Check my parts before I buy them

Hello,

I am building myself a new computer, and these are my parts. I just wanted to see if anyone see any potential problems that might come up if I use these parts. All are in Canandian dollars. Thank you.


AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor S939 San Diego 2.2GHZ 1MB L2 Cache 90NM Retail Box $251.14

DFI NF4 Infinity ATX NFORCE4 S939 DDR PCI-E16 2PCI-E SATA RAID Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard $107.39

EVGA E-GEFORCE 7600 GT KO 580MHZ 256MB 128BIT 1.5GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card $230.82

OCZ Performance PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 CL3-3-3-8 184PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit W/ Ramsink $183.54

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 9MS NCQ Quiet RoHS Hard Drive 3 Year MFR Warranty X2 $137.66

Coolermaster Centurion 530 BLACK-SILVER Aluminum ATX 18IN Tower Case 5X5.25 1X3.5 5X3.5INT No PS $80.92

LG GSA-H10A 16X DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer Writer IDE 2MB Black OEM W/ SW Burner $48.12

GENERIC 480W 24PIN POWER SUPPLY $28.38

 

as ive found out, dont skimp on the power supply, get a good brand high wattage one. Yes they cost significantly more money but at least you wont have to pay for replacement parts when it dies and takes out your CPU and mobo The PSU is one area you cant afford to go cheap on, and a DFI mobo requires a significant amount of quality power

 

Yes get atleast a 550w or more power supply to run that killer machine.

 

eh...he could do 500 watts

 

500 wats is cool ,but if he wants a 7900GTX 512mb one day,he would be betta off with 550

 

yea i guess it would be a good idea. lol i totally spaced about him having a DFI mobo so I'll have to agree with you on the 550 watt psu. The minimum for those boards is sumthin like 480 watts.

 

Dump the coolermaster centurion its a very poor cooling solution not designed for a gaming machine and yeh get a good quality psu of about 500w skimping here is just asking for trouble,everything else looks good

 

Thank you all, I'll look for a better quality power supply.
Haven't decided on one yet.

 

may i suggest that u looking into the seasonic s12-600 PSU. meant to be one of the best on the market.

 

Couple things
DFI MOBO are Power Hungry, you need to get a Good quality PSU, Better quadruple your budget.
That generic one is a Big mistake.
I have a DFI Ultra D NF4, I use OCZ 520Powerstream, I would suggest you get a PSU that sports about 33amp on the +12v rails

I like Maxtor HDD but for some reason many DFI mobo have big problem with Maxtor's, I 'm using Seagate's

Your memory is good choice, if your planing on OCing ya might consider PC4000 or more

 

I got this one...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103931
Runs very smoothly!

Thermaltake is the #1 case maker.Do not buy there power supplies though I had to many bad experiences with them=(.

 

TT makes OK cases, they aren't the best though.

I'll take a good Antec case over TT any day.

 

I am looking at a Cooler Master Real Power 550W Power Supply.
Is this one good?

 

I agree strongly with the notion of buying a good power supply - I blew a P4
board with a cheap one . . . grrr. I've not used Coolermaster PS's but I haven't heard anything bad about them. I bought an Aspire 600W supply because the price and features were right, it was recommended by a friend, and I found good comments about them on the internet. I've used it for over a year under heavy operations without a hitch. Antec
supplies are good as well (have one of those in my other PC). If you are able get online and do a Google search on the PS you are looking at. See what the forums and such have to say about it.
I also suggest getting a UPS with Automatic Voltage Regulation. . . they aren't that expensive if you don't go after long battery life. They really help protect your entire system by providing the PS with constant, "clean" electricity. Good Luck!

 

I'v got a coolermaster realpower 450 wasnt my first choice but I hate waiting for stock to come in each psu is different but anyway with the 450 the power lines are way long,its by far not the heaviest of psu's,it doesnt have any manual voltage regulation,the cable could be thicker,but it has strong stable power check selentpc has no problems coping with my OC a64 and 6800gt

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article205-page1.html

One of the most most important aspects though is efficiency when tested ran at an actual 80% and the numbers on the back dont lie they dont use tricks like other manufacturers, all the amps are continuous not 10sec bursts and at operatiing temp not in the north pole so you know what your getting

 

OK. After reading several reviews, I am going with the Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 as sewy18 suggested.

I also followed up on the Maxtor harddrive with DFI mobo. Apparently, they don't go well together. Which brand would you recommand?

Also, any good case you would recommand?