AM2 for a friend

[ripken204]

so my friend wants to get a new computer and has 800$ to spend, and AM2 is looking pretty good...

just wondering of any of you out there know of how good the current am2 stuff is... why cant dfi come out with their board already

mobo:ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra - 99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131022

cpu:AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Orleans - 103$

http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103637

ram:Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667 - 144$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220095

vid card:evga 7600gt - 140$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130017

case:Lian Li PC-7B plus II - 90$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811112099

dvd:nec 3550a - 36$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058

psu:Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 - 100$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103932

heatsink:ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro - 25$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835185125

mouse:logitech mx518 - 39$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826104178

subtotal=776$

shipping=29$

total=805$

[ZcWorld]

look like a nice set there

i will have a another look when i get home at all the info but its looks like a good deal

i was thinking 100 $ for a PSU was overkill but i seen its got the SLI power port on it as well

[ripken204]

well its been a little while so ive updated it

am2

cpu : 3200 orleans - 101$

http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103637

case: Lian Li PC-7B plus II - 90$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811112099

mobo: asus m2n-e - 97$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131022

vid card: evga 7600gt -140$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130017

ram: Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667 - 144$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220095

dvd drive: nec 3550 - 35$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058

psu: ENERMAX Liberty 500w - 70$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817194003

heatsink: arctic cooling freezer 64 pro - 30$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835185125

total=$707

[ZcWorld]

any case fans

i would say heat is going to be a problem

its always a game of can you win against the heat of CPUS / video cards GPU / HDDS / RAM

and than its the noise of the fans thats is the next problem

[ripken204]

lol , well theres something i forgot, thx for reminding me.

[ZcWorld]

no problems

<< loves my case fans / drive bay fans

i got 2 x at the back

2x for the inside hard dirves

and one in the 5 1/4 drive bay above hdd to keep them cool

only bad thing is , as u can guess

its sounds like a jet taking off at times lol

BTW:: can i ask you something in PM ?

Edited June 28, 2006 by zc_au

[ripken204]

BTW:: can i ask you something in PM ?

why not? thats what pm's are for

my case has a lot of fans, i have a fan controller tho so its pretty quiet. check my sig for my fans.

[ZcWorld]

what does your friend want to do with the pc

play games / watch movies , burn dvds so on type of thing

lol

heres what i got

i payed about 470 $ aus n got it sent over to me

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=CP-CPUASM64-2600&input[category_id]=

Sempron Socket754 64-bit 128k cache CPU with AMD fan cooler included

VIA K8T800 board supports AMD Socket754 CPUs and DDR RAM

Takes PC270/3200 DDR RAM up to DDR400, 3 slots provided

5 x PCI slots, 1 x AGP slot (8x/4x-AGP 3.0 compliant)

2 x UDMA 133/100/66/33 ports, 2 x SATA ports, SATA does RAID 0, RAID 1

Marvell 8001 Gigabit LAN, ADI AD1980 6-channel Audio w/coaxial SPDIF output

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=MB-ASK8VX&input[category_id]=

High-performance memory tested for use in dual-channnel motherboards

CAS 2 running @ DDR400Mhz PC3200

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=AL-TWINX1024-3200C2&input[category_id]=

case / PWS

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=CA-CAS-SOL-309S&input[category_id]=

i had a nice bigger case i use and PWS unit about 250 $ for them two

but its does a good job for my normal pc unit when its next to me

data serer pc for all my network files and my tv box as well

evil website looks like its a copy n paste job to view the links :/

ooh well thats life

Edited June 28, 2006 by zc_au

[ripken204]

well what i picked above is most likely what ill be getting for him, it will be for games. right now hes having fun on an 800mhz intel...

[Camarade_Tux]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/06/12/you...ng_rig_for_720/

[boooggy]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/06/12/you...ng_rig_for_720/

nice link