Wanna build a new PC, Would u help?

minhaz4u · Post by **minhaz4u** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:10 am

Hi...this is ma first post in Legitreviews...I've been reading posts in this forum for quite sometime and found that there r a lotta techies here
I wanna build a new pc..but donno much abt PSU

here is the config...

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Socket AM2
MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2, nForce570 SLI
MSI NX7600GT 256Mb PCI-E
1024Mb PC2-5400/5300 667MHz DDR2 DIMM Kingston
40 Gb Seagate HDD
LG DVDÂ±RW+CD/RW

For the above congfiguration, will this PSU be enough?

MiddleTower, ATX, 400W 20+4-pin, 2USB, AUDIO, IEEE1394, FAN, Airduct, 5.25''x4, 3.5''x6

Any suggestions on my config. would be appreciated

odie2190 · Post by **odie2190** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:46 pm

Corsair 520 w psu. most efficient psu out there. that should be enough power.

jtm55 · Post by **jtm55** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:12 pm

Hi All,

minhaz4u, not knowing what your budget is or how you plan on using your machine, I'm suggesting that you increase the size of your Hard Drive. You can buy a 320 GB Drive from New Egg for $80.00. If you're a Gamer you 'll want to go with 2GB of RAM. RAM is very cheap now. In addition you'll also want to go with a Direct X10 Video Card from either Nvidia or ATI/AMD. I'm not familiar with MSI so I can't give a opinion, good or bad. However DFI & ASUS make excellent AMD Motherboards.

Hope this helps

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:53 pm

budget range would be nice indeed!

minhaz4u · Post by **minhaz4u** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:18 am

hi guys..thanks a heap 4 d quick response

btw..Is there any prob if i use 500W or more for the above mentioned config.
The motherboard won't blow off,right? (sorry if tht made u laff Very Happy but im really a newie)

Zertz · Post by **Zertz** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:30 pm

500W is enough, that system won't even take that much power.

And you don't "send" watts into your system, so having 1200W wouldn't blow anything, it would just be a waste.

stopthekilling77 · Post by **stopthekilling77** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:22 am

apoptosis has a point, got a price range? you could build a KILLER gaming rig for ~$800-$1200