Advice for Computer Hardware.

[CarlosR]

I'm looking to build my own computer. I've already picked out all the parts that seemed good.
This is my first time building a computer, so it would be really nice if someone could let me know if this is a good setup.
Any other advice is also appreciated. Thanks.


ASUS VS208N-P Black 20" 5ms LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor

COOLER MASTER Elite 311 RC-311B-SWN1 Silver Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

SeaSonic SS-350ET Bronze 350W ATX12V V2.31 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM

ASRock 880GM-LE FX AM3+ AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4100WMGUSBX

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

MSI N440GT-MD1GD3/LP GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-8GBRL

[cC.Agitator]

If your going to buy the 8 core then try for a atx mother board, it will work fine but having a atx will always be good but I'm not sure if that case fits regular atxs, it should And maybe try to bump up the power supply, there is a calculator on the Internet somewhere that you should be able to find out what you need.

Edit: didn't see it was a four core my bad, the micro atx should be fine then!!

[Bogui]

What's your max budget?
Edit: I'd go for a gtx560, 650w psu and buy a 1tb hdd for $20 more.

[CarlosR]

If your going to buy the 8 core then try for a atx mother board, it will work fine but having a atx will always be good but I'm not sure if that case fits regular atxs, it should And maybe try to bump up the power supply, there is a calculator on the Internet somewhere that you should be able to find out what you need.

Edit: didn't see it was a four core my bad, the micro atx should be fine then!!

Wish I could afford an 8-core aha. Thanks for your input!

What's your max budget?
Edit: I'd go for a gtx560, 650w psu and buy a 1tb hdd for $20 more.

Max budget is about 650 excluding monitor.
Pretty sure a gtx560 is out of my scope, costs almost double what I have now.
Someone told me that 500GB would be enough. Do you recommend the 1TB for it?
Thanks

[Bogui]

Max budget is about 650 excluding monitor.
Pretty sure a gtx560 is out of my scope, costs almost double what I have now.
Someone told me that 500GB would be enough. Do you recommend the 1TB for it?
Thanks

How about the 6870? 1TB is better, with 500GB, you'll end up filling up space in no time if you have a lot of resources on your computer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418

[CarlosR]

How about the 6870? 1TB is better, with 500GB, you'll end up filling up space in no time if you have a lot of resources on your computer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418

Still seems a bit pricey. The current Graphics Card I have, is $74.99. I will consider though, getting the 1TB hard drive. It is only 30$ more.

[Bogui]

Might I suggest that you get a better psu(500-650w) in case you want to buy/upgrade your parts in the coming years?

[CarlosR]

Might I suggest that you get a better psu(500-650w) in case you want to buy/upgrade your parts in the coming years?

That is a really good idea. I'll look for something now.

Okay, getting this now for the HDD,
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

What do you think?

[Bogui]

That is a really good idea. I'll look for something now.

Okay, getting this now for the HDD,
Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY0010HNC-NRSN 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

What do you think?

Go with this one, it's faster and cheaper by a few bucks:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136767
Edit: go with this one instead, I have it in my current rig:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148697

[CarlosR]

I'd really like to get me a Seagate HDD, but with the Motherboard I've chosen I'm restricted to HDD's that work on 3.0Gb/s.