I liked that xJustin8x put his specs up, and asked everyone's opinion, and thought I would do the same. From what I have read everything is compatable, and some have been suggested on the boards. As I am new to this I am just nervous about making a mistake. Any thoughts or changes I should make. Right now it all rings up to about 1400USD, I would like to keep it under 1500USD. Thanks in advance. Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533 Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540 Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130247 Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144421 Burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131338 Sound Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102175 Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103924 Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119075 OS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102151 Mouse http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104178
The only things i'd suggest is a Different HDD, from the likes of Western Digital or Seagate and possibly getting a Full Tower case instaed of the Mid-Tower as that it may be a tight fit getting that 7800 in there!
Ahh, exactly the type of mistake I want to avoid, I read a reivew saying that the case had lots of room, and it looked good. Thanks for the advice I will look more into the case and research a bit more on the HD.
I actually found some decent brand new cases on ebay. I bought one for $16 and its a pretty groovy and im getting some very decent cooling
Not yet, placing the order tonight, hoping to have it all by next weekend, I will post some pictures after I get it together.
Have you checked out a new case? A full-tower one would be good as some newer graphics cards are quite large and a mid-tower won't be big enough.
If you're not attached to having a modular power supply, you can find more powerful ones for the same price or less than that Antec 480 NeoPower. Antec and Enermax both have more powerful units for less. I believe Antec's TruePowerII 550 and Enermax EG 565P-VE are less than that NeoPower unit, or at least very close to it. Plextor is good, but if you absolutely don't have to have that brand, Samsung, Pioneer, and Lite-ON are all much cheaper alternatives. While I've been pretty happy with my Maxtors, I have seen the company starting to seemingly slide in quality control in the past year or so. Seagate and Western Digital provide solid hard drives for the same price or so. Additionally, Samsung has 120-160GB drives for pretty cheap. Right now, 160GB drives seem to be the sweet spot for space for the money.
I chose this case, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811165008 and I switched to this hard drive, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148065 I am hoping that they prove to be decent. I haven't looked into other power supplies though, all the reviews said that that one was good. I placed my order already though, so I hope it is ok.
The NeoPower480 isn't terrible, but you could've gotten more power for the money. Good choice on the hard drive.
