AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.5GHz - Green Machine!

[Krazed]

- Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128321 $80
- Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103778 $130
- RAM (1GB): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231085 $50
- Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133172 $125
- Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208009 $40
- Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182006 $25
- Keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823174010 $5
- Mouse: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826105026 $15


- Total: $470

Yeah, I posted this in my forum, but not everyone reads there and can comment.  :P What do you guys think? I have a stick of RAM and a power supply that didn't work, so I figure I'll send them back and get another one or two sticks of 1GB G.SKILL RAM.

[CrAz3D]

4 gig ram at least, come on man ;D

[rabbit]

Nice rig.  Great price, too :P

[Krazed]

I'm working on it.  :P But yeah, 4GB RAM and 2x 512MB SLI Video Cards some day.  :P

[Armin]

Look solid, but personally I'd recommend a DirectX 10 card instead of SLI.

[Krazed]

Look solid, but personally I'd recommend a DirectX 10 card instead of SLI.

Why?

[Armin]

That way you won't have to upgrade once DirectX 10 games come out. It probably won't be for a bit, and I'm sure they'll make it so DirectX 9 works, but I like being ahead of the game.

[Warrior]

Get a low end DirectX10 card for the same price. It's as fast as it's DirectX9 counter part in rendering DirectX9 and it supports DirectX10, the future of gaming.

[Killer360]

1 GB of ram will serve fine. I'm running one gig on my machine has never been slow. No lag when gaming and I can run most games on high settings.

[Ergot]

Funny, 4 days later and the price drops on most of the items :O!

[trust]

That power supply is iffy, it's generally not something you want to skimp on since it has a lot of current going through it. (Build quality=super important.) From the first few reviews it seems like it doesn't cool that well.

[Killer360]

Get at least a 450 WATT PSU for that system. This is the ABSOLUTE cheapest I would go with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023


Here is a list of PSU brand names that are known to be good:

Antec, Cooler Master, Enermax, FSP Group, OCZ (who owns PC P&C), PC Power & Cooling (PC P&C), SilverStone, SeaSonic , Thermaltake, Zalman. These 10 are the best - but theres a few low-end models of these as well ($20~30) . Spend at LEAST $50 for a good basic PSU.

Hope that helps.....