System build for home based buisiness

[rdwing3000]

Hey guys, this seems like a pretty good setup to me. Not looking for a gaming/real high performance system, just a fast computer for working at home. The only thing I'm slightly unsure about is the psu (is it enough), but I think it should be fine.

What do you think?

CD/DVD Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827136167

HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822136073

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820148150

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819103808

MOBO:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813131366

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817139008

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811147135

 

[MadAdmiral]

You're paying a lot for shipping that optical. There's one for $25 with free shipping to save a little cash.

Ditch the Caviar Blue and get a Samsung Spinpoint F3 500 GB for $50. It's the best drive out there right now.

Here's a cheaper board: ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO. That will be just as good, and cuts out some features you don't need to save you some money.

 

[rdwing3000]

Alright thanks.

 

[rdwing3000]

Oh, one quick question. Should I change cases since the board you suggested is a micro atx and my original is a standard atx? Or will that motherboard still fit in my case even though it's a smaller mobo?

 

[MadAdmiral]

ATX cases will take either ATX or mATX boards. You just might have to move around the standoffs.

 

[rdwing3000]

Ok, that's good to know. Thanks for your help.

 

[rdwing3000]

The only problem I see is that in the specifications for the mobo you suggested, it doesn't list the phenom II X4 cpu, which is the cpu I'm getting. Is the socket the only thing that matters when matching the cpu to the mobo, or do you have to look at the "supported cpu" specs also?

 

[MadAdmiral]

The socket is the only thing that matters. And the X4s will work on any board that you can buy today. AMD has made it so that the newer AM3 CPUs will work in the AM3, AM2+ and AM2 sockets, it just matters for the type of RAM you can use.

 

[rdwing3000]

Oh ok. I'm still kinda new to all this so all the information really helps. So you can use an AM3 socket cpu on a mobo that has an AM2 socket?? Wow, I didn't know that. And what exactly do you mean by it just matters what kind of RAM you use? Is it that if you have really slow RAM, you won't be able to take full advantage of the cpu?

 

[MadAdmiral]

What I meant by the type of RAM you can use is that the AM2+/AM2 sockets use the slower DDR2, while AM3 boards use DDR3. It's not that the CPU is slower if you use one or the other, it's the RAM that's slower.

 

[rdwing3000]

Oh oh oh ok ok, gotcha. Yea that makes sense. Alright well cool cool. Thanks a lot for all your help.

 

[rdwing3000]

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