check this newbs build please

[H2Opolodude]

Hello, I have read the sticky for newbies. here is what i have come up with. this comp will be used for everything from gaming to video editing. i dont really have a buget i just want best bang for the buck. there will also be no OCing at all.

here is what ive come up with.
Mobo: DFI ultra-d
CPU: a64 3500 venice
GPU: x800xl
HDD: segate barracuda 120 gb
RAM: Patriot pc 3200 2-3-2-5
CASE: TT Tsunami (already have it)
PSU: OCZ 520w(already have it)
Sound: Audly 2 zs
speakers: Kilpsch promedia 2.1
DVD-RW: Nec 3520a
DVD-Rom- generic
Floppy: mitsumo 7-n-1
Keyaboard: LX700 duo


any comments or sugestions? thanks you for your help

 

[H2Opolodude]

anyone?

 

[Aisengard]

If you don't want to OC, get an ASUS board for better stability. DFI's tend to have issues.

 

[ArnoldLayne]

Looks good. Are you getting 2x512MB RAM?

 

[H2Opolodude]

what asus board would you recomend? and yes they are 2 512s

 

[H2Opolodude]

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[imported_Kensai]

Seems pretty good.

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: H2Opolodude
Hello, I have read the sticky for newbies. here is what i have come up with. this comp will be used for everything from gaming to video editing. i dont really have a buget i just want best bang for the buck. there will also be no OCing at all.

here is what ive come up with.
Mobo: DFI ultra-d
CPU: a64 3500 venice
GPU: x800xl
HDD: segate barracuda 120 gb
RAM: Patriot pc 3200 2-3-2-5
CASE: TT Tsunami (already have it)
PSU: OCZ 520w(already have it)
Sound: Audly 2 zs
speakers: Kilpsch promedia 2.1
DVD-RW: Nec 3520a
DVD-Rom- generic
Floppy: mitsumo 7-n-1
Keyaboard: LX700 duo


any comments or sugestions? thanks you for your help

:thumbsup:

DFI is just as stable as Asus.

What is the price/availability of the Venice core CPU?

 

[H2Opolodude]

shippin may 20th from monarch

 

[H2Opolodude]

ok so it looks good? anything that could/should be changed?

 

[Ike0069]

Looks very nice, but why not get 5.1 speakers to go with that sound card?
Other than that, only thing I'd change is the VC. Very nice system.

 

[H2Opolodude]

ok cool

 

[Ewat]

Looks good except that the cables on the OCZ Modstream can be a pain in the ass to bend sometimes. Also, sometimes I have to pull on the 24 pin cable so hard to get it out of the socket on the DFI that I'm afraid that I'm going to snap the mobo in half.

 

[H2Opolodude]

i no i have ti already. it gonna be a pain but o well

 

[imported_g33k]

Get the Twinmos UTT or OCZ VX value for that DFI board. You'll be able to get at least 2-2-2-6 at 240 fsb with this memory. Both of these memories are priced in the value ($100) price range.

 

[H2Opolodude]

o forgot the write in that i already have the ram sry

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: Aisengard
If you don't want to OC, get an ASUS board for better stability. DFI's tend to have issues.

where are you getting this from, if you don't have any support its just thread crap.

to the OP, if you don't put prices its hard to tell if your getting the best deal.

 

[Praytus]

I think what he ment is that the DFI board's BIOS can be daunting for people who aren't very comfortable with knowing what they're doing.

 

[thegimp03]

Nice.

 

[H2Opolodude]

BIOS are hard to set up?!?!i cant even get to the bios on my comp so i dont even know waht they look like.

 

[XBoxLPU]

You don't have to touch the complicated stuff in bios

 

[Aisengard]

Well, I've just been reading DFI-street and that board has trouble with lots of memory, it just seems like a very fussy board.

 

[shoRunner]

a lot of boards are memory picky, including my Asus k8v-se deluxe. but being memory picky and instable are 2 different things. and 99% of the time there is no reason to change your bios from the default settings.

 

[H2Opolodude]

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220006

this is the RAM i have ive read that its fine with that correct?