Tagnar

Ok I am making this computer for a home server, for like my music, movies other random files i need to access on my laptop or net book. When I am making a folding rig, the power supply needs to be "plus gold" or "plus silver" correct? This will increase the efficiency of the power supply, thereby reducing the power usage/ power bill?

Rosewill R6426-P BK ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147068

OCZ Z-Series OCZZ550 550W ATX12V 2.2/ EPS12V 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341037

Also the GPU I'm not sure exactly what is better do go with, so please direct me on this.
XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150369

PNY 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820178134

AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W
ECS A780GM-M3 AM2+/AM3 AMD 780G Micro ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.263449

That comes up to $407.00

I will probably just stick 2 tb hd's in it in mirrored. Which will add another maybe 150.

I will probably either run windows 7 on this thing or arch Linux possibly.

Please give me feedback.
Nate

metallicamaster3

All your hardware looks to be in tip top shape. For an operating system, I'd highly recommend Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 64-bit Server Edition (command-line only). If you're CPU folding, that is. If you'd like to GPU fold, I'd recommend getting a 9600GT or 9600GSO instead of the 4770 (nVidia cards naturally are better folders) as well as running a slim-line version of Windows XP (since GPU folding hasn't come to Linux yet) to save resources and headache.

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Tagnar

Would this card work better?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130440
Or should I stay with a 9600 like he said?

LiNERROR

i'd stay away from ECS motherboards... especially if you want this thing running 100% 24/7

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Tagnar

ok then what motherboard would you suggest?

LiNERROR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131397

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131398

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DuckieHo

No, the PSU does not have to 80 Gold or 80 Silver. Those few points in efficency won't be worth it for a few years.

Here's my suggestions:
$30 CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-008-_-Product
$54 GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-342-_-Product


As for the CPU, wait for the 45w Athlon II X2 235e (2.7Ghz) for $70.

Since you plan to Fold, go with NVIDIA for a Folding card. This card will produce about 3000ppd.
$42 ASUS EN9600GSO/DI/512MD3/V2 GeForce 9600 GSO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-320-_-Product

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