Computer I'm buying, is it a good setup?

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Dust

#1 March 11, 2009, 10:07:45 pm

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Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128376

Video Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817159088

Processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249

Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145

What I'm wondering is, is this a good setup? I don't want to exactly be able to play HARDCORE games, but I'd like to play some new games.

Also, I'm still picking a PSU; the current one is kind of temporary. I need a PSU that can support 2 IDE optical drives and 2 IDE hard drives. I don't know what these cables are called, but they have 4 pins on them from the power supply. I would also like it if it supported powering 2 (1 mandatory) SATA drives. Does anyone have any suggestions on these.

Thanks.

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Frisky SKeleton

#2 March 11, 2009, 10:22:25 pm

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they're called molex connectors, and you should have plenty and that psu should be able to power the 4 ide drives, but it's kinda moot as your motherboard only has 1 IDE port.

also note that it's a real pain to get to in most cases.
aside from that you should be able to play some nifty games with that rig

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Dust

#3 March 11, 2009, 10:25:56 pm

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I plan on buying a RAID controller to add 1 more IDE port to the computer, but I figured it wouldn't really be worth posting that ;D.

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Barack Obama

#4 March 11, 2009, 10:56:57 pm

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Why not use sata?

Edit: why not read the topic??? Durrrr

Last Edit: March 11, 2009, 10:59:44 pm by DietCoke

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Dust

#5 March 11, 2009, 11:23:39 pm

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Also, how many case fans should I put in this thing? I originally planned on putting 2 fans of these fans in here since it's pretty quite and has a decent speed:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185005

Oh, I didn't notice that that uses molex connections too. So that makes 6 molex connectors. Does this power supply support that? When I check on the picture on NewEgg, I don't see 6 molex connectors.

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Frisky SKeleton

#6 March 11, 2009, 11:39:37 pm

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standard fans have another connector in parallel so they essentially don't use any

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Dust

#7 March 12, 2009, 10:14:49 am

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Alright, one last question. Does anyone know if that processor comes with thermal compound, or do I need to buy that separately? I want to be able to order everything at once. I don't want to have to go back and buy more stuff and have all of these parts just sitting around without being able to use them.

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#8 March 12, 2009, 10:20:53 am

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rule of thumb if it isn't OEM and comes with a fan then it comes with thermal paste. If not any local store would have it for fairly cheap although I'd stick with Arctic Silver or OCZ brands.

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Dust

#9 March 12, 2009, 08:43:46 pm

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Hmmm....Is 530 watts of power enough to power this system without a problem? Or would it be better to upgrade to 630 watts for an extra $20 (I switched the power supply for more molex cables).

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#10 March 12, 2009, 11:11:07 pm

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530 should be fine

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goat

#11 March 13, 2009, 12:28:41 am

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I would recommend an intel dual/quad core as the phenoms aren't near as powerful.

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Dust

#12 March 13, 2009, 01:33:45 am

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Quote from: goat on March 13, 2009, 12:28:41 am

I would recommend an intel dual/quad core as the phenoms aren't near as powerful.

I don't need this to be too powerful. It's probably already overkill for my needs. I really don't game that much. I plan on using this for casual use and maybe some video encoding.

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