Advice on new config

[theone93]

I'm looking to purchase this board and wanted some help on components. I'd like to go the least path of resistance if possible. This is what I'm looking at so far.

 

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

 

Video Card: Dual eVGA 256-P2-N527-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card

 

PSU: Thermaltake W0101RU ATX 12V 2.0 Version 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, and CE certification

(Any better suggestions for this one?)

 

HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

 

Looking to go with 4gb of RAM but wanted to ask you guys what seems to work best.

 

Any other advice/opinions would be greatly appreciated.

[Thermomonkey]

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB

 

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[theone93]

No good?

[Thermomonkey]

Sorry... I got confused for a second, ignore my previous post.

 

Yeah that's a good chip, don't know much about it's overclocking potential though.... I assume that's what you want to do with it?

 

Given you're from the US, i'd try and get yourself an opteron 165 (i think thats the version that has 2x1mb cache - check on the amd site) Might be more expensive, but they are an awsome chip, and overclock very well indeed - have a search around other forums, see what people say. Unfortunately they are very hard to get hold of in the UK, else i'd get one. They can all easily outperform FX-57's with a little overclock.