My First Custom Computer! Help

jyu28 · 05-27-2008, 03:10 PM

Well I have decided to build my first gaming computer and my limit is about $1000. I was looking through some stuff and this is what I was thinking about getting.

Case: Xoxide Alien-X Case
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Video Card 512MB
Power Supply: OCZ / GameXStream / 700-watt
Mother Board: Asus M2N-SLI Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Processor 3.0GHz OEM
Ram: 2GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz Memory
Hard Drive: Western Digital WD2500BEVE Scorpio 250GB Mobile Hard drive
CD/DVD Drive: AOpen COM5232PA DVD-ROM Combo Drive - 52x32x CD-R/RW, 16x DVD-ROM

soo tell me what you guys think. What should I change? suggestions? Anything will help. THank you

steelystan · 05-27-2008, 03:59 PM

Ok first thing I noticed is you've got a "mobile hard drive" listed. You should get a Caviar (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136109); it's bigger, faster, cheaper, and is SATA.

05-27-2008, 03:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
jyu28 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista	My First Custom Computer! Help Well I have decided to build my first gaming computer and my limit is about $1000. I was looking through some stuff and this is what I was thinking about getting. Case: Xoxide Alien-X Case Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Video Card 512MB Power Supply: OCZ / GameXStream / 700-watt Mother Board: Asus M2N-SLI Motherboard CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Processor 3.0GHz OEM Ram: 2GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz Memory Hard Drive: Western Digital WD2500BEVE Scorpio 250GB Mobile Hard drive CD/DVD Drive: AOpen COM5232PA DVD-ROM Combo Drive - 52x32x CD-R/RW, 16x DVD-ROM soo tell me what you guys think. What should I change? suggestions? Anything will help. THank you

05-27-2008, 03:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
steelystan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 37 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit	Re: My First Custom Computer! Help Ok first thing I noticed is you've got a "mobile hard drive" listed. You should get a Caviar (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136109); it's bigger, faster, cheaper, and is SATA. Last edited by steelystan; 05-27-2008 at 04:00 PM.