Jason Weisberger wrote:
Couple of things to note:
The geforce 210 is not even powerful enough to do 1080p blueray
playback. Might want to consider a minor upgrade if you are going to
do anything entertainment-wise on this system.
Consider doing the ddr 3 system for longevity. If you do end up
getting the ddr 2 motherboard and ram, the AM3 socket 945 x4 will fit
in and run with the AM2+ board, however AM3 and ddr3 are the current
standards and at least the next generation of amd processors should be
backwards compatible with that socket.
Also, I do slightly disagree with the previous author recommending an
800 watt psu with the configurations you posted. That wattage should
be recommended for a bleeding edge single gpu system and a bleeding
edge processor. 500-600 should be enough for your needs as long as
it's a quality part.
I'll check and see if I can find something better video wise. To be
honest tho, I don't play video except for youtube or something like
that. By BIG game to play is Kpatience.
I must admit, I am seriously leaning to the Gigabyte build. It is a bit
newer but not to pricey. I have read that DDR3 is faster and we all
know that you only need one bottle neck.
I do assume that the Gigabyte mobo, CPU and ram do match up OK? That is
the big thing for me. I used to read Computer Shopper and keep up with
the sockets types and such but I haven't done that in a long while. I
don't want to order all this and then find out the CPU doesn't fit the
mobo or that I can't put that ram in because of the HUGE heatsink. I
guess newegg would let me swap something within reason tho.
Dale
:-) :-)
