Anybody good with building computers?

[Camphilophus]

Just want a new computer, and don't want to spend over $500. Not going to be used gaming or anything like that. For the record, I based the computer around the processor because its a quadcore, theres a lot of cache, and its cheap. I picked that mobo because it had intergrated graphics and it was one of the top sellers for am2+.

heres what I've currently got in my cart

AMD Phenom 9600 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor
Item #:N82E16819103244
$124.00
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103244

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Item #:N82E16820231144
$42.99
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231144

APEX TU150 Black Computer Case
Item #:N82E16811154013
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$59.99
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154013

Western Digital Caviar SE 500GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Item #:N82E16822136178
$67.99
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178

GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #:N82E16813128090
$82.99
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128090

LG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner w/ SecurDisc Tech Black SATA Model GH20NS15
Item #:N82E16827136149
$24.99
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136149

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Item #:N82E16835100007
$5.99
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 Case Fan
Item #:N82E16835150007
$1.99
link- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150007

Grand Total: $410.93
Shipping: $31.66

After reading through all of that this is what I need to know..

• Am I missing anything other than a OS?
• Do I need the extra fan?
• Is the power supply going to be big enough?
• Should I get a different case? (no lame LED cases)
• Am I buying anything thats just a bad product?
• If it were you is there anything you change around and why?

thanks in advance

 

[headbanger_jib]

an amd usually requires an extra fan
by the way where are the input devices
-keyboard
-mouse


and PM Li
he had done some great Monster PC for his bro
he might be a better help

 

[Camphilophus]

already have keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Don't know who Li is, I'll just wait for him to come in the thread if he wants to help. I plan on buying the extra fan anyways (unless I should get a better one?) but am going to be clueless when it comes to figuring out where to mount it. I took a close look at the case and there wasn't any extra space for one. Thanks for the info so far.

 

[Miles]

Li is our master.

 

[Camphilophus]

Yes massa.

 

[Frostyone]

Here's my custom build
Intel Xeon 3210 quad core 2.13GHz OCed to 3.8
DFI P35-T2R LanParty mobo
4GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2800 running at 1175
ATI Radeon HD3870
2xWD Raptors RAID-0
Corsair HX520 PSU
Watercooled:
D-Tek Fuzion WB
Swiftech MCR-320 Radiator w/ 3x Yates Loon 120mm 88cfm fans
Swiftech MCP655 pump

And the Case is a modified Lian Li PC-G75B

And nix the Western Digital hdd, and get a Seagate 7200.11 series drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

WD drives (except raptors) are junk.

PSU should be fine running on board gfx as long as you're not doing any overclocking

PM me if you have any questions.

 

[Frostyone]

More pics of the build, I stealthed the DVD drive and wired a remote eject button.

 

[Frostyone]

Li is our master.

Li aint got nothing on me

About your question on the fan, never heard of masscool, panaflo, scythe and yates loon are some of the best, longest lasting and quiet fans on the market. There's a spot to mount an additional fan on that case. It's at the bottom of the front inside the case. You should have that fan drawing air in from the front, mount your hdd in the cage at the bottom, this way the air from the intake will flow over the hdds and keep them cooler. The back 90mm fan should be drawing air out of the case.

**edit**
Looks like there's room for 2x80mm intake fans, which would be a good idea. With 2 intakes and 1 exhaust you'll have what's called positive pressure. Basically intaking more air than it's putting out keeping a positive pressure inside the case. This is a good thing because dust won't be sucked in through all the airgaps in the case. Now if you had more air going out than in, every airgap and crack in the case would be sucking dust in your rig.