Hey , this is my first build and its on a budjet, please help

[sean1986]

hey guys , title says it all ...what do you think of the choices ive made? could anything be better for price/performace? also is 4 gigs of ram really nessasary? thx in advance


Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard $89.99


Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 625MHZ 512MB 1.88GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Video Card $191.99


Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB 2X2GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 EPP Dual Channel Memory Kit $94.99


Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB Retail $169.99


Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive OEM 5YR MFR Warranty $48.99


LG G-H20NS15 Black DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 INT SATA OEM DVD Writer $24.99


Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Mid Tower Quiet Case 3X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5IN 500W 120MM Fan $98.98
Limit to 2 per customer.


Total $720~

theres a few mail in rebates in this also ..so price will be under 700....all of this is from ncix current sale ....i cant order from the egg because im in canada.

 

[dirtmountain]

2 GB is plenty. You can always add more RAM later if it's needed, Vista is much more RAM intensive then XP though, what OS are you using ?
Build looks good btw

 

[Proximon]

WD HD would be better. Other than that, looks great.

Consider a good after market CPU cooler and thermal paste.

 

[sean1986]

thx man ...prob gonna use xp for now.

 

[sean1986]

really? i herd Seagate was the better choice??

 

[dirtmountain]

With XP i'd go the 2GB route, save some $$.

 

[georgy]

Very nice.. i think you can save more by getting antec three hundred case and ocz stealthxstream 500w psu.

 

[sean1986]

yeah but is the ocz 500 any good ? ive herd there not very reliable? whats your guys take?

 

[kite212]

seagate fails, wd is the way to go to, and if youre on a tight budget, why not get an amd black edition dual core cpu

 

[roadrunner197069]

Seagate has good warrantys and for what its worth seagate 7200.xx score 5.9 vistas score where as I have yet to see a WD score 5.9 in Vista except for a raptor.

I always buy Seagate 7200.11s they are very fast.

 

[sean1986]

nice , thx for the info guys ...any other thoughts?

 

[roadrunner197069]

Yup. Buy the Seagate.

 

[paq7512]

Get:
E7200 CPU
Sapphire 4850 GPU
Save some money there

 

[njalterio]

I would go for the WD6400AAKS. Bigger, faster according to Tom's hard drive charts if yo can spare the extra $40.

 

[sean1986]

any other thoughts?