s or..should i get a 80gb for OS and a 160gb for storage? which ones
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium
CPU: intel Q6600 2.4ghz prob 2.6 or 2.8 with OVERCLOCKING
CPU Cooler: ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
so what you think?
Im going to build my first pc soon and i need some oppinions. Whats do you think about it? On a $900 budget btw. Not a serious gamer.
[#63ff00]SPECS: CASE: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 mid tower MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L VIDEO CARD: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB OR..9600gt PSU: Rosewill RP550-2 ATX12V v2.01 550W Power Supply MEMORY 4gb)CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 HARD DRIVE: (2)Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s or..should i get a 80gb for OS and a 160gb for storage? which ones OS: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium CPU: intel Q6600 2.4ghz prob 2.6 or 2.8 with OVERCLOCKING CPU Cooler: ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler so what you think?
The case, motherboard, cpu and OS all are good choices.
If you are going for 4GB of RAM consider getting 2x2 Sticks (Corsair is a good brand) to have a future upgrade option.
Hard drives : I recommend getting 1 WD6400AAKS or 2 x WD3200AAKS depending on price. The small 80GB and 160GB drives are old designs and should not be bought today unless you seriously need to save money.
The Rosewill PSU offers poor value. Try to get a Corsair VX 450W or 550W. The Zalman cooler might also not be the best suited to cool a quad core cpu.
The case, motherboard, cpu and OS all are good choices.
If you are going for 4GB of RAM consider getting 2x2 Sticks (Corsair is a good brand) to have a future upgrade option.
Hard drives : I recommend getting 1 WD6400AAKS or 2 x WD3200AAKS depending on price. The small 80GB and 160GB drives are old designs and should not be bought today unless you seriously need to save money.
The Rosewill PSU offers poor value. Try to get a Corsair VX 450W or 550W. The Zalman cooler might also not be the best suited to cool a quad core cpu.
Alright i will change the hard drive and the psu. is this psu fine??http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
@dagger From the reviews I've read a Q6600, 8800GTS, 1HDD & 1ODD system never exceeds 330W of power consumption. A 450W PSU is also recommended for a stock Gigabyte 8800GTS (and I think they tested with a QX6700). The 450W might be a close match but unless he plans to overclock way higher than 3.0GHz I'd say 450W is going to be enough. A 550W Corsair might be a better choice for future upgrades (and I recommend it even if he won't upgrade at all) but it's 50% more expensive and that has to be considered.
True but the TRUE "evaporated" from newegg this week. Besides that it costs about twice as much as the S1283 (not good for a $900 budget) and performs about the same.