Building my 1st Computer - Just last piece and comments needed...
Hi TS members. I've had a Compaq Presario for the past 5 years and I think it's time for me to make a change... I'm willing to spend around $1,300, give or take, and I'd like to design my computer for gaming...
So far I've chosen these parts, and I was wondering if anyone would happen to have recommendations and input they'd like to share...
MOTHERBOARD
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: A8N-SLI Premium
Link to A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard
VS
ASUS A8N-SLI Motherboard... (Popularly recommended...)
Which motherboard?
~-Rest is Pretty Much Assured...-~
CASE
Antec Performance TX TX1050B SOHO Mid Tower case (Black) Retail
w/500W Power Supply
PROCESSOR
AMD Opteron 148
MEMORY (RAM)
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2 - Retail
Model #: Twinx2048-3200c2
Link to Corsair Memory
(Compatible RAM?)
VIDEO CARD
eVGA 256/7800GT - I settled
HARD DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD2500JS
Link to WD Hard Drive
(Does the 137GB limit apply to this Hard Drive when installed into Win XP Home?)
DRIVES
SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
Model #: DDU1615/B2s
Link to Sony
NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM
Model #: ND-3550A BK OEM
Link to Nec
(Are these Drives good? Any better for a little more or less?)
SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 70SB035000000 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
(Is this a good sound card for gaming/music?)
Link to Sound Card
Hi TS members. I've had a Compaq Presario for the past 5 years and I think it's time for me to make a change... I'm willing to spend around $1,300, give or take, and I'd like to design my computer for gaming...
So far I've chosen these parts, and I was wondering if anyone would happen to have recommendations and input they'd like to share...
MOTHERBOARD
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: A8N-SLI Premium
Link to A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard
VS
ASUS A8N-SLI Motherboard... (Popularly recommended...)
Which motherboard?
~-Rest is Pretty Much Assured...-~
CASE
Antec Performance TX TX1050B SOHO Mid Tower case (Black) Retail
w/500W Power Supply
PROCESSOR
AMD Opteron 148
MEMORY (RAM)
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2 - Retail
Model #: Twinx2048-3200c2
Link to Corsair Memory
(Compatible RAM?)
VIDEO CARD
eVGA 256/7800GT - I settled
HARD DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD2500JS
Link to WD Hard Drive
(Does the 137GB limit apply to this Hard Drive when installed into Win XP Home?)
DRIVES
SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
Model #: DDU1615/B2s
Link to Sony
NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM
Model #: ND-3550A BK OEM
Link to Nec
(Are these Drives good? Any better for a little more or less?)
SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 70SB035000000 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
(Is this a good sound card for gaming/music?)
Link to Sound Card