This is the first computer I'm going to attempt to build. any comments or suggestions let me know....

APEVIA X-Infinity ATXB6KLW-BK/420 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX 420W power supply for AMD/Intel Power Supply - Retail
Model #: ATXB6KLW-BK/420


ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: A8N32-SLI Deluxe


Foxconn FV-N79SM2D2-OC GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: FV-N79SM2D2-OC



AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADAFX55DAA5BN - OEM
Model #: ADAFX55DAA5BN



OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail
Model #: OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K



Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD800JD

NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE / ATAPI Model 7170A-0B - O

Motherboard:

http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4...i/index.x?pg=1

Just a brief glance and I hope others will look at your list as well.

I would only change two things:

1) Get a larger PSU: 500-750Watt would be nice.

In other words buy a case without a power supply and add your own. Enermax makes awesome PSU's.

http://www.enermaxusa.com/

2) Get a larger HDD and perhaps two if you can afford it. You can probably find larger drives for the same if not even less money. I'm sure you could get a 160GB for the same price.


All that being said what is your budget and what do you want the computer to do?




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Thanks for the advice. I still have alot of good parts in this computer I have a 80 gig harddrive I'm going to use ,so I'll have 2 80gigr's. and rosewill 450watt psu although I still don't know if that's the root of my problems with this one.If not good to have an extra. I have a geforce 6800 agp card that I don't know what I'm going to do with. I have about 900.00 to spend,and mainly play games like BF2, Command and conq. ,Bf2142, and lotr bfme2(the game that started all my problems). What do u think about that mainboard? I wanted to stick with ASUS even with all these problems I'm having now. My board is going on 5yrs and I have no complaints till now.What I'm looking at is a definite upgrade.

Do you want an AMD board rather than Intel?

The RAM on that board is more limited than similar boards with 240 pin DDR 2 800 MHz possible at the same price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...813131013#spec

This also has a faster FSB: 1000

There is only one IDE port (2 devices) but 6 SATA ports. Unless you go to SATA drives this would only give you one DVD and one HDD.

Also I would go with a full tower rather than mid. If you don't mind the size they are so much easier to work in and upgrade especially to the high end PCI_E cards.

To add on what Jephree said- your most concern should be your PSU first. You need a 550W+ PSU. With todays demands, yes its that simple.
I can tell you a list of best-middle class PSU's if you want to know.
If your PSU is not good, you'll never get decent performance and you'll just damage your system and cut components life short.

A Rosewill 450W will normally output 350W at peak load and 300W continuous providing that it has good amps on the +12V, high efficiency, and APFC.

I would sincerely advise you to wait. Everything is going to drop in prices in start of April-May when all the new technologies are releasing. There is a host of new CPU's releasing, HDDs, screens, better mobos, RAM, HSFs, PSUs, new sockets and state-of-the-art GPUs. What you put together now, especially a socket 939 will kind of be what others will be throwing out then and many already have when X2 was released. The rpice drops are in $100s then with DDR3 and AMD making some Quad Core CPUs that are better than the Intel Kentsfield line.

These are the parts on my new build let me know what u think.
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $49.99
ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard $94.99
XFX PVT71PUDP3 GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 EXTREME Video Card $174.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Brisbane 2.3GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADO4400DDBOX$165.00
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-5400c4 $164.00
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JSRTL 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive$59.99
SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write, LightScribe Technology Black SATA Model SH-S183L$44.99

That all looks good but what about the Power Supply?

I already had to buy one to see if it was the problem with this one, it wasn't. I got a thermaltake 500w pure power 2.0. I think my mobo is shot or shooting as I'm still using it, still shutdown when it has to work hard.......IT'S LAZY

Looks good then.

Just a personal preference, although that CoolMaster case looks really cool, I would go with a full tower if you have the room.

They are so much easier to work in and expand with. Cooler too as regards temperature.

Thanx Jephree I've been doing alot of research and I think I'm going to stick with amd thats a tough decision. Yeah I have enough money to get a better case I'd like to get something with some nice lights, do u have any prefrences?