zebedee
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Hescominsoon, Ralvardar and any other interested techs,
**** Be forewarned that this is a long post with techie junk. Skip if you don't want to read a lot of tech blabber.****
Here's what I got specd out so far with questions below.
Amd Mobo: ASUS M3N72-D AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard (I dont care about sli and I want to use XP - nice to have tho)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131323
mobo onboard video - NVIDIA GeForce 8 series
CPU: AMD Phenom 9550 Agena 2.2GHz Socket AM2+ 95W 65nm Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103251
Fan and Heat Sink: (paranoid so want a good one. someone pffts the out of box fan)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125
PSU: Thermaltake Purepower W0129RU 600 W ATX12V SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153042
Arctic Silver
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000)(cpu supports RAM speed)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145
Case: CHIEFTEC AEGIS CX-05B-B-M-OP Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (case seems to have a good rep.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811160015
Hard Drive - whatever..the least of my concerns.
I'm trying to do a few things here. Save as much money as possible but not sacrifice upgradability and 'hope' it can support next-gen video cards.
Questions (keep in mind that my tech level is maybe a 4 out of 10):
The mobo has a capacity of 12 usb 2.0 ports! Do I need to be concerned about the case I buy to support all of those and its extra gadgetry?
In spite of good customer reviews, I'm worried if I'm gonna get another stripped down onboard video card or will it have true GEForce series functionality?
I plan to use windows xp on this thing. Are there known issues with building an advanced system like this and XP? I checked Asus web site and see that there are xp drivers so I hope that it is enough. I don't need any vista specific goodies and am looking for XP stability right now.
600 W power supply too little? If I did go the SLI route, I'm guessing that I'd need more.
Finally, do I need to be concerned with mobo/chip stability? My nephew built his own computer about a year ago and had random reboot problems. I would blame it on the stability of his cpu and mobo and/or bad ram. From your experience, can I do anything to minimize the possibility of this problem?
Of course, the things that I am concerned about could be way off the mark. So please comment freely.
Thanks uber techs.
Zeb
**** Be forewarned that this is a long post with techie junk. Skip if you don't want to read a lot of tech blabber.****
Here's what I got specd out so far with questions below.
Amd Mobo: ASUS M3N72-D AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard (I dont care about sli and I want to use XP - nice to have tho)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131323
mobo onboard video - NVIDIA GeForce 8 series
CPU: AMD Phenom 9550 Agena 2.2GHz Socket AM2+ 95W 65nm Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103251
Fan and Heat Sink: (paranoid so want a good one. someone pffts the out of box fan)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125
PSU: Thermaltake Purepower W0129RU 600 W ATX12V SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153042
Arctic Silver
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000)(cpu supports RAM speed)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145
Case: CHIEFTEC AEGIS CX-05B-B-M-OP Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (case seems to have a good rep.)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811160015
Hard Drive - whatever..the least of my concerns.
I'm trying to do a few things here. Save as much money as possible but not sacrifice upgradability and 'hope' it can support next-gen video cards.
Questions (keep in mind that my tech level is maybe a 4 out of 10):
The mobo has a capacity of 12 usb 2.0 ports! Do I need to be concerned about the case I buy to support all of those and its extra gadgetry?
In spite of good customer reviews, I'm worried if I'm gonna get another stripped down onboard video card or will it have true GEForce series functionality?
I plan to use windows xp on this thing. Are there known issues with building an advanced system like this and XP? I checked Asus web site and see that there are xp drivers so I hope that it is enough. I don't need any vista specific goodies and am looking for XP stability right now.
600 W power supply too little? If I did go the SLI route, I'm guessing that I'd need more.
Finally, do I need to be concerned with mobo/chip stability? My nephew built his own computer about a year ago and had random reboot problems. I would blame it on the stability of his cpu and mobo and/or bad ram. From your experience, can I do anything to minimize the possibility of this problem?
Of course, the things that I am concerned about could be way off the mark. So please comment freely.
Thanks uber techs.
Zeb
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