New System

Hi,

Looks like you are on the way to a decent rig for gaming. There are a couple of things that I would look at:

1) Check NewEgg.com and/or ZipZoomFly.com for price savings...and be sure the shipping price is calculated on what you buy.

2) I would not walk away from that power supply, but I would break out in a full run away from it. In my opinion, you need to be looking at either a 500 to 550 watt power supply for this unit that would be made by either Enermax or Antec, or you will certainly curse the day that you put in a lower quality power supply.

3) Third thing, don't bet that the memory will be a match for what you have. I would purchase the gig like you want as a UNIT, and then sell your old chip to someone on Ebay. In today's great computers, the matching chips are the only way to go....not matching numbers (which may work some times), but a SET of chips that are purchased from the same supplier as a matched pair that is guaranteed to work together.

Other than that, don't have too many other comments and this should be a nice unit.

socal986 said:

thx tumbleweed,

The power supply there actually Is a 500w, are you saying its just not a good brand?

And the memory I have in my system now is actually the exact same as the one I have listed, same make/model/size, so shouldn't have any compatability issues there.

Ill go check out those sites now, thanks for the tip. still 3 things I need that I didnt see on tiger: HDD, Floppy, and optical drive. none of these i NEED to upgrade (so I may not get them right away), but I actually just want the colors of the floppy/opt drive to match the case. even though there's a door covering them. im anal like that. :laugh:

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Hi again,

The power supply you have chosen is not a high quality supply. The mistake a lot of people make is that they see a power supply that says 500 watts and they think all power supplies that say 500 watts actually put out the same power and that is far from the truth.

An anology that I like is somewhat like a garden tractor (say a little simplicity Sovereign garden tractor that has an 18 HP motor that weighs about 800 pounds. They are a great little tractor and all that, but then here comes this New Holland or a John Deere Utility tractor (weighs about 3500 lbs) and it is listed as an 18 HP tractor. The Simplicity tractor will pull a hitch weight of about 400 pounds and the John Deere with the same listed HP will pull about 3000 pounds at hitch weight. Which would you want to do a big job? By the way, I have both those tractors, so know about that stuff.

The moral of this story, cheat someplace else (maybe even a cheaper video card), but never shortchange the power supply, that is the heart of your unit. The names of great, but reasonably priced (around 100 bucks) power supplies are ANTEC or ENERMAX....and if into gaming, don't settle for anythng else unless you have bigger bucks and want a PC Power and Cooling unit. I can tell you this, if you aren't willing to spend that kind of money on a power supply, you will probably regret it when your unit gets BSOD's reboots, random shutdowns, etc.

Unless you buy a set (set of 2) of memory, they might not work well together even if the same number. My recommendation would still be to do that and forget trying to match.

Also, you didn't talk drives so I didn't comment. You need to also consider that issue with a gaming machine.

Addendum: The two places I listed (IMO) have better prices, faster service, great return records, and a better stock than the one you listed. I can not say anything bad about your chosen supplier, but just feel the other two will save you more money and get you going qucker.