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Old 07-01-2009
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Help with buying parts

Hey guys.
So far i got an XfX geforce 9600 768MB - Videocard
Which needs 600 Watts or greater.
My CPu is aamd athlon 64 x2 5400 Black Edition Sockets are am2
My mother is a Evga nforce 730a Geforce 8300 with am2 sockets as well

Im looking at Harddrives, PSU, and Ram
Right Now IM having troubles with a right PSU.. I've been looking at a 700Watts, but Is that enough?

The Harddrive im looking at is a Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

And I have one last question about Ram.
The mother is 800 mHz Min, for Ram. Should I get 1000? Or just stick with 800 Mhz at 3 Gb?

Please someone Help..
THanks
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Old 07-01-2009
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Quality of power supply is much more important than Watts... Tell us more...

Quality of memory and brand are also important... as performance varies greatly from Value Ram to high end gamer ram.

Most of your configuration looks fine...

How old is all this great equipment?
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Old 07-01-2009
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your hdd is nice.u can go in for 850W to stay on the safer side.
ram should be fine at 3gb
looking at ur gpu i assume u might be into gaming,multimedia... so a ram operating at above 800MHz should give u improved performance.
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This is the model I've been looking at for memory.
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5C - Retail
Its actually 4gb.

My PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... - Which is the one i was looking at.
ANd this is the 850 if needed.
Seventeam ST-850ZAF 850W ATX 12V V2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply -
Its a crazy brand but I think it'll do the trick.

If you have any suggestions im open to them.
Thanks
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Old 07-01-2009
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The corsair power supply is better.

Are you talking about this card? If your not, point me in the right direction :/.
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Yes thats the graphic Card.
and so the Corsair 750 well run all my hardwaree?
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Yes...um I would look more into the corsair 400w for that particular graphics card, which maybe isn't an amazing card.
If you don't already have the card, consider the $65 SAPPHIRE 100255HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail or $95 SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
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I've already purchased that particular video card.
but there isnt anything wrong with getting a 700 W Right?
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but there isnt anything wrong with getting a 700 W Right?
Aside from wasting loads of money and decreased efficiency a good deal, which also increases heat, no it should work just fine.
The corsair 400w has great quality and reliability, i still recommend that.
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