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Originally Posted by Martian
In the same vein, the wattage of a PSU is almost completely meaningless. More important is that you go with a trusted, reliable brand. This power supply would work quite well with the example system above, and won't break the bank. |
well, not quite. they still have 200W power supplies out there, and if you run dual SLI video cards in your 3ghz gaming rig, you're gonna find out why wattage is important
Will, I'd lose that case - Heat dissipation is important and a micro ATX case is too small to do it well. Additionally, the board you chose is an ATX board, which is too large for a micro-ATX case. I recommend the Thermaltake Armor case. it's big, breezy, and has excellent airflow from the factory. You won't even have to buy any supplemental fans.
You didn't put a powersupply in there (I'm only looking at the gaming rig - though if you also wanna talk about the bargain rig, stay the hell away from Rosewill. They suck). Again, I recommend Thermaltake, at least 500W, and make sure it's a Toughpower, not a Purepower.
ATI makes nice cards but I've enver been a big fan of their drivers. I tend to stick with nVidia, but that's largly personal preference.
Also, WD makes nice stuff, but Seagate has in my experience been more reliable.