Building gaming pc?

Question

sup, im trying to build a gaming pc around 1000 bucks. I have a shopping cart full of components from newegg.com.

please give me your opinion on this set up, would u build it?

is everything compatible?
would should i replace/remove?
would this be an effective rig?
what about the operating system? should i go xp?

please give me some constructive critisim here, let me know if i should pull the trigger on this purchace, i want to start building. the total cost is about 1000 right now.

-Case-


COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119068
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$10.00 Mail-in Rebate
$49.99

-Hard Drive-


Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD 36.7GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136054
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy


$104.99

-Mother Board-


MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813130048
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$122.99

-GPU-


XFX PVT71GUQF3 GeForce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814150216
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy


$199.99

-Optical Drive-


LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model LH-16D1P-187 - Retail
Item #: N82E16827106066
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$17.99

-Power Supply-


APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 ATX 500W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817148027
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy


$10.00 Mail-in Rebate
$39.99

-Memory-


CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model CM2X1024-6400 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145153
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy


$224.00
($112.00 each)

-CPU-


AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA5200CSBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103759
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy


$229.00

-OS-


Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Basic for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116200
Return Policy: Software Return Policy

$94.99

Answer 1

Okay first off, the Core 2 Duos are superior at this point to the AMDs, but I am not going to push that too much because I know some people are set on one company or the other. I will take the rest in the order you listed.

Case is fine if you like it. Get rid of that hard drive. You can get a 320GB hard drive at 7200RPM for about $95. The extra speed in that hard drive you have is not going to make any difference, the only time it would be worth it is if you have a SUPER fast system, any other time the hard drive will not be the limiting factor. As someone else said, if aren't going to use SLI then don't waste money on an SLI board. The video card is good. Also as someone else mentioned, you can get a DVD burner for about $35, so why not get one instead of just a plain reader only. Power supply is lacking PFC and doesn't have PCI Express connector, I would recommend looking for something a little better. As for the RAM, get this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145015 you would much rather have 2 GB of 675Mhz RAM than 1GB of 800Mhz RAM. I already mentioned the CPU. As for Vista, spend the extra $25 and get Home Premium. If you want to ask me for further clarification about anything, feel free to email or instant message me.

Answer 2

Hmm, yes it does well, pretty good setup for the 1000$ range.

Here's a few of my suggestions :

- The hard disk capacity is a little bit low, try at least a 80GB hard drive.

- The motherboard. Are you planning on using SLI (ie, two same name video cards on one motherboard?) if not, try a cheaper one.

- The DVD-ROM drive. DVD writers (Even dual layer ones) are getting pretty cheap nowadays, try buying those instead of only a reader.

- Change the XP 64-Bit to just 32-bit version, most games do not take advantage/require 64-bit computing just yet. This allows you to just use 32-bit and save a bit.

Answer 3

I agree with the previous comment except I would stay with XP, wait to get vista until they've released the first service pack. It may be buggy with some of the games, other than that, yeah I would get two of those HD, instead of downgrading to a lower speed 80 gb, definately stay 32bit, and upgrade to a burner, other than that, looks like a pretty nice gaming machine.

Answer 4

well you will never get the rebates from newegg , you should have checked this site out first .