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ok thanks. which motherboard should i choose? the asus or gigabyte?

that was very helpful, thanks. Hmm, corsair psus are slightly more expensive though. could i get away with using 450W corsair instead of 500W antec? I think ill stick with the antec case though. The problem with the RAM is that almost all 4gb RAM kits ive found are more expensive than those...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming, school work and general usage. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $800 (Australian dolalrs), including shipping and tax. 3) Where do you live? Australia 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? The case...

Pics, as requested. Encountered a few problems along the way when i was building this, but it all works fine now. Ill get to doing some cable management when i have time.

so basically, on friday night, i put my rig together =) And it's working swimmingly. I'm very happy with it and it will run cod4 on all high settings with a very high fps. Ill put some pictures up in the next few days.

Ive decided to pay an extra $10 on the case/psu to get the antec 6580 with 430w earthwatts power supply. It's got a few extra features i like eg. more spacious, audio jacks on the front and more power (Who doesnt want more power? :P)...

but besides that, all the other components are cool? nobody has any disagreements with what ive chosen?

Ok, let's say i swapped the case out for the antec one and keep the corsair RAM. Maybe ill get 2gb more ram for my bday. But let's keep it at 2gb for now. How is my build looking? If it's looking sweet, ill probably go and buy a few parts tomorrow or the day after.

One of the previous versions of this build had a 9800 gt, however, i decided that that was overkill for my system if i'd only be doing light gaming and work mostly. However, there is a 9800 on discount for $175. Although that would put me overbudget by $50 and force me to go with the coolmaster...

I have a 17" 1280x1024 monitor.

Here is my budget build for $600AUD: CPU: Intel E5200-$142 http://ccpu.com.au/show_cat.php?cat_id=cpus Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE/R- $135 (site labels as $145, but it's on special) http://ccpu.com.au/show_prod.php?class_id=motherboards&prod_id=P5QSER RAM: Corsair 2GB KIT...

Here is my budget build for $600AUD: CPU: Intel E5200-$142 http://ccpu.com.au/show_cat.php?cat_id=cpus Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE/R- $135 (site labels as $145, but it's on special) http://ccpu.com.au/show_prod.php?class_id=motherboards&prod_id=P5QSER RAM: Corsair 2GB KIT...