Is this a good AM2 budget setup??

Question

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Hello All; I'm here for you all to see my first pc build; and I'd like to know what you think of it as far as bang-for-your buck and what you think of it as far as OC'ing........because although I'm not %100 sure that I wanna OC this thing yet; I still wanna be able to have the headroom in case I do....[and I think sometime or another I will be OC'ing........it's just a matter of learning and reading before trying it.....]


LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner included extra White bezel, with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-20A1P-186 - Retail

Rosewill R604-P BK 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JSRTL 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail

MSI K9N4 SLI-F Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

PNY VCG7600SXPB GeForce 7600GS 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

ePOWER ZU-550W ATX12V Version 2.0 / EPS12V 550W Power Supply - Retail

CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X1024A-6400 - Retail

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Orleans 2.2GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA3500CNBOX - Retail



...so there it is....and the total including S&H from Newegg comes to $594.81....also; remember if suggestions are made; try to keep them in proportion to a fifteen yr. old's budget; 'cause I am REALLY low on money......


...plus; if anyone's interested; the main purpose of this rig is pretty much to be "all around"......because since this'll be my 1st build; I want it to be able to do a number of tasks moderately; i.e. I'm not looking for "top performance" just yet......but I will be in the future because that's why I changed to an AM2 setup; because if AM2 IS in fact the future of AMD; then that's what I'll go with......

...anyways; thanx for reading; and I'll be happy to receive some comments;)

P.S. If you see any compatibility issues with this rig; let me know asap please; because I'd like to know before going out and ordering a bunch of mismatches if you know what I mean;) thanx

Answer 1

For the price it's ok just don't excpect to play games at high resolutions and with all the eye candy turned on.

You will be able to overclock it , at least an extra 500Mhz out of it.

Answer 2

bypass with Intel, and pay that more suitable $2 or maybe if for a WD or Seagate HDD. And in case you wanna bypass funds for gaming, attempt an 8600. it will drop your value dramatically. i ought to probably construct a sensible gaming device for the cost of that GFX card by myself, with a touch overclocking. no human being reported the 8600 become comparible to the 8800, infact I appeared back and nonetheless do not see the position I reported the 8600 is larger, I purely reported it will drop the cost of his construct. It performs WoW at 100 and fifty+ fps, max settings on Timeshift and UT. i have not tried Crysis even though it is playable with an 8600 even. in case you may manage to pay for and 8800, bypass ahead, because for gaming it particularly is between the the most important parts. As for Intel, lately they have retaken the lead with gaming.