it will work but that motherboard only has SATA1 hard drive interfaces, like i said it will work, but, only at SATA1 (1.5Gb/s burst rate, not sustained) speed
as SATA2 interfaces are integrated in to most motherboards
and you would get far more performance if you added a 16X PCIe graphics card instead of using the (crappy) onboard graphics card
and PSUs that come free with cases are usually also crap, i would suggest purchasing a separate PSU
personally i have an Antec TP Trio 550W and my spec is much lower than the one you are proposing to build, basically buy the best PSU you can afford, because, you can upgrade your system in the future
BTW: Wattage that a PSU says it can output has nothing to do with how much a PSU actually outputs
Edit: HAHA Caught u donkey Although everything donkey is saying is correct. The SATA 2 would be an upgrade, but SATA 1 should be fine with the type of system you are building. You didn’t choose anything that gives great performance so I’m guessing this isn’t for gaming, just workstation type stuff.
well, personally i would go the easy way & spend about £200 on a crap PC from a computer shop and then upgrade the necessary parts yourself, like the PSU and case switch and make sure it has a separate gfx card, as many mobo’s with integrated gfx do not have a separate gfx slot, however, some do, just be very careful, as the salesman will tell you a system does not have integrated gfx when it does
I wouldn’t recommend a crap system. The reason is that crap systems come with crap motherboards so, considering that the mobo is the component that connects your system together, you cannot make a decent machine on a crap motherboard.
That said, with your original components, here are my suggestions:
If you want to game get a better motherboard.
As donkey said, get a better PSU.
Get cheaper RAM, the platinum line from OCZ is great, but not needed in that system.
Get an intel processor and board, spend the same amount of money and mabye overclock on an intel cpu, the performance will be allot better.
If he’s not a gamer then intergrated graphics will save him money, power supply wattage, and won’t need a case very good at cooling. To be fair, you can’t really play games with a $500 pc
Here’s what you Should get, if you want the most performance/$ possible
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[li] Casecom LG-7760 Black/Silver Trim Mid-Tower Gaming Case[/li][li]Antec Basiq 350W ATX12V v2.01 Computer Power Supply, Supports SATA, Model: BP350[/li][li]Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2C LGA775 mATX Motherboard,[/li][li]ZOGIS GeForce 8600 GT 512MB PCI-E Video Card ZO86GT-E, SLI Ready, DirectX 10, HDTV, w/ DVI & CRT[/li][li]Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB 3.5in SATA Hard Drive Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 Dual Channel Memory, DDR2 800 (yes it will work on the board)[/ul][ul][/li][li]Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe LGA775 Dual-Core CPU BX80557E6550, 2.33GHz, 1333FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm or E6750 if you can afford it[/ul] [/li]That should be around your budget
You just want a budget build. That’s all you’ll need.
Personally, I’d get a cheap mobo with a p35 chipset. An E2200 Proc (overclock to 2.8 GHz if you are comfortable doing that.) And the rest of your hardware was fine. Just grab a cheap pci card (x1650ish) and you’ll be fine. Nice and cheap and able to play your games.
push the card into the slot firmly & straight, when all the contacts at the bottom of the card are inside the slot & the metal bar at the back of the PC is touching the PC case
then simply secure the card in place with the screw on top of the card backplate & remove any existing grx cards replace the lid & don’t forget to connect you monitor to the new gfx card and just boot up normaly & Windoze will automatically detect the new grx card, just go through the wizard that comes up automatically to configure it
congrats, you just correctly installed a gfx card
BTW don’t worry, you can’t put them in the wrong way around
ok, there is a few things to check[ul][li]if it has integrated / onboard gfx doublecheck & make sure it’s disabled in the BIOS[]try a different “known working” monitor, or, make sure your monitor is working (by testing it on another system[]try another “known working” power cable for your monitor (if it’s not connected to your PSU)[*]try the gfx card in another system[/ul]just look at it logically
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BTW: it may just be a blown fuse, try the above combinations to find out what works
finally does the power light on the monitor change colour, because, if it does, there’s no point trying different power cables
Although everything donkey is saying is correct. The SATA 2 would be an upgrade, but SATA 1 should be fine with the type of system you are building. You didn’t choose anything that gives great performance so I’m guessing this isn’t for gaming, just workstation type stuff.