Comments on upcoming build?

[Mujuro]

Title says it all. I plan on overclocking, and I already have a PCI-E videocard, as well as an XP-90 heatsink with a panaflo fan. Comments, suggestion, etc (I need a modem because I am on dialup... just had to move... )?

CASE - $110.00
Name: Lian Li PC-61 USB Black Computer Case
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112025
Manufacturer SKU: PC-61 USB
Part #: N82E16811112025

POWER SUPPLY - $120.00 ($135.00 Originally / $15.00 Mail In Rebate)
Name: OCZ OCZ520ADJ 520W Power Supply
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104152
Manufacturer SKU: OCZ520ADJ
Part #: N82E16817104152

MOTHERBOARD - $199.00
Name: DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR ATX AMD Motherboard
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136151
Manufacturer SKU: LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR
Part #: N82E16813136151

PROCESSOR - $146.00
Name: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
Manufacturer SKU: ADA3000BPBOX
Part #: N82E16819103537

MEMORY - $105.25
Name: OCZ Value Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227213
Manufacturer SKU: OCZ4001024WV3DC-K
Part #: N82E16820227213

CD-ROM/DVD-ROM BURNER - $40.99
Name: NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152047
Manufacturer SKU: ND-3540A Black
Part #: N82E16827152047

FLOPPY DRIVE - $10.50
Name: NEC Black Internal Floppy Drive Model FD1231H-302
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821152005
Manufacturer SKU: FD1231H-302
Part #: N82E16821152005

HARD DRIVE - $97.50
Name: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B200S0 200GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer
Link: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100713-3
Manufacturer SKU: 6B200S0
Part #: 100713-3

MODEM - $15.99
Name: CREATIVE DI5652-1 Modem
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16825117106
Manufacturer SKU: DI5652-1
Part #: N82E16825117106

THERMAL PASTE - $5.99
Name: Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermal Compound
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100009
Manufacturer SKU: Ceramique
Part #: N82E16835100009

 

[WhiteZero]

Ermmm, 520W power supply?
Thats hella over-kill man, you'r only using a little more than half of that. I'd suggest more like a 400. If not just for the lower cost, less heat around your room, and less noise.

 

[Mujuro]

For the DFI? Neg... it requires (well, highly recommended) a native 24-pin power supply over 480W. Not only that, but I rather not worry about the possibility of not being able to provide "pure" voltages to everything.

 

[sinkoman]

That's some good ram you picked out, I got the same sticks.

But I wouldn't go with the DFI board. I read that it has some issues that an advanced pc person would put up with, but I wouldn't bother still.

The Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI's are supposed to be good. I hear good things comming form the Asus SLI board (forget the name )

 

[Mujuro]

I have bad experience with Gigabyte, and Asus just isn't an overclocking board. DFI is stable and reliable once you set it up, and I have the patience for it.

 

[sinkoman]

I have bad experience with Gigabyte

I sure as hell hope I don't end up like you

But anyway, if you can afford that uber large psu, then go for it. Gives you allot of upgrade headroom and you can move it over to your next pc, when everything around will NEED 560w.

 

[Asus]

I wouldn't get a Maxtor harddrive. WD, Samsung, Seagate or Hitachi are a lot better IMO. Mostly for reliability and noise factors.

And NCQ isn't needed. Link Notice the WD160GB drive in this review without NCQ?
I recently saw this harddrive article that was interesting so I'm throwing it in too.

 

[bryanf445]

id go for a 3200+ too

 

[Mujuro]

Alright, I changed the 3000+ to a 3200+, and I am going to change the HDD. Which of the two would you get?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145051
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034

 

[duffers20]

Alright, I changed the 3000+ to a 3200+, and I am going to change the HDD. Which of the two would you get?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145051
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034

I would personally go for the seagate, but either would be fine. They are both good drives.

 

[sinkoman]

I too would go for the Seagate, mainly because it has NCQ.

Then again, i'm not too sure wtf NCQ is exactly, but I know i've been hearing nothing but good things about it from hardware sites.

 

[Asus]

Either drive will work well.

 

[psyno]

I too would go for the Seagate, mainly because it has NCQ.

Then again, i'm not too sure wtf NCQ is exactly, but I know i've been hearing nothing but good things about it from hardware sites.

Native Command Queuing. The hard disk reorganizes access requests in an optimized order to minimize the amount of time (well, rotations) that it needs to perform all operations.

:cheers:

 

[SFPL1]

An EMERMAX Noistaker 600W SLI PSU! "Not Cheap"
And a Venice or Sandiago 3.5GHz!