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Phædrus2401 · 06-19-2009, 08:11 AM

Are you an Aussie? Nice to seeya on here.

Instead of getting two separate RAM sticks I'd get a 2GB DIMM--that's two sticks of 1GB RAM that will work with each other. http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=6&sid=36924

Are you sure you want a quad core processor? They're pretty expensive and very few games or anything else use them. I'm not very familiar with AMD's high-end dual core CPUs so I can't recommend one, but you might want to look into that instead.

What's that "Windows Basic Black" thing? Is that your OS? I don't know what that's all about.

The Gigabyte video card will work fine, and is in fact better since by overclocking you make the part run faster, thus making it able to render graphics more quickly.

Finally, I'd avoid a case that comes with a power supply. The PSUs that come with cases are usually pretty shoddy. Try these instead:
Case: http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=30183
Power supply: http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=23551

And that should do it. Good luck on the build and come back if you have any more questions.

06-19-2009, 08:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,802 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Double check my 1st build. Are you an Aussie? Nice to seeya on here. Instead of getting two separate RAM sticks I'd get a 2GB DIMM--that's two sticks of 1GB RAM that will work with each other. http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=6&sid=36924 Are you sure you want a quad core processor? They're pretty expensive and very few games or anything else use them. I'm not very familiar with AMD's high-end dual core CPUs so I can't recommend one, but you might want to look into that instead. What's that "Windows Basic Black" thing? Is that your OS? I don't know what that's all about. The Gigabyte video card will work fine, and is in fact better since by overclocking you make the part run faster, thus making it able to render graphics more quickly. Finally, I'd avoid a case that comes with a power supply. The PSUs that come with cases are usually pretty shoddy. Try these instead: Case: http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=30183 Power supply: http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=23551 And that should do it. Good luck on the build and come back if you have any more questions.