New comuter

**The Prodigy** · August 09, 2006, 09:59 PM

Hard Drive- SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series HD160JJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

Motherboard- ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD

Procceser- AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500CGBOX

RAM- OCZ Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory

Moniter- Rosewill R912E Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor 270 cd/m2 500:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch

Video Card- SAPPHIRE 100106L Radeon X850XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Case- XION XION II XON-102 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (450W Power Supply)

Ok, so don't laugh at the power supply PLZ lol... Any thoughts things I might not be thinking of? also cooling ideas?
THanks guys!

Costing me about 700$ Maybe a little under!

Btw upgrading from a stock HP 500...

**vizi** · August 09, 2006, 10:47 PM

I think you should get a Conroe for your processors. AMD is in deep **** atm.

**SweetDreamz** · August 10, 2006, 12:08 AM

Why S939? Go for AM2 for future proofing.

C2D is abit tough to get right now + not enough boards out for it yet.

What's your budget? I'm guessing you're trying to go cheap. Go for AM2 with a x2 3800+(good prices right now), you won't regret it later on.

Get a better PSU if possible, it's one of the most important parts in your system.

**Lee1026** · August 10, 2006, 12:17 AM

From what I can see so far, as long as you are interested in the price for performance of the mid-end chips, AMD's got the conroes beaten across the board. That might change as Intel releases more chips, however.

**vizi** · August 10, 2006, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Lee1026

From what I can see so far, as long as you are interested in the price for performance of the mid-end chips, AMD's got the conroes beaten across the board. That might change as Intel releases more chips, however.

Obviously you are living in some dream world.

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795

**rayzzz** · August 10, 2006, 04:38 AM

Power supply= lol

you might want to try another graphics card too, x850xts dont have shader model 3.

**Aristocrat** · August 10, 2006, 06:52 AM

Get an NVIDIA 6800 Ultra or GT. (SM 3.0 is on both cards).
The power supply is your own risk...if it dies and takes your computer with it, it is your own fault.
And I am not so sure on Samsung hard drives, I would personally for a Seagate hdd.