Hey guys/gals,
The wife and I are looking to put together a new computer and I've done quite a bit of homework and have selected the parts that I think would fit together to best suit our needs. The budget is ~$4000 but I've seem to have been able to get all the parts that we wanted for about ~$2300 on Newegg. This is going to primarily be a gaming computer to complement the system I already have so that we can both play Everquest II with lots if not all of the eye candy turned on. That being said, here is a list of the parts that we thought we would put into our new system:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103544
2x OCZ Gold Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227211
SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817163108
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102178
LITE-ON Beige 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM ATAPI / E-IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-167T BG - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827131416
eVGA 256-P2-N529-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130237
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131568
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3808110AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148107
SAMSUNG Beige 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LEB - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16821103202
LITE-ON Beige 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106018
GIGABYTE 3D AURORA GZ-FSCA1-ANS Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811233001
Well, that is what I'm considering using. I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions about the parts I'd like to use. Are they compatible? Also, a few of the parts are OEM and not retail, do you think I'd have any problems as far as missing cables or connectors with the OEM parts? Will I need to order something in addition to these items.
We're not interested in water cooling right now nor are we interested in overclocking as this is our first time building a system. We'd like to keep it simple without getting too complicated. That said, I'm hoping for a case that will give us newbies ample room to work and provide decent air flow. What do you think of the Gigabyte Aurora? Got a better suggestion?
The choice of the GTX video card is made because I am currently using that same card in my gaming system right now and when the new Nvidia cards come out I'm hoping to get the new series for myself and throw the two GTX's in SLI for the wife's computer. :twisted:
Thanks for reading...
The wife and I are looking to put together a new computer and I've done quite a bit of homework and have selected the parts that I think would fit together to best suit our needs. The budget is ~$4000 but I've seem to have been able to get all the parts that we wanted for about ~$2300 on Newegg. This is going to primarily be a gaming computer to complement the system I already have so that we can both play Everquest II with lots if not all of the eye candy turned on. That being said, here is a list of the parts that we thought we would put into our new system:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103544
2x OCZ Gold Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227211
SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817163108
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102178
LITE-ON Beige 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM ATAPI / E-IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-167T BG - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827131416
eVGA 256-P2-N529-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130237
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131568
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3808110AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148107
SAMSUNG Beige 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LEB - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16821103202
LITE-ON Beige 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106018
GIGABYTE 3D AURORA GZ-FSCA1-ANS Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811233001
Well, that is what I'm considering using. I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions about the parts I'd like to use. Are they compatible? Also, a few of the parts are OEM and not retail, do you think I'd have any problems as far as missing cables or connectors with the OEM parts? Will I need to order something in addition to these items.
We're not interested in water cooling right now nor are we interested in overclocking as this is our first time building a system. We'd like to keep it simple without getting too complicated. That said, I'm hoping for a case that will give us newbies ample room to work and provide decent air flow. What do you think of the Gigabyte Aurora? Got a better suggestion?
The choice of the GTX video card is made because I am currently using that same card in my gaming system right now and when the new Nvidia cards come out I'm hoping to get the new series for myself and throw the two GTX's in SLI for the wife's computer. :twisted:
Thanks for reading...