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ok here is wat i have lined up for hardware if sombody could do some research for me and tell me if this all will work this would be very helpfull.

CPU adm athlon 64 x2 4200, motherboard asus a8n-sli premium nforce, case atx window case with power supply 480w, monitor soyo govideo 23" hd ready lcd tv, pny verto geforce 7600 gs 512 mb pcie and other misc thing if anybody has and ideas or improvements plz ether post here or send me a email at icap123@hotmail.com

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by hal 9000

And go with one of the Brand Name ones which work better I personally Like Antec PS's and Gorge Ou likes Active PFC PS's.

I refuse to use any unnamed Power Supply as I've seen one fail and allow mains voltage inside the case then out across the LAN Lines destroying everything connected to the LAN.

I've also wasted hundreds of hours trying to make something work when the Power Supply isn't working properly and is not providing enough Wattage to run a computer though the Voltage is showing as perfect on a Static Test.

Also I like decent sturdy Cases ones that you can sit on if necessary and not bend. They are just better in every way over the pretty looking ones that bend when someone sneezes 2 countries away.

But what HDD/s and RAM are you looking at using? You haven't listed any and you'll never get a computer to work without both of these.

Also as you've listed a HD Ready Monitor I'm supposing you'll want some form of Tuner Card so you can capture either Free to Air TV or Cable TV so depending on what you want to do you can chose from several different types.

I also suppose you'll want some form of Optical Drive so are you looking at something like a DVD Burner that can burn Single or Dual Layer DVD in the + or - Format or do you just want a CD Reader?

I would really suggest fitting a Floppy drive as well because you quite often need these to load Windows if you need to install something important like SATA Drivers and they are useful at very little cost.

I'm supposing that you'll want to use some form of speakers so you can hear the TV that you are watching so you'll need something to suit your needs and if they are high end you'll want to buy a decent Sound Card as well because the one on this M'Board will leave a lot to be desired if you start plugging in some High End Speakers you'll hear the problems immediately. A [b]Creative Sound Blaster Sound Card[/b] should be added to the list if you want some really good sound without distortion. But without knowing what you want to do it's impossible to recommend a model.

A couple of Case Fans will be necessary as well because this M'Board has a Big Heat Sink on the Back Plate under a wire Mesh grill so you'll need to move some air over that to keep it within the working temp range for best performance.

As For RAM I would suggest Corsair or Kingston as they are the better ones and really good value for money. I'm not sure if that Video Card will work with the M'Board quite often many don't even when they are the same Chip Set but just to confuse you a bit more the same chip set Video Card from a different maker will work on the same M'Board so you'll need to find out if there are any compatibility issues between the M'Board and Video Card.

What are you building this system to actually do? The answer to that will make the choice of [b]Parts & Software[/b] easier and much faster and just how reliable do you want it to be? That will also make choosing parts easier.

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by scott_heath

If this is a gaming rig and money IS an object of consideration, then dump the dual core and get a better video card. Since almost nothing makes use of the dual core tech at this point you'll get more mileage out of a better video card. Maybe go with the 7900 series. If money IS NOT an object, please send me some. :)

by icap123

ok i think i am geting all my parts for a good price tell me if i am wrong( i am going thru geeks.com and newegg.com). CPU adm athlon 64x2 4200 $155, asus a8n-sli premium sli socket 939 atx (gana research to see if it will work with video card) $132.99, dvd bruner/ drive lg-gsa h22n 18x d/l ide drive $35.99, a bluetooth mouse and keybord $88.99, monitor i switched to a 22" chime 221d-nbc $299.99, speakers logitech z 5.5 sround sound $164.99, video card pny verto geforce 7600gs 512mb $129.99, and fans for round $25.00

by cg it

get the AMD 64X2 5000 Windsor 2.8ghz Has 2x128k L1 and 2X1mb of L2 that's 2mb of L2 memory.

you'll need a AM2 mainboard. DFI LANparty mainboard is supposed to be a good board BUT! very picky on memory. only use recommended memory. supports DDR2 800. It's an SLI mainboard with 2 X16 PCIe slots. Comes with SATA RAID for RAID 0/1/0+1/5. Go to DFI's web site and find recommended memory and only use recommended memory.

I'd get a XFX Geforce 7950 with 512MB onboard memory. BUT! you could opt for SLI and get 2 SLI cards. Both cards working on SLI uses both GPUs.

HDDs, depends on what you want to do. With RAID 5 capabilities on the motherboard, you could go with small size drives and partition RAID 5. You still get the performance on RAID striped with the security of RAID 1 Mirror. IF you want performance out of the HDDs go SCSI ultra Wide but don't expect them or the controller to cheap.

As for the rest of the stuff, just get a good quality DVD burner, a 19" LCD.

I'm partial to the Antec Performance TX1050 cases. Lots of room.

Oh, you'll need 550/600 watt power supply.

by icap123

wow like i said m still a nub at this so u have to break it down a little more for me but ill check the prices on the items u listed im wanting to spedn around 1.3 to 1.5 grand so ill give them a look thx for your help tho i decided on a 630w ps

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