Making a new computer, I need some input

[jukedyoass]

Hi all,

I'm making a new computer, and I just wanted to see what others thought of the setup in terms of whether or not there are incompatible parts (they should all be good) or if there are parts in there that are just stupid. Please give me input, and I'm welcome to criticism, as I'm just a beginner!

The components are here:

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=7152114

decided this was the best way to do it, since they had all the parts, and they were giving deals and stuff.

Also, This will be in an Antec Nine Hundred case, with an Antec Earthwatts 650 powersupply, both from directron below:

Power supply: http://www.directron.com/ea650.html
Case: http://www.directron.com/ninehundred.html#caption

*** I don't know much about fans and cooling, so please, if you think it might need it, let me know

Thanks a bunch

 

[evongugg]

You have Corsair and G. Skill memory listed. I don't understand why.
You don't need extra fans with the Antec 900. It has plenty of them.
I suggest this burner. A $1.00 less:

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173

Looks good!

 

[thrule01]

First off we need to know what you are going to use it for...

2nd of all you have 2 different ram setups in there...

Let us know what your goals are so we can help you further...

Besides that basic layout seems good just need to know your goals/budget so we can tweek it

 

[evongugg]

I suggest this:

Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP support 300 cd/m2 700:1 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009094

 

[jukedyoass]

I didn't realize that I had to have the same RAM brands... I can just as easily go all Corsair... I just thought for Vista 64-Bit, 6 gigs would be enough for ANYTHING i decide to use it for, and I didn't want to not have enough...

I will be using the computer for :

- Work, i.e. writing papers, doing research, etc. etc. blah boring blah
- Media entertainment
- Music Recording/Editing/Rendering (Probably where the bulk of my use is going to lie)
- Video Gaming (but not intense, hence the cheaper mobo/video card setup)

Also, I figured, why not take advantage of the sale that on Corsair memory, so getting 4 sticks of 2GB ram for 100 bones seemed like a no brainer to me... but I heard that 4 sticks causes instability?

 

[thrule01]

4 gigs should be fine

heres is the mobo we use at the office with a radeon visontek 4850 GPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128090
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129112&Tpk=visontek%204850

not a bad setup but there may be better deals

 

[evongugg]

I have that motherboard too. It's good, but it only supports processors up to 125W.
His processor would not be supported.

 

[jukedyoass]

Would there be any reason that the computer would *need* more than 4GB? would it be stupid to put in 1 more stick to make it 6GB? I was using other 'top of the line' companies as a base, and for the Athlon, one of the better models for HP had 6GB of DDR2 Ram, so I figured, why not use that as a model

Thanks for all your help!

 

[evongugg]

Some people put in 8GB of memory, because of Virtual machines, video editing, CAD, etc. For your uses, 4GB is enough.

 

[bobwya]

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SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173

Looks good!

Samsung ODD are made by Toshiba and are of questionable quality. I had to RMA 4x this year (because they would eject discs still spinning every so often). The drives had the latest firmware prior to return. I started a forum thread on THG to raise awareness of Samsung ODD reliability problems:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/244852-14-samsung-drives-eject-spinning-disks


Bob

 

[bobwya]

- Video Gaming (but not intense, hence the cheaper mobo/video card setup)

The ATI 3450 may be a new(ish) graphics but bar media acceleration it will probably only play DX 7.0 games with decent FPS!!

Hows abouty the (very) new ATI 4670 GPU which is not too expensive and packs a much bigger punch for the money:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161249
It is virtually designed for "weekend gamers" like yourself!! It's also very light on the electricity and doesn't need a PCIe power connector!!

Bob