Need advice on a computer repair.

[dragoon48]

well earlier today my power supply decided to die on me and took my mother board with it and becaus my computer was an hp that I transferd to a better case I need to get a new OS to replace the mother board. My hdd, 8600gts and cpu are still computable but i was wondering what you guys think of this hardware.

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130182
Power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145194
CPU Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125
OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

For still good hardware i have

the CPU is a amd anthalon 64x2 with an am2 socet
For a video card i have a 8600gts.
and a 250gb sata hard drive.

Do you think this build is good

Edit: I almost forgot to say that my budget is no more then $500 and id prefer $400.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

I think if I were you personally, I'd back off on some of that stuff and grab a better video card. Maybe a 4850 or even a 4830. If you are strapped for cash, I'm guessing even a 4670 would do better than the 8600.


Or if you prefer nvidia, check this card out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121255

It's a 9600 gso, formerly known as the 8800gs, basically from what I understand they were like a cut down version of the 8800gt. That particular one however is 80, but a rebate will bring the price to 50 bucks.



How about this vs the PSU you were looking at?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015

Quality may not be quite as good, but Antec is still good stuff, 2 12v+ rails at 22 amps each sounds good to me.


Do you plan to overclock? If not, use the stock cooler off your old system and save 26 bucks. So there is about 70 in savings for you.

Consider saving 20 bucks more and grab a biostar board here...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138134

I don't know exactly why the one review the guy had problems. I've used a few biostars myself, and have always been pretty happy with them.

Save yourself some more...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138134

Gskill ram, same speed even same timings listed as the corsair ram you picked out, but lower voltages. And 20 bucks cheaper.

Or they've got this PNY memory for 59.99 with the same timings as that corsair you looked at

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178222

Either way, a lot of other kits that look to offer similar performance to the corsair for less money.

So far we may have saved you 90 bucks. So then, if you don't move the budget at all, you've got enough left over to grab that 9600 gso, or to grab a 4670. If you put a little more cash with it, say 40 bucks, you could even be grabbing a 4830 or 9800gt which would blow your 8600gts out of the water. Personally I would go a route like that. The 8600gts is ok, but for just the money you can save here, you would be able to have a nicer card if gaming is what you are after, then ebay the 8600 and maybe buy yourself a nice new game with the profit from that.

 

[Proximon]

Yep, that covered it.

Only thing is, if you re-use the stock cooler you will likely need to clean of the old thermal material and apply new paste... once you do that the Arctic Freezer starts looking better, as it comes with decent TIM pre-applied and is an improvement over the stock AMD cooler, last I heard... I'm a bit rusty on AMD though.

 

[dragoon48]

I wanted to ask you about a different build as im thinking of not reusing my processor and i was wondering about this intel biuld.

on the power supply i decided to stick with the corsair i had in my first build i prefer to have a high quality psu as im planing on doing some upgrades in the future and i want the long life: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219

here is the ram 24$ AFTER MAIL IN REBATE AWESOME DEAL for 1066 dominator also im getting 2 sets: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145043

Processor i want to overclock it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

Cpu fan do you think its good enough for a heavy overclock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

if the artic cool isint good enough then im wiling to go with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106102

im not going to get a video card i think ill upgrade it as soon as i get the money to.

 

[dragoon48]

i amost forgot do you think this case will be capable of cooling this sistem i have replaced the cpu vent with a antec tricool fan if not then im willing to replace the stock fans with tricool fans as well:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068

 

[dragoon48]

sry about the tripple post but what would you think if i changed things around and when with a ddr3 mobo.

Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131344

Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145198

this build would only cost 50$ more and with the ddr3 it would be better for future expandability.

 

[Proximon]

No on both coolers. Here is the one you want:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233019

That Centurion case just doesn't have a lot of air flow, and replacing fans won't really fix that... but as long as you aren't running a hotter video card it will probably be adequate.

The Intel build would certainly be better, but you would still be fairly limited until you upgraded that video card.

 

[dragoon48]

thanks ill go with that cooler but im still wondering what do you think of the mobos should i choose the ddr3 or ddr2? plus do you think i should change my case to a: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

 

[Proximon]

Sorry I thought I linked my guide earlier:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/257075-31-what-parts-choose

In there you'll find out why not to use DDR3.

Yes an Antec 300 is a better case.