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Ramen · January 4th, 2009, 02:25 PM

I'm looking to put together a new build and I'm in need of some advice. I've picked out all the parts and wanna run them by you guys since I trust your judgment and knowledge. :-)

Here are the parts I'm looking to purchase and the links to listings on Newegg.com for reference:

And here are the parts I have that will be used to round things out:

I'm not looking to get too far away from what I've listed, but I wanna know if the RAM is what I need to run AM2. I know you are supposed to run a certain type, but can't remember if it's PC 6400 or not. If you want to make some suggestions for different RAM then by all means please do, but I don't want to get too expensive because I'm not looking to OC my stuff. I can't really tell if I need an IDE to SATA cord for my older DVD drive but I think there's one in the house some where.. hehe.

January 4th, 2009, 02:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ramen Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 289	New build, need advice please. I'm looking to put together a new build and I'm in need of some advice. I've picked out all the parts and wanna run them by you guys since I trust your judgment and knowledge. :-) Here are the parts I'm looking to purchase and the links to listings on Newegg.com for reference: ASUS M3A78 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 Radeon HD 4870 OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Thermaltake Toughpower W0132RU 1000W Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit And here are the parts I have that will be used to round things out: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB HP Black 16X DVD+R 4X DVD+RW RAIDMAX Mustang ATX Logitech Desktop Wave I'm not looking to get too far away from what I've listed, but I wanna know if the RAM is what I need to run AM2. I know you are supposed to run a certain type, but can't remember if it's PC 6400 or not. If you want to make some suggestions for different RAM then by all means please do, but I don't want to get too expensive because I'm not looking to OC my stuff. I can't really tell if I need an IDE to SATA cord for my older DVD drive but I think there's one in the house some where.. hehe. __________________ Yeah, meow..