First Homebuilt Final Result

[Conley]

I'm pretty happy with it.

Biostar GF8200 mGPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz
Excelstor 250GB SATA II 7200RPM HDD
Gskill 4GB DDR2 1066 (running at 400Mhz) (2x2GB)
Nvidia Geforce 9600GT
17" acer LCD Monitor 5ms response time (1280x1024)
18x DVD 54x CD DVD-ROM Drive
Windows XP Home OEM

In case you can't tell, I'm on a budget

But, whatever, once my 9600GT comes in, I'm pretty confident I'll be able to game good.

 

[Onus]

Better than the last AMD rig I built, on an Abit S939...
What PSU did you use?

 

[Conley]

400W that came with my case. It has a +12V of 14A. Not the best, but ok.

 

[roadrunner197069]

If it has 14A it probably wont run the 9600GT and if it does it will lockup until it blows up.

 

[Onus]

PSUs that come with cases tend to be of the cheap variety that are barely good for half their rating. You can usually find a good deal on an Antec Earthwatts on Newegg, and I think they have some OCZ models at a good price too. Those are two reputable brands. Corsair, Seasonic, Enermax, Silverstone, and FSP are some others. You'll probably want something in the 500W-550W range.

 

[dokk2]

definitely invest in a good psu,and do it soonest,it is the most IMPORTANT,,part of any computer spend as much as you can afford,,, and more,,
if you buy garbage you will live to regret it,,jtt283,,,gives a good list,even go as high as 600W,,,,future proofing,,,,i'm running the same cpu with an ocz stealthextreem 600,tried my enermax 420w but i guess it must be getting old,got all kinds of problems,,which went away when i installed the ocz,go figure...:>)