mstpaintball
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Let me first say that this will be the first computer that I personally built. I was going to go with a Alienware, but it looks like I can save a lot of money building it myself.
CPU - AMD 5000+
Motherboard - Not sure yet, I'll need suggestions I don't know much about motherboards.
RAM - 1GB - 2GB of Dual Channel DDR2 PC6400 or PC8000
Hard Drive - Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 7200-16MB-ATA133
Video Cards - 2 BFG Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB for SLI (I know drivers aren't available yet)
Cases
NZXT LEXA-NP
NZXT Apollo ORANGE NP
ASPIRE X-Pleasure X-PLEASURE-RD
ASPIRE X-CRUISER-RD
ASUS VENTO 3600 Red
I really like the NZXT cases and the Asus Vento.
I want to purchase my Motherboard and CPU in a Combo so that the CPU is already installed to the Motherboard.
Motherboard and AMD Athlon X2 5000+ AM2 Combo
I select the AMD 5000+, but I'm not sure which motherboard I should get from the selection?
So, will this setup have to be watercooled? I just feel uneasy about watercooling. I probably won't be Overclocking anything.
My budget is about $3000 (more, or less if possible lol) with 17" Monitor. I'm looking to purchase from MonarchComputer, Tigerdirect, Newegg, and maybe Ebay.
This is going to be a Gaming Computer, so if I've overlooked something, like making a bad processor choice or something let me know.
Thanks
CPU - AMD 5000+
Motherboard - Not sure yet, I'll need suggestions I don't know much about motherboards.
RAM - 1GB - 2GB of Dual Channel DDR2 PC6400 or PC8000
Hard Drive - Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 7200-16MB-ATA133
Video Cards - 2 BFG Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB for SLI (I know drivers aren't available yet)
Cases
NZXT LEXA-NP
NZXT Apollo ORANGE NP
ASPIRE X-Pleasure X-PLEASURE-RD
ASPIRE X-CRUISER-RD
ASUS VENTO 3600 Red
I really like the NZXT cases and the Asus Vento.
I want to purchase my Motherboard and CPU in a Combo so that the CPU is already installed to the Motherboard.
Motherboard and AMD Athlon X2 5000+ AM2 Combo
I select the AMD 5000+, but I'm not sure which motherboard I should get from the selection?
So, will this setup have to be watercooled? I just feel uneasy about watercooling. I probably won't be Overclocking anything.
My budget is about $3000 (more, or less if possible lol) with 17" Monitor. I'm looking to purchase from MonarchComputer, Tigerdirect, Newegg, and maybe Ebay.
This is going to be a Gaming Computer, so if I've overlooked something, like making a bad processor choice or something let me know.
Thanks