Tell me what you think of this config

[azianai]

wow so i can prob sell my current 6550 for 140 shipped...nice =D
anyway agree with quakin on the corsair, that's my next purchase.

[drew and not u]

Originally Posted by oldman_gamer

I just got the 900 case yesterday...it has some size to it,but looks real nice and should be easy to work inside of.

No fair, I just ordered mine yesterday, hopefully it will come by Friday!

[polobunny]

Wow I was sure I posted here, but I can't seem to find my post :S
Probably didn't hit the Post button.

Anyway, you might want to look for the E8200. 45nm, 2.66Ghz, 6MB cache, 1333FSB and runs normally for $190.00.

[Capper]

Drew, with what he wants to do.......maybe dropping to an E4400 processor and adding a second 2GB of memory may be a good idea (or go with a graphics card, so you aren't using system memory).

As to the case, normally I'd say go with something cheaper because all the fans will be noisy, but those Tri-Cool fans can be set to dead silent.

That Corsair 450W PSU is a dynamite selection, we reviewed it awhile back, and Chris has mentioned a few times that it could have scored higher than it did.

[polobunny]

Oh, I've re-read your post Drew. By "do music" do you mean create music or listen to music? The later won't ever need a E8200, let alone a E6550 in my opinion.
As Rich suggested you might go in E4400-E4500 grounds, the E4500 retails at $125 @ newegg.

[drew and not u]

This is good stuff guys. I'm going to be talking with him tonight about the configuration and making some changes based on the advice here. With an E4xxx series processor, and the Sonata III (w/ 500w PSU) he might be able to afford a dedicated GPU, and go with the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. I'll post up after we chat.
Thanks again everyone!

[Capper]

The Sonata III is very quiet, is a very nice looking case, and does come with a quality 500W PSU.........I'd go with that, a smaller processor, and a better board and GPU combination as you are now considering....

[drew and not u]

So this is the config that we came up with tonight
Case: Sonata III w/ 500w psu
PSU: included
Motherboard: Asus P5E-VM
Processor: Intel E4500 (Option: E6550 +$40)
RAM: 2GB OCZ Platinum
GPU: integrated
Hard Drive: Seagate 250GB SATA
Optical Drive: Lite-On DVD-RW

Total: $547.54 ($587.54 w/ E6550)

[Parker]

Originally Posted by drew and not u

So this is the config that we came up with tonight
Case: Sonata III w/ 500w psu
PSU: included
Motherboard: Asus P5E-VM
Processor: Intel E4500 (Option: E6550 +$40)
RAM: 2GB OCZ Platinum
GPU: integrated
Hard Drive: Seagate 250GB SATA
Optical Drive: Lite-On DVD-RW

Total: $547.54 ($587.54 w/ E6550)

Looks like a good build to me!
I like that mobo too, good little mobo

[Capper]

EVGA 112-CK-NF77-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce e-7150/630i HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

With the on-board graphics, you may want to look at this board.....its arguably a better on-board solution, and is a lot cheaper....plus I'd recommend eVGA support over ASUS support.