Hey guys, so I am building a system for myself. I am not an avid gamer; therefore, I don't need extremely powerful graphics. Here it goes: Case - Rosewill R604-P SL 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Motherboard - MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital AM2 AMD 690G HDMI ATX AMD System HDD - Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Memory - Transcend 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Power - Broadway Com Corp P4-OKIA600-BLACK ATX 600W Power Supply 115/230 V HDD Rack - KINGWIN KF-1000-BK 3.5" Internal hot swap rack - for a 500 GB I already have I am planning on adding more RAM later, perhaps another 1 GB stick. What do you think? Will these things work together alright? Thank you! P.S. Obviously I will also need SATA cables and some optical drive, but that shouldn't be a problem. Also, if one day I decide to get a better video card, do you think that I could perform the upgrade, and disable on-board video easily?
cpu see below a chart of cpu performance differences CPU Charts | Tom's Hardware ram if your getting XP a 1gb DDR2 667 (2x512) might be adequet on a budget, but i would go for 2gb to be sure, if you're running vista i wouldnt suggest anything less than 2gb DDR2 667 (2x 1gb) gpu your choice will depend on what games you run obviously. see below a vga chart VGA Charts 2007 | Tom's Hardware hdd 3.5" Hard Drive Charts | Tom's Hardware
I suggest you changing mobo to Gigabyte with 690g chip while it's better if you gonna overclock it. Take 5600+ ... its more worth it's price. (+ less heat) Memory: Corsair DDR2 1GB DDR800, XMS2-6400 HDD: Take something from Samsung... HD082GJ SAMSUNG 80GB 7200rpm 8MB cache SATA2 Oh and about VGA... sure, while your mobo will have an integrated Video Card there will be any difficulties to upgrade it by installing new one into PCI-Ex x16 slot. Just make sure you have uninstalled previous drivers before you install new VGA. Good luck
That's incredibly cheap for a 600W unit. There is no 600W power supply I'd trust for $34, given that all good ones run at least $100 on a good day. I have very serious doubts it could produce that power. This FSP 600W is $90 after a $25 rebate, but that's about the cheapest you'll get...without sacrificing quality.
