build

[compgek]

This is what i have so far tell me if theres anything i should change to it i have a 1500 dollar budget

Case
17 Inch Antec Super Lanboy Aluminium

Processor
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz) 512KB cache 939-pin

Motherboard
Asus A8V Deluxe (chipset VIA K8T800Pro)

DDR Memory
Dual-channel: 2 x 512 MB DDR 400 MHz / PC3200 184-pin

Hard Drive with Serial ATA interface
200 GB Serial ATA 150 / 7200 rpm 8MB cache


460 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply

Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu Copper CPU Fan

ATI RADEON 9550 256MB [AGP 8x] DVI / TV-out

 

[mighty_chick]

i wouldnt get such a good system and then that POS video card..get a amd 3000+ and OC it to 2.4ghz like i did and then spend the extra cash on a PCI-ex mobo SLI or not and then on a PCI-EX gpu.

 

[compgek]

ya but i don't really know how to oc

 

[Athlon64S939]

Learn, its not that hard when you just increase it in the BIOS and check for stability.

 

[compgek]

ya i kno im trying to learn right now its not as hard as it sounds now that i look at it

 

[Dishdog]

All you have to do is move a bar.(at least thats all you have to do for my stuff)

 

[compgek]

ya but i dont wanna pay that much for a computer and then over clock it n ruin the cpu

 

[mighty_chick]

you wont ruin it. it goes to 2.4ghz no problem at all.