My ancient 7 year old computer is on its last legs and is dying on me, I've decided to go ahead and build a new comp. I'm on a budget that could be described as "almost literally 'a shoestring'" but I'd like to get the best bang for my buck that I can. I play a lot of games, especially TF2, and do a bit of coding. I've pulled some parts off newegg and am looking for a bit of advice regarding whether this looks like a good build or not. Alternative suggestions are welcome though I think I more or less have an idea of what I want. Discussion and pointing out of glaring errors/omissions most readily welcome.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: sometime in the next few days
BUDGET RANGE: I'd really like to keep it under $550, and honestly lower is better if it can be justified.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, coding, music, net, maybe some movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, NIC, optical drives (cannibalizing all these from my old comp, they work fine)
PREFERRED WEBSITE FOR PARTS: newegg, maybe frys.com, though honestly a good deal is a good deal, but I'd prefer newegg if possible.
PARTS PREFERENCES: not much of one, though it seems to me that Intel seems like a better deal than AMD these days.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, leaning yes at least in the future. It'd more or less be my first time seriously overclocking a system if I did so. If anyone knows of a really good guide to overclocking I'd be rather interested.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe in the future, don't really know if it's feasible with all of the parts I've selected (haven't looked much into Crossfire/SLI at all)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: My last comp had a bit of a recurring heat problem that I could never quite resolve, I'm looking to try and make this one as 'cool' as possible. I'm also looking for parts that might be easily upgradable to higher range components once I've got a bit more zorkmid to play with.
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Parts List:
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7400
Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2LL/2G
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: sometime in the next few days
BUDGET RANGE: I'd really like to keep it under $550, and honestly lower is better if it can be justified.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, coding, music, net, maybe some movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, NIC, optical drives (cannibalizing all these from my old comp, they work fine)
PREFERRED WEBSITE FOR PARTS: newegg, maybe frys.com, though honestly a good deal is a good deal, but I'd prefer newegg if possible.
PARTS PREFERENCES: not much of one, though it seems to me that Intel seems like a better deal than AMD these days.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, leaning yes at least in the future. It'd more or less be my first time seriously overclocking a system if I did so. If anyone knows of a really good guide to overclocking I'd be rather interested.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe in the future, don't really know if it's feasible with all of the parts I've selected (haven't looked much into Crossfire/SLI at all)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: My last comp had a bit of a recurring heat problem that I could never quite resolve, I'm looking to try and make this one as 'cool' as possible. I'm also looking for parts that might be easily upgradable to higher range components once I've got a bit more zorkmid to play with.
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Parts List:
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7400
Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2LL/2G
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive