Building better PC with limmited budget

**NyuSakur** · December 3rd, 2010, 03:47 PM

Well since i am not that good in this stuff i would like to know if these listed parts will work fine being put together.

Asrock AM3 GF7025 VGA DDR2/DDR3 MATX --- > LINK OF SPECS
Asus GF GT210 Silent PCIE 512MB DDR3 LP --- > LINK OF SPECS
2x Kingston 1GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM --- > LINK OF SPECS
AMD ATHLON II X3 445 3.1 G 1.5Mb 95W AM3 --- >LINK OF SPECS
Modecom PSU 500W 12CM ATX 12v 2.2 4xSATA --- > LINK OF SPECS
Zalman CNPS7000C-ALCU ULTRA Quite CPU CO --- > LINK OF SPECS
Chieftec ATX Tower Case No PSU Black --- > LINK

All-together the cost of it is around 331.40 $

**nickslick74** · December 3rd, 2010, 04:05 PM

Looks like a reasonable setup. The only weakness I see is the power supply, never heard of Modecom. Seeing as I can't read Latvian very well, I tried to poke around on the website some for some better known brands of power supplies. I did see some high priced Corsairs, but nothing that I recognized as cheaper. Chieftec might be a better option of some of the other known good brands (Corsair, OCZ, Antec, FSP, etc...) aren't available in your price range.

**NyuSakur** · December 3rd, 2010, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by nickslick74

Looks like a reasonable setup. The only weakness I see is the power supply, never heard of Modecom. Seeing as I can't read Latvian very well, I tried to poke around on the website some for some better known brands of power supplies. I did see some high priced Corsairs, but nothing that I recognized as cheaper. Chieftec might be a better option of some of the other known good brands (Corsair, OCZ, Antec, FSP, etc...) aren't available in your price range.

i c .. well it was like i found this web after a long time of looking around the others .. and this is the only place where i can get stuff cheaper.In my country the economy is fcked up and the prices are rly high in everything.Anyway am gona look forward for some kind of brand PSU. Ty for your time

**nickslick74** · December 3rd, 2010, 05:37 PM

No problem!

For reference, we do maintain a list of Good/Bad power supplies here:
Power Supply Info

It doesn't cover all brands, but includes a fair amount.

**stroyal** · December 3rd, 2010, 05:57 PM

I second the power supply comment.
Like Nick said, try for a known quality power supply, if at all possible.

There is a difference, not only in operation, but also in protective circuitry.
Better to loose a power supply, than a whole system, when things go bad.

Welcome to TechIMO!

**ShyguyXPC** · December 4th, 2010, 12:38 AM

also unless your going to be using this system for Gaming and running a Video card dedicated for Gaming (The one you have selected isn't really a gaming card, it can handle some light 3D gaming, but not much more). A Good 300-400W Power supply is all you'll need, and still have power to spare. No need for a 500W, unless you plan on upgrading the Video card to some thing much more capable down the road.

**NyuSakur** · December 4th, 2010, 04:57 AM

Originally Posted by ShyguyXPC

also unless your going to be using this system for Gaming and running a Video card dedicated for Gaming (The one you have selected isn't really a gaming card, it can handle some light 3D gaming, but not much more). A Good 300-400W Power supply is all you'll need, and still have power to spare. No need for a 500W, unless you plan on upgrading the Video card to some thing much more capable down the road.

Hmm ok what about this video card ? Asus HD5450 PCIE 1 Gb DDR3 LP --- > LINK .. and i am more about gaming

**ShyguyXPC** · December 4th, 2010, 07:02 AM

its still a low end card, your going to want something like the Radeon 5550 or 5570 or better, or GeForce GT 240 or the newer GT 430 or better for gaming.

and even those cards are Low End Budget Gaming Video cards for Current Generation GPU's.

More than capable of playing most games on Moderate settings, but still Budget Range Cards.

Also try to avoid the Passive Cooled Cards (Cards with out a fan), as their Usually not intended for Prolonged periods of gaming, unless you have some active air flow over their heatsinks from case fans or what have you.

**NyuSakur** · December 4th, 2010, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by ShyguyXPC

its still a low end card, your going to want something like the Radeon 5550 or 5570 or better, or GeForce GT 240 or the newer GT 430 or better for gaming.

and even those cards are Low End Budget Gaming Video cards for Current Generation GPU's.

More than capable of playing most games on Moderate settings, but still Budget Range Cards.

Also try to avoid the Passive Cooled Cards (Cards with out a fan), as their Usually not intended for Prolonged periods of gaming, unless you have some active air flow over their heatsinks from case fans or what have you.

kk will look forward this .. ty

**NyuSakur** · December 4th, 2010, 08:17 AM

I think am gona go for this one Asus GF GT430 PCIE 1GBDDR3 HDMI LP

KopnePCI Express, PCI Express 2.0MikroshēmaNVIDIA GEFORCE GT430Atmiņas lielums1024 MBAtmiņas joslas platums128Atmiņas veidsDDR3DzesēšanaVentilatorsRamdac (Hz)2 x 400 MHzAtjaunošanās frekvence (Hz)85 HzTakts frekvence (dzinējs)700 MHzTakts frekvence (atmiņa)1.6 GHzMaksimālā izšķirtspēja DVI2560 X 1600Maksimālā izšķirtspēja VGA2048 x 1536Video atskaņošanaHDCP, MPEG-2, MPEG-4Ekrānu uzturēšanas skaits1 X VGA/1 X DVI/1 X HDMIĀrējais savienotājsDUAL LINK DVI-I, HDMI, HD-15Garantija3 gadi

**ShyguyXPC** · December 4th, 2010, 01:34 PM

Should work fine. (I'm not a big fan of Asus, even though I own a couple Asus cards, picked them up dirt cheap is the only reason why, but its just personal Preference, but the card should work fine)

on the Plus Side, the Asrock Motherboard, is also Asus. Asus is the parent Company for AsRock, so at least both the Motherboard and Video card are Asus Products.