New PC Build

[AiR]

I'm going to build a new PC.. wanted to know if you see any items i could improve upon that are in the same price range ($50 differene)

Case-
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

Motherboard-
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131636

CPU-
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103921

RAM-
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

OS- win7
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986


I plan to use my old power supply.. it's 500w (5yrs old) and my old hard-drives - 1 is a 74GB raptor(5yrs old) and the other a 1TB (1yr old). Also my old DVD+R disk drive (2yr old) and my old NVIDIA GTS 250(2yrs old)

Anyone have any suggestions? Right now i'm at $480 total.. i'm willing to go up more if I can get a more bang for the dollar. But, i'm not trying to build a top-notch PC.. just one to last 5yrs like my current one. Figure I'll end up replacing my video card in a year or 2 .. no use in buying one til this one craps or or can't run what i want.

[dash]

INTEL BRO

[AiR]

i've been using AMD for over 5 years.. never had any issues. More bang for the dolla using AMD though

[dash]

im the same with Intel so i guess we'll agree to disagree

[Tragic]

Seems like a legit setup man, I've used Asus for the last couple years. Haven't had one problem.

[dropk1ck]

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216

Nice case, same price. Yours looks good also.

[Str8SicK]

i had an asus p5n32sli-se deluxe motherboard and it was quite terrible. i've since moved on to a couple different gigabyte models and love them so far. not sure if you've used asus before but i'd recommend not going asus.

[mamby]

Personally, I'd get a full size case. I have an ATI x1900 and it's kind of a tight fit with my hard drives being right there, granted I'm still using IDE cables >.<. If you plan on upgrading to any of the monster video cards they have out now which are probably bigger (length wise) than my video card you might have issues stuffing it in your case.

I plan on upgrading soon. Some guy in my old BF2 clan built some clanmates a rig using an ANTEC case and they fit an 8800GTX pretty nice.

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

2 Fans for the hard drives and one up top.

[mamby]

But I do like cooler master cases, i'd be between coolermaster or antec.

[AiR]

Think i'm going to go with this

CPU-
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
can anyone tell me the difference between the 95w and 125w ? Does this mean it will use more power, significatly or moderetly?

I like ASUS, never had a problem then the normal 1 bad egg in the basket. I looked the reviews on the card you had Str8 and seems it was a very hit/miss card.

I currently have a full size case and it's freaking huge. I don't ever really see myself getting those full size video cards.

[Tragic]

Aug 3, 2011 11:35:19 GMT -5 Str8SicK said:

i had an asus p5n32sli-se deluxe motherboard and it was quite terrible. i've since moved on to a couple different gigabyte models and love them so far. not sure if you've used asus before but i'd recommend not going asus.

Could just be that model, I've used Asus for the last 3 years and not one problem.

[dash]

thermaltake for the case

[AiR]

Ended up going with this


1 x ($119.99) PSU CM|RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W RT
$119.99

1 x ($149.99) CASE CM|HAF 932 RC-932-KKN5-GP R
$149.99

1 x ($99.99) MS WIN 7 HOME SP1 64BIT 1PK - OEM - OEM
$99.99

1 x ($54.99) MEM 4Gx2|G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
$54.99

1 x ($99.99) MB ASUS|M5A97 970 AM3+ SB950 R
$99.99

1 x ($189.99) CPU AMD|PH II X6 1100T 3.3G AM3 RT
$189.99

1 x ($44.99) CPU FAN ZALMAN|CNPS9500 AT RTL
$44.99

[jinx]

Glad to see you took a larger supply!

[Two Kittens]

who buys windows 7?