Computer Build

[Powerworks]

I am about to order these parts from Newegg. Slightly wish I would have done it last night and saved $10, but oh well. I went from a 500GB hard drive of same spec to the 160GB to save money for a bigger monitor (the 20").

If anyone see's any problems or has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.

This is my first computer build in quite a few years and I want to be sure I'm not making any mistakes.

Thanks!

Mobo/CPU

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor

BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

COMBO DEAL FROM NEWEGG

Memory

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit

Video Card

eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR Geforce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Operating System

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B

TV Turner

ADS Tech PTV-351-EF PCI Interface Instant TV + FM PCI Card

Monitor

SAMSUNG 205BW Black 20" 6ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustments

Hard Drive

Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Case

Broadway Com Corp 888KHACW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811162003

DVD/CD RW

MadDog 16X DVD?R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE

[jking_84]

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Mobo/CPU

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor

BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Looks good, but i would change this to a Core 2 Duo E6600 and matching Asus mobo. Better bang for buck.

[Powerworks]

That's just a bit out of my price range.

[jking_84]

E6300? Will still beat the pants off the 4200+ X2

[Powerworks]

How much faster is the E6300 than the 4200+ X2?

[jking_84]

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic56593.html

I googled E6300 vs X2 4200, and the consensis seems to be that the E6300 trounces the competition, and also can overclock easily to 2 - 2.4 Ghz, which will smash the competition.

Definitly go for this chip.

The ASUS is a P5B32-Sli or sumthing... Also one of thiose Gigabyte 6 Quad boards would be ideal for it also.

[Virtunate]

As much as I like AMD, the new Core architecture spanks the current AMD one. Go for the E6300. Bonus: According to Tech Spot, it's easy to overclock to past 2 Ghz.