First Build General use/small games

[Kazel]

I am planing to use this computer for general use like word processing, Music /video editing and small games like CCS and Gunz online.

I have been doing some research and asking questions on the forms and have come up with this.


Motherboard: ASRock 880GMH-LE

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS

RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 2GB Memory 2x 1GB

video card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 Video Card, 1024MB

DVD drive: Samsung SH-S223C

Power Supply: Aywun MEGA POWER 450W ATX Power Supply, 80PLUS

WiFi: ASUS PCI-G31 IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Adapter

Case: Antec Three Hundred

Total AU$682.60

www.mwave.com.au


I am still a noob at this so i don't really know what all of the slots and stuff are called.

Is all of this compatible and will it work well?

How many slots will i have free?

And any general thoughts.

 

[gkay09]

Some suggestions -
Mobo - The 880G model doesnt offer anything other than a better onboard graphics, so it wont be of any good use to you as you will be using a discrete graphics card...
So get the 785G version...

PSU - IMO go with a better manufacturer - Antec / Corsair / Cooler Master Real Power or Silent PRO/ Silverstone/ Seasonic/ OCZ ModeXtreme or Fatality series/ PCP&S

HDD - Get a faster drive - Samsung F3 500GB

 

[Kazel]

Are there any other Mobo like the 785g but with Usb 3.0 from other makes?

 

[gkay09]

If you want USB3.0, then this would be good
http://www.mwave.com.au/productdetail.asp?CartID=mAU@FTDGPWCLC2L1ZJ6J8CTCKGSQ5L2WT2EO3T1HEXYLZ382NT&sku=28010675

 

[neonmonkey]

Do you know what version of Windows you will be using? I would recommend (even if you have 32 bit) at least 3 gigs of RAM.
Other than that, nice build.

 

[doive1231]

Why buy 2 x 1Gb of memory? If you plan to upgrade in the future you will have used up a slot. Buy 1 x 2GB. You really won't notice any dual channel increase (if it is a dual channel system).

 

[Kazel]

Installing windows XP there is no need for 3gigs of ram.